I actually prefer traditional media over digital media because I enjoy the tactility of holding a pen/pencil/non-tablet device over staring at my computer screen without looking at my drawing hand. I love using my tablet, regardless. There are definitely advantages to traditional and digital media, for sure!
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The first time I started using my Signo pens to color in a drawing. The seed of my joy for experimenting with color with Signo pens thus began.
My "Inception"–inspired phase. I really enjoyed trying to draw 'classy' clothes. Also! Still very miffed that Anne Hathaway's Catwoman wears freaking stilettos. What the heck, how is that even practical? (So incredibly annoyed with the costume designer who decided on that)
アイスのくちづけ = Aisu no Kuchizuke = the single from AKB48 that got stuck in my head (it's also the song playing in the commercial where Glico demonstrates how they made a CG pop idol using different physical aspects from each of the six most popular members of AKB48). I still had residual TRON nerding going on at this point. There's some Jack Skellington doodles at the top as well.
My TRON dork phase. I'm quite happy with these set of sketches.
"Inception"–inspired phase. Also a cat! And some expression practice.
TRON nerd phase. I was trying to figure out how to draw the hacker emblem on my TRON alternative costume on the right page. I actually like how my doodle of the ID disc on the left page turned out.
Hand drawing practice! Also, some TRON nerdness again. I really like how the back of the alternative TRON costume turned out.
TRON nerd again. Some initial doodles of the TRON alternative costume. I think this was around the time I started watching "Once Upon a Time" (the hint is from the YO BAUSS RUMPLESTILKIN bit on the right page haha)
A sketch that's the result of a conversation I had with Joey. I plan on redrawing this with my tablet haha.
Doodling resulting from a late night conversation with Joey where I was extremely tired yet incredibly hyper (probably around Halloween since I wrote CANDY CORN I MISS BEING FAT WITH YOU on the right page hahahaha)
The right page is more doodling from the same late night convo with Joey (fatigue + hyperactive = awesome pants). The left page is more doodling; it was probably doodling time when I was really interested in Miwa Asao (hence the ミワ・アサオ on the top left page), the Japanese beach volleyball athlete who's now my role model :)
Some sketches during another "Inception"–inspired phase and when I was writing my detective story.
An oldie! This is definitely during my Fullmetal Alchemist phase, or at least I was still thinking about it (the 'hands up' pose was inspired by a scene from Fullmetal Alchemist). This was probably the first time I started doodling in pen as opposed to pencil, and decided pen was better for doodling in this sketchbook because of the paper quality.
The first page of sketches in the sketchbook. I was in a semi-Ghost in the Shell phase and just enjoying drawing out some sketches. This must have begun around late August/early September of this year. You might recognize some of the sketches from some comics I've drawn in the past haha.
DEFINITELY a Fullmetal Alchemist phase – there's Riza Hawkeye! And Ling? And just some doodling in general. This is another early sketch too (probably late August/early September of this year).
A preliminary sketch before I redrew it on my tablet and sent it to Joey, hihi
My more recent doodles. On the left page I was really experimenting with colors with my Signo pens. On the right page I'm just drawing my version of Cassandra Cain in different poses and different attires :)
More color experimenting. On the left, there's some more doodling of Cassandra Cain (the bottom left), an "Inception"–inspired outfit (left page, on the right), and just drawing the vest outfit that I've seen worn around here in Hue a lot (the model turned out too skinny/tall/lanky for my taste). The right page doodling and coloring happened while I was talking to Joey today (11/14/11). I was actually trying to draw her jumping up, but it looked more like she was sitting on something, so I ended up drawing a very high wall. Oh, and there's a bird... and it's confused as to why she's sitting on the wall.
A doodle that I did during field work in Quang Tri (11/11/11) while we at the third school to discuss logistics. I just 'finished' it up (mostly drawing out the arms, the button line, and the box) and colored it in today (11/14/11).
It says áo dài xanh, which means a green traditional Vietnamese dress. I'd love to have a green áo dài :)
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