Wow.
My last day of this project.
People ask, "What are you gonna do? Are you continuing? How about "Two Drawings a Day for a Year"? How about a "Painting Every Day for a Year"? Or how about "Draw Every Hour for a Year"??
And my answer is nope. Just plain ol' nope. Aside from the one drawing I have yet to do, no sir. I take my leave from this sweet and rewarding duty.
But I encourage everyone to try doing something for a year, aside from "Kill Every Day for a Year" or "Smoke Three Packs of Cigarettes Every Day for a Year" and other such dangerous ventures. But venture you must, my friends. Unless you are just too busy for such frivolity.
Thank all those of you who have offered me encouragement in this endeavor (and I am not claiming that I will name everyone on this first pass)...
FIRST OFF, CHRISTOPHER BENNETT of MechaMonkey fame! Many were the times that my energy was flagging, and Chris would swoop in and yell, "YOU CAN DO IT, ALBERT!" So yeah, Chris Bennett.
Jim Feeley, who in his attempt to dissuade me from this fool's errand, accidentally encouraged me to struggle forth. He is a friend of...
Sandra Lee, who has laid claim to all the Oliver J Pugsworth drawings that did not meet with kindness from this next person...
Keith Conroy, who refused to let me be content with my drawings, often performing verbal massacres on my attempts, as opposed to all the nice comments from...
Joseph Lee, who was always there to add a nice word about my posts. Similarly, his co-worker...
Dominic Polcino added dashes of salt and pepper and spices unknown to my blog, while...
Damon gave me plenty of "nice ones" and even did a drawing in my honor, while...
Rick Green often walked my bloggerhood, carrying his basket of humor and love, which he sprinkled as he pleased. And speaking of sprinkling as he pleases...
Rodrigo CloudCluster, who honored one of my posts by making it a wallpaper on his flashy, in-your-face iPhone...
Scungilli Dave, who offered some dark psychological insights into my work...
Oh there are more names...
Anonymous, whose passions rose infrequently, but perhaps not as infrequently as... SiliStace, Anal-lisa, Brando, Kenji Ono, Senor Ira, Pambo, Rakim, Valkyrie, Patrick K, the other Sandra, Andrea P, Gunner Mcleod, Jojo, Ration'al, Jaxon, and Huggy Boy...
Whom have I forgotten?
Have a happy new years, pals! Thank you all for checking in and encouraging me through 2008. It has been a pleasure serving you all.
Con amor,
Albert
December 31, 2008
Day 365
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| From Draw Every Day for a Year |
I noticed as I was coming to that my day labeling was off. Looking back through the posts, I kipped numbers, doubled numbers...a hot mess. But I ain't fixin' it. There's 365+ drawings. Count 'em.
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| From Draw Every Day for a Year |
Whoops, this one was for 11/29 and the previous one was for 11/30. Got my links mixed up!
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Day 248
ink and watercolor.
I was in a military frame of mind when I started this, but it ended up being odd.
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Day 185
Swamp Thing #2. I had hoped to do a goauche treatment of this sketch, but I was too undisciplined and weak.
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Day 181
I forgot that when I started this bloggedy mission, one of my goals was to revisit the good ol' anatomy books lying around my place, and to shore up my knowledge/skill on the subject.
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Day 174
Drawn during an American Dad director meeting. I was paying attention, even as I did back in college high school when I doodled in the margins.
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Day 171
True, it is not technically a drawing. Oh well.
I sculpted this lil' guy for the American Dad art show "Roger's Intergalactic Zoo". He shared space on "The Universe's Smallest Planet, which was a collaboration between Oreste Canestrelli and myself. The head is based on my Pug, Oliver J Pugsworth.
Special thanks to Chavant /Pasadena Makeup Artist Convention / Rachel for the free clay.
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Day 168
I drew a friend as a Family Guy character... color version to be posted later.
I guess it's later. Colored and cleaned-up by Sandra Lee.
*owned by Robbie.
*owned by Robbie.
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Day 148
Waiting for my California Burger at Leanor's vegetarian restaurant, I was browsing through a Spanish Recycler and saw an ad of a rather nerdy-looking lawyer with a baseball bat. It was a little disturbing, but I guess the message was "I Fight For You" like Larry H. Parker.
Try Leanor's! It's great... three locations in the Valley!
May 31, 2008
Day 147
Well, it's not a drawing for drawing's sake... it's a sketch for a lil' platform to keep the doggies off the wet patio when it rains, which is seen in progress below...
ink and pen for the sketch. 2x3's, 2x6's, 1 1/4 #6 drywall screws, plated nails, clamps, cordless drill, skilsaw and angle grinder for the platform (so far).
Here it is stained and varnished.
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Day 144
Monster Time part 2.
Jeff Rebner is putting together an art space/show at work called something like "Roger's Intergalactic Zoo". I was starting to think about that when I did this.
