http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000ktsp.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000ktsp 'National' Art Making Month 2006 art. NaArMaMo requires participants to create one piece of art a day, it takes place in August. http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/000199w2.xml This is Marcie Hatter from Dark Season. This is very rough, but then that's rather the point of NaArMaMo, posting everything you create whether it's bad or good (what fun for you lot!). It's improved from the first sketch which looked worryingly like ET wearing a bad wig (although it hasn't improved all that much). Yes, I did draw the paddle only so you could tell who it was supposed to be... http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00008syx.xml bf1ff9b28a44b6b04aef6174ebf92a38 image/png 452 367 66555 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00008syx Dark Season http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000q7pw.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000q7pw NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 Tablet http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82 Graphics tablet sketch, this is copied from the cover of a Sign Language book, not my hand. http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00009kg9.xml 0cbf80dc716e55ad9233b3919b590f76 image/png 395 320 28613 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00009kg9 NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 Tablet http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82 This is a bit of a lazy NaArt piece because it hardly took me any time, just taking lots of shots then cropping the best ones and deciding which one looked the best. Oh and arranging the similarly coloured items around it, although they all happened to be in the same place already. (Yes I think I may have broken my toe). http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000a2kf.xml d46be13dc93ab84e8b6dbbe635253bb0 image/jpeg 767 544 84698 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000a2kf NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Photography http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000rba0.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000rba0 Graphics tablet sketch of (half of) my new Nokia Communicator. http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000bky4.xml 7f5cdd6ec11acdc526d230b9ff6decbd image/png 244 306 28332 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000bky4 Communicator http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000s2c2.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000s2c2 Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 Tablet http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82 On <lj user="kimble">'s suggestion I made my costume into NaArt by photoshopping me curtsying in the costume into another photo of me in the costume. I did a lot of touching up the smaller can pixel by pixel, so this even more counts as art (or at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it). http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000crrg.xml d634d967188a6db488a5b446b0e80346 image/jpeg 397 836 66177 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000crrg Costume http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000w584.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000w584 IRN-BRU http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000x64q.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000x64q NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Photo Manipulation http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000tw33.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000tw33 This was the view out of my window during my Lake District holiday, drawn by HB pencil on printer paper. I wasn't very happy with this because the perspective was wrong and I made a few mistakes which required artistic licence to cover up (I didn't have an eraser!). http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000d4at.xml cd72100da9eb204866508f5eff86328d image/png 854 756 1192541 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000d4at Landscape http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000z1be.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000z1be NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Pencil http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 Sketch of my bruised foot (which had blossomed into a really big bruise spreading over all my toes at this point) again with pencils, HB and 4B, on printer paper with no corrections. I was very happy with this one it really shows the weird shape of my toes -- trust me on this! http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000e9zq.xml b9d9fd50396ff5d95a78c512712b89ea image/png 674 1362 836708 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000e9zq NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Pencil http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 This piece was created using hair on wet tile forming spirals supposed to represent thought. The idea was the picture would degrade as the tile dried and would be a comment on thought, but it didn't due to there being dried shower gel or something similar on it before I started which meant it stayed firmly glued on until it freaked out my mum the next day. I think this now becomes a comment on LiveJournal posts, they stay stuck around when they're no longer appropriate and anyone can stumble over your random thoughts out of context ;) http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000fcrq.xml e497b18b6c549af9fa5716a3c1882533 image/jpeg 450 479 39951 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000fcrq NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 This was a half hearted sketch of the cover of my Asimov book done before bed. HB pencil on printer paper again. It's very rough and not very good. http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000geeg.xml d3f13b6f62f6774d08bdf0fa42c1989b image/png 366 480 96997 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000geeg NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Pencil http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 This day's NaArt was a completely improvised drawing of a dragon, again pencil and paper, with no source material, making this my first drawing which was not observational (unless you count the hair). I'm quite happy with this considering I didn't know where I was going with it when I started. http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000hxda.xml c37b2b0b027333a77cbb926fee5d9509 image/png 456 453 179601 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000hxda NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Pencil http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 This day's NaArt was a graphics tablet sketch of Rodin's The Thinker (which the robot on the Asimov cover was an obvious homage to). This made me realise how difficult it is to sketch using the graphics tablet compared to using pencils and paper! It is, however, easier to do a sketch then ink and colour the sketch using the tablet, and easier to correct mistakes ...not that I did any of these this time! http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000khdf.xml 5b54e18c33575af48194b976ecee3265 image/png 351 403 45041 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000khdf NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 Tablet http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82 After a number of failed graphics tablet sketches, I switched to paper and drew my flute with pencils and a putty eraser. I'm quite happy with this even though it obviously isn't perfect and appears to be slightly bowed. http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000pdpz.xml 9c448a47752d3fd39d7231e4e804d255 image/png 1764 839 349928 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000pdpz NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Pencil http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 I had access to a bathroom with white tiles so I had a go at doing a slightly more representative hair drawing. By the time I got a camera, the hairs were just starting to fall off the tiles and I had to fix the inside left leg, I fixed it but didn't notice I'd messed up the left foot as a result. By the time I found the cable for the camera, took the photos off and saw that the foot was wrong, the hairs had mostly fallen off or straightened out -- you know, like I wanted my last hair picture to do? http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000qxty.xml 4e77ef097554f9f417b5d497905fe6ba image/jpeg 1173 2070 289512 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000qxty NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Wow I really can't draw people! Although it's harder to draw on the graphics tablet, it's easier to rub out and start again, or draw over what I have and make it look natural. I spent several hours drawing this, I kid you not, and I imagine it's probably in triple figures of revisions -- or at least feels like it! It still doesn't look anything like I was aiming for but, it is a passable human being who looks vaguely androgynous so, voila! http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000rs28.xml ba060853abd646b6463ee5caa4355598 image/png 630 613 116102 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000rs28 NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 Tablet http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82 This piece involves multiple layers. I did it as a sketch first, then 'inked' it, then coloured it, put it all on a background and added a text layer. It still looks rubbish though! I'm posting anyway, because that's the spirit of NaArMaMo. Anyway, this is (slightly randomly) a gender neutral new baby card. I've recently had a cousin give birth and again had to go through the process of slogging through card racks in shop after shop, looking for the one new baby card which doesn't say 'It's A Boy!' or 'It's A Girl!' or give me a similarly gendered sentiment. The worst culprits include detailed poetry outlining exactly how your baby's genitals will guide its every personality trait and entire life (and actually read more like, 'you better socialise your baby like this or there'll be trouble!'). It really is amazing how much extreme gender stereotyping, that most people would consider unforgivably sexist, is totally acceptable if it concerns babies (which, come on, have to be about the least gendered people you could ever meet). http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000sh4r.xml 82527fa20516873437d7e95c29b733ad image/png 1313 728 348855 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000sh4r Gender http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/000108fr.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/000108fr NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Tablet http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82 This was supposed to be the quickest, most slapdash piece of art ever. Instead, I've produced something which looks slapdash but which took me about an hour and a half. Stupid perfectionism where it's not called for. Anyway, this is supposed to be an icon (100x100 pixels) representing the androgyne's confusion within a binary gender system. Or something. http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000tae2.xml 7de17e0d0f10ec39390b4af8d01aca5a image/png 350 350 81245 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000tae2 Gender http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/000108fr.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/000108fr NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 This was a very quick sketch of a cat using the graphics tablet, done while I was too tired for anything better. http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000w07t.xml 0b992f60ed5cf8381bb0b5a91fb19965 image/png 615 700 99373 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000w07t NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 Tablet http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82 I was inspired by a sign outside my work encouraging me to book my christmas party. Inspired by this inappropriate xmas promotion in August, I drew and coloured a quick graphics tablet sketch of a sweaty Santa Claus in summer, cut the image out using the freehand selection tool (with the mouse), superimposed the image on a slightly scaled up beach image stolen from google (yes, bad, if anyone asks, this is collage) then used the clone tool to draw around any remaining white left from the freehand select, made the feet look like they're in the sand and (rather inexpertly) make the sky look more summery. Oh and then scaled it down so the drawing lines don't look so hard. Quite happy with it really, given I didn't 'ink' the sketch. http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000x323.xml bc87dc6b6a3a7181c781e51b45e05e4f image/jpeg 1174 883 167618 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000x323 Joke http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000ezb2.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000ezb2 NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Photo Manipulation http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000tw33.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000tw33 I'm sure you recall the tranny cows, Graham Heifer and Uder. Well, a new generation of FtM cows is exposing its udders to the world, and this day's art celebrates their trans pride. Graphics tablet sketch, edited a little using freehand select, copy and paste. You can probably tell that I didn't do very much work on this, yes, NaArMaMo is teaching me to break my perfectionist tendencies around art. http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000yrk4.xml 0ebf94aca630f0ee0b7ff4e6e87074cc image/png 765 714 119920 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000yrk4 Gender http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/000108fr.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/000108fr Joke http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000ezb2.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000ezb2 NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 Tablet http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82 This is based on the results of the Interests Collage which shows the top Google image search result for each of your interests and allows you to swap any of them with the next nine matches. My results just weren't right, there were several interests where all the options were just completely wrong. So I spent two and a half hours first clicking through all ten options for each image until I was as happy as I could be, then resizing for best layout, then screen grabbing the results, pasting them together and then replacing each of the inappropriate images with more appropriate Google image search results and finally editing out any traces of the previous images pasted over. Phew! The end result is very good though. Not sure how artistic it is... http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000zzsb.xml f321bd707d5a9da4f101554cdc017dd4 image/png 1032 2794 3543002 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0000zzsb NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 This NaArt was drawn on paper at 11:30pm in a rush. Themed on lateness. Out of my bed and in the cold light of day, I notice that costume looks more like something a hobbit might wear, but oh well... http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00010gt9.xml 9b62b38992d3dc8ffe503d023e8a81d7 image/png 994 1244 632205 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00010gt9 NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Pencil http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 Drawn on the graphics tablet. I started with no image in my head except that it would be a robot and ended still having no idea where I was going. No corrections, here is what happens when you build a robot without doing any design, let this be a lesson to you! http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00011pxe.xml ca4c87522539bcb37a6ec1b70eafb4f1 image/png 532 653 51401 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00011pxe NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 Tablet http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82 This was another attempt at a third gender toilet sign after Day 16's first attempt. I really like the end result, it's androgynous, pretty and looks elegant, like a ballet dancer :) http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00012qdz.xml 0331941067599018d0e69cfb4be2582b image/png 317 205 31866 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00012qdz Gender http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/000108fr.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/000108fr NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 This NaArt was done in a stupor of tiredness with a soft pencil. I forgot it was day 24 when I drew the billboard. I actually wanted to continue the late art theme from Day 20 by drawing the dormouse in a teacup from Alice, but I quickly realised I have no mental picture of a dormouse so I just made the best of it. I was too tired for reference images ;) http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00013aya.xml f4cbb6c997ee650facab1c26b661381c image/png 1175 1436 988457 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00013aya NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Pencil http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 I decided to draw what the female toilet sign must be a silhouette of (because humans have two legs). http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0001466h.xml 99846ac5cee7236e12fcc2c540466394 image/png 586 751 74359 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0001466h Gender http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/000108fr.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/000108fr NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 Tablet http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00008g82 This is a giant Furby with a head injury on top of the Glass Tower from The Towering Inferno. I'd just watched the film, there was a Furby on top of the TV all the way through and it was almost midnight when I drew this. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00015d04.xml 7dc11ee86ce4b5e57f4f82348567f8ca image/png 1455 1632 964615 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00015d04 NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Pencil http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 Inspired by other people's 1 hour alphabet projects, I decided to draw an alphabet in 30 minutes (other people's are coloured). I didn't list in advance what I was going to draw. This actually turns out to be a really excellent way to force yourself to draw simple but clearly representative drawings rather than relying on the detail possible when there's no time limits. It also makes you draw things without planning how they're going to look (or even what they're going to be). A is for apple | B is for bread | C is for cat | D is for duck | E is for eight | F is for fish | G is for golf | H is for house | I is for igloo | J is for jug | K is for kangaroo | L is for log | M is for mouse | N is for ninja, badly drawn (the nose I rubbed out before was worse) - 15 minute point - O is for orange | P is for peas in a pod | Q is for queen | R is for robot on the rampage | S is for snake | T is for telephone | U is for umbrella | V is for vegetables, mmm yummy | W is for window | X is for xylophone | Y is for yawn (past my bed time) | Z is for zebra, unoriginal http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00016fap.xml fca07da192db4673769b831d46f48724 image/png 1495 2040 1399309 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00016fap 30 Minute Alphabet http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00011246.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00011246 NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Pencil http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc Quickie http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0001kwpc.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0001kwpc Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 The idea here was to create a new image that appears correct by splicing together three other days' art (2, 12 and 14). I set rules that I wouldn't do any new drawing only use freehand select, cut and paste and the clone tool. This is why the arm looks a bit (or a lot?) off. I also seem to have accidentally used the non-blurred version of day 14's Androgyne drawing. http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00017rxf.xml 557925f2f9e016153386f973189bcf82 image/png 475 409 84702 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00017rxf NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 On this day I was completely uninspired and couldn't draw for toffee, so I decided to draw a 30 minute Doctor Who monsters (and villains) alphabet because most classic series monsters look so ropey they don't need good art ;) A is for Auton | B is for Bok! | C is for Cyberman | D is for Dalek | E is for Editor, The | F is for Face of Boe, badly drawn | G is for Gelth | H is for Haemovore | I is for Ice Warrior | J is for Jagaroth | K is for Kandy Man | L is for Lumic, John - 15 minute point - M is for Macra | N is for Nimon | O is for Ood | P is for Polyphase Avatron (the annoying parrot) | Q is for Quark | R is for Reaper, badly drawn | S is for Sea Devil | T is for Tetrap | U is for Underwater Menace (ahem), Fish Person from The | V is for Vervoid | W is for Wirrn, very badly drawn | X is for Xmas Invasion (ahem), Pilot Fish Santas from The - 30 minute point! - Y is for Yeti | Z is for Zarbi The whole thing took about 35 minutes (this is why the last four look so terrible) but at least 5 minutes of that was working out what I was drawing or finding an appropriate reference image (I only opened a page with a list of monsters and races, another with a list of robots and another with a list of villains before starting). http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00018wc4.xml d99961b2f166b7caf6824eca157eaaa1 image/png 1610 2304 2296535 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/00018wc4 30 Minute Alphabet http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00011246.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00011246 Doctor Who http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00001p3t.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00001p3t NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 Pencil http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000y7bc Quickie http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0001kwpc.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0001kwpc Sketch http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000g4q6 This is a huge collage of all the NaArMaMo days' artworks, barring those which were photographs or photomanips (which was only three days so this includes 25 different pieces, or 26 if you count day 28's spliced together picture as a separate work of art to the three artworks it contains). http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/000199w2.xml 655df908e74e7c4a8ab9de2ceb7557a7 image/png 1198 733 676564 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/000199w2 Collage http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00012wha.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/00012wha NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7 The rules of NaArMaMo suggest one spends the last day of August creating a NaArMaMo winning certificate. Surviving injury, full time work, overtime, two holidays, computer failure, lack of motivation, lack of ability and lack of inspiration, I produced 31 (plus) separate works of art, one (or more) a day, never skipping or cheating or doubling up. Hurrah! Consider this my victory lap. http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0001aqry.xml 7993538ede56bd8974cee32600adddd2 image/png 738 602 71285 http://pics.livejournal.com/36/pic/0001aqry NaArMaMo http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/36/gallery/0000pcz7