They Live Inside My Head, You Know.

[tealin]

Drawn after Life Drawing last night and waiting for the bus to start its route tonight:
      1. Drawn without looking at my original, because I was in bed and supposed to be sleeping*, but I hope it goes some way towards capturing Frapp. I started with the eyebrows (smaaaart...) and they were too close to the top of the page so you don't see the top of his head, sorry.
2. Matcha being coy...
3. ... and then very happy, for some reason. Not happy with her design, too generic.
4.Trying to draw Perc from the front and not have him look like a dwarf or Hagrid ... I think I've steered clear of Hagrid but he could possibly pass for ... well ... a dwarf of the Carrot variety.

In other news, I learned that if I open my balcony door and turn the hood fan on before I start, I can fry up some sweet potatoes without the smoke alarm going off. I'm sure everyone was dying to know this. Maybe it'll help some poor soul out there who's tired of flapping a tea towel at their alarm whenever they try to cook anything.

*I suspect my body thinks I've finished work already despite the end date being a few weeks away, and has switched into Employment Hiatus Mode ... I have not been able to sleep till after midnight and find it increasingly hard to get out of bed on time in the morning. Does anyone know how to solve this without copious amounts of theraputic espresso? (And no, this is not the problem to begin with; I don't actually drink that much coffee.)

Comments

[bleupencil.livejournal.com]

"Generic" or not, Matcha is adorable!

[saharaam.livejournal.com]

I've got the same problem with sleeping sometimes... I'd have suffered from it now but thanks to my winter holidays that's not that bad...

The pictures are excellent, despite not looking to the original :)

[lareth.livejournal.com]

Honestly, the best solution I've ever found for that kind of insomnia is getting up at an ungodly hour of the morning, having a large cup of tea and some exercise. It's rough at first, but it does something to your brain chemistry that makes sleep much more appealing at the end of the day, and you do get used to it. Gentle exercise is best, though. I do yoga and tai chi in the morning and save the vigorous stuff for later.

[anathelen.livejournal.com]

I've been having the same problem myself lately, getting 5 hours of sleep and then being unable to fall asleep till 2 am. Getting up really early for a few days seems to reset my internal clock, though it does make for some tired days.

[trashcanbaby.livejournal.com]

That's funny because lately I've been flapping my tea towel at my smoke alarm too.

[northerndwarf.livejournal.com]

Perhaps before you go to bed you can begin to draw some 'poopsy-doodles'which will surely lull you to sleep...on the other hand once you are asleep, you may just have nightmares of those dark, dark times...

I've got it! Watch some fashion t.v. (I know how you love clothes and fashion and shopping for pretty outfits like high heels and halter tops.) Or how about watching 'What not to wear.' Of course, this too may give you nightmares. When you are feeling like sleep is not possible, phone me and I will tell you a bedtime story about my last shoe shopping trip--methinks you will be asleep in no time.

Seriously, if you are still like this in two weeks, I will be in town and I can make a housecall.

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

Sorry you're having trouble sleeping - how did you manage to adopt my sleep habits?
All the drawings are great, but there's something about both the design of the face and the scribbly, almost careless quality of the linework on Frapp (ha!) that I find really interesting and kinda different for you! Good job!