Have you ever tried to get a great dane to sit still for a drawing? Portrait sitting is not Odhin Joy’s strong point. I ended up having to get a lot of this from a photo reference on the net. It’s funny to me how their expression can be so intelligent, inquizitive, and stupid all at the same time. Must be why they are called “Man’s” best friend.
Month: March 2009
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Black Dog
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Boss's Boss's Boss's Boss?
My boss’s boss’s boss’s boss is a Scottsman. Ever since Girl2 heard him speak, she believes he is, and refers to him as “The Doctor”.Somewhere, in the basement of the BBC, I imagine a cardboard box full of files, covered in dust and probably mold. In that box, in one of those dusty, moldy files, is my name and address on a Dr. Who fan club application. Membership in the DWFC got me a subscription to a quaterly newsletter, a really cool heat activated color changing pin, and my named carved forever on the stone walls of geekdom.
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Dogone it!
Tonight’s EDM challenge was to draw my entryway. I’m fairly certain that meant the room just inside the door. However, tonight Odhin Joy was overly curious. I couldn’t scold him away, shove him away or shut him away for very long since he figured out how to open the doors. So I bundled up and went outside in the cold and dark to draw my entryway. He stared out the window and I’m not sure he ever moved the entire time. -
The Beauty of a Stocked Fridge
There is a beauty for me in a stocked fridge. When I see that, I see a family doing well. It is suggestive of a roof overhead, food on the table, clothes on the back and all the other things that are considered necessary for a well taken care of family.In just my town, there have been several hundred jobs lost. I know that this is epidemic throughout the country, even the world. I believe it to be a self fulfilling prophecy when the papers say the economy is doing poorly, then whether it was or not, suddenly it is. That doesn’t help the families that will not be able to completely stock their refrigerators. I am overwhelmingly thankful that today mine is stocked.
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Passing Time
Thing-a-day and the EDM challenges have occupied much of my time for the last month. Today, the first post-thing-a-day day, I find that I feel like I still need to be working on it. I told my wife I was thinking about making- and she cut me off right there. She said that she was very proud of me for completing the challenge. She even encouraged me to incorporate more creativity into my daily life. But she also told me it was time to quit obsessing. She’s often considered the “Sensible” one. But there IS the Create Every Day challenge…
Tonight’s EDM challenge was to draw my New Year’s resolution. These challenges were originally inteded to be weekly. If I had started at the right time in the year, and had I been doing these weekly, this would have made more sense. The challenges at the EDM yahoo group are up to 210. Eventually they will get to 365 and can re-organize them into more of a calendar. Then, when you start you would just pick that day from the calendar and drive on. Until then, many of these will not make much sense for the time of year.
My New Year’s resolution was self improvement. I quit smoking in the middle of 2008 with the intent of being 6 months nicotine free by New Years. That way when I started 2009, it would almost be like a fresh start. I gained an extra 40 pounds. 2009 is going to be about becoming the person I think I am. I want to study a broader area of knowledge. I want to practice my guitar more. I want to sing more, dance more, play more. And yes, I want to “Art” more.