What's this, Effort?

[tealin]

I decided to put some actual effort into my sketchbook last night, as it had been far too long since such a thing was done. And because it didn't turn out half bad, I left them all BIG and everything, scanned at 75 dpi and not resized! So it's almost life-sized if you've got a 1024x768orwhatever monitor.

Page One - An attempt at caricature of a bus person from yesterday, another cat and another Blouse. But mostly: I had never been able to concieve how people could draw fan art of songs or bands, but The Decembersists have infected my brain. I just got Her Majesty the Decemberists* yesterday (to relieve pressure on poor Picaresque which was being played to death) and there's a song about a chimney sweep who is a bit of a rake, we discover. Anyway, even though I have only one way of drawing cads, I thought I'd doodle this guy up because usually chimney sweeps are adorable if emaciated young boys. And ... gee, does he look a little like that guy who bugs my sister so much? Gosh, that was completely unintentional. (Have I ruined that song for you now, Tula?) Anyway, when I get my life drawing pad back I have another one to scan, from the 'Mariner's Revenge Song.' Mwahahaha. No prizes for guessing who it is.

Page Two - FINALLY got a halfway decent drawing of a street in the Citadel (from Small Gods) ... there is a famous drawing or painting or something, I'm sure, with this composition, the street with the dome in the background, but ... yeah, oh well. And all this done with no reference at all! I need to look up, hmm, maybe Turkey or Spain or Morocco or Jerusalem (or all of them) and, y'know, actually do some work.
Oh yes, and Filler Cats. Hooray for Filler Cats.

*It should be called People With Their Pants Down because I swear every single song has a mention of de-panting or unpantedness in it. And that works for both British and American senses of the word 'pants.' The cover's nice, though.

Comments

[azvolrien.livejournal.com]

Coo. I can never get the perspective right when doing streets scenes - they always end up disastrous. If you like, I could get you a photo of the Castle if you do more Monstrous Regiment stuff, because that is completely what I pictured at the description of Kneck Keep. It is on a crag, and it looms. Quite well. I could also try and take a photo up the Royal Mile. Actually, I'm thinking of just buying one of those disposable cameras and going on a photo-taking tour of the city centre.

Filler Cats would be a good, if strange, name for a band. Well, no stranger than Kaiser Chiefs, I suppose.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Reference photos are always - ALWAYS - accepted with joy and love. I just realised I still haven't posted my Kneck Keep 'painting' (colour key, really) ... I'll have to do that today, or tonight, or something...

Heehe, Filler Cats would be an interesting band name, indeed. Maybe they could do a double act with Bus People. ;) ... my favourite is still Dave Barry's suggestion of 'The Slippery Spleens.' ... come to think of it, that could be the title of a Snicket book.

[tannhaeuser.livejournal.com]

[azvolrien.livejournal.com]

I'll email them to you once I get the film developed.

[veronikamg.livejournal.com]

There is a Norwegian band (split up) called "The September When". I always thought that they invented that name by having seen part of a sentence and thought it was cool. They had rather peculiar lyrics, but Cries like a Baby is very very pretty. The lead singer, Morten Abel - not to be confused with Morten Harket - has made a few solo albums. His songs are even stranger.

How do people come up with names like "Barenaked Ladies", "Mental as Anything" or "Coldplay" anyway?