Old Sketches [Part 1]
My artistic ability seems to have peaked way back during my high school years. (I say ability, rather than talent, because even back then I knew people who could create far more detailed pictures from their head in less time than it took me to sketch something.) Soon after that time, blank paper took on the purpose of a place to scribble numerous quick calculations of all different sorts or to chronicle my innumerous failed attempts at beating the crap out of equations in hopes of making it look like the one I was after. Nowadays, it’s just something I shove into the printer at work to make it stop beeping. But I digress…
Yesterday I grabbed a scanner from Value Village. Here are a few pieces I deemed worthy enough not to throw in the garbage.
This sketch of Holly McNarland was done from a photo in Chart magazine. I tend to be rather light on the pencil and haven’t yet found the best way to tweak the contrast in PSP to compensate.
This was the cover for a book report. As I recall I spent more time working on this sketch than I did writing the report. This was one of the rare times I employed shading. It’s not that I have anything against shading but rather that I have no clue how to go about it.
More to come when I get around to it.
I really like the Holly.
I’m just amazed you were able to score anything at value Village that still actually works well.
Thanks, J.As for the scanner, it’s also a copier/printer. For all I know the printing apparatus could be written off, but I already have a printer anyway. Assuming this thing doesn’t implode in the next few months, should be worth the ten bucks.