Sketch a Day, Day 18

December 15, 2011September 27, 2012 | xeyeti

I have trouble drawing hands. Or rather, I’m never particularly happy with the way hand I’ve drawn come out if they’re not just curled into a fist. I’ve been trying to work on that, so today’s sketch is a bit of hand exercise (keep those filthy thoughts and comments to yourselves, folks). I’m also trying to get better with forced perspective, because trying to improve just one skill at a time wasn’t enough of a challenge, apparently.

Anyway, I’m not 100% happy with the way today’s sketch turned out. I think it’s the legs (yay, something else to work on).

Sketch a Day, Day 17

December 14, 2011September 27, 2012 | xeyeti

I usually draw pretty small. I mean, everything I’ve been posting in these daily sketches fits on a 3″x5″ index card. So today’s sketch is an effort to start thinking bigger. It still fits on an index card, but it’s a close-up self portrait. I also inked this one using a brush pen instead of my usual gel-ink ballroller. I’ve always been fascinated by the variation in line width you can get with a brush pen, and I’ve been trying to learn how to use them for awhile. I think I’m starting to get the hang of it.

Bonus Sketch!

December 13, 2011 | xeyeti

Bored in a staff meeting. Here, have a bonus sketch.

Sketch a Day, Day 16

December 13, 2011September 27, 2012 | xeyeti

One of my favorite tropes is the gunslinger who has fallen on hard times and become the town drunk. Of course, then he goes and takes up the gun again to fight evil or whatever. It’s great. I do kinda love westerns.

Sketch a Day, Day 15

December 12, 2011September 27, 2012 | xeyeti

We’re entering our third week of sketches. Today’s is what I imagine goes through my students’ minds as they sit in class, attempting to learn on a Monday morning.

Sketch a Day, Day 14

December 11, 2011September 27, 2012 | xeyeti

Spent the weekend doing things with my in-laws, so I thought it’d be fun to do a quick little sketch of them. Less, my mother-in-law really has Kramer hair. It’s true.

Sketch a Day, Day 13

December 10, 2011September 27, 2012 | xeyeti

Went with the in-laws today to see a local community theatre version of A Christmas Carol. It wasn’t horrible, honestly, and they did have the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come glide around on rollerblades. Anyway, here’s a Scrooge for you. I really want an old-timey nightshirt like that.

Sketch a Day, Day 12

December 9, 2011September 27, 2012 | xeyeti

My friend Emily and I are a band called Kraken Vacuum. We’re a folky, indie-country sorta thing with lots of strummed guitars and a bit of twang. And lots of hand percussion, because why the hell not? Anyway, here’s a drawing of a Kraken and a vacuum, together again for the first time. If you’d like to hear some of our songs (a couple of which are NSFW due to some f-bombs), you can check us out over at .

Conflict!

December 8, 2011 | xeyeti

My wife is an English teacher, and she’s been doing a unit on the elements of literature. One of the key elements, as you may remember from your own English classes back in the day, is conflict. Conflict is the driving force behind any story, and it comes in a variety of flavors. According to the Virginia Department of Education’s Standards of Learning (SOLs, or “those things that get in the way of us teaching”), there are six different kinds of conflict: