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041: Happy new year!



040: To be scanned

039: Botasky!

Bunnies & guns = fluffy & hardcore
Check out the series "Cat Shit One" It is about fluffy, hardcore bunnies with guns who are US soldiers and speak Japanese. Sound trippy? It's awesome!

038: Chillin

Been raining a lot in SD, but that never seems to stop the birds from hanging out.

033-037: Holidays

037: Chicken Snow


I thought the idea of a chicken in the snow was funny.


036: Whales

035: Merry Christmas!

A true doodle for the holidays :P


034: Penguin Presents

Gotta lug them presents for the holidays!


033: Double Rainbow Reindeer


It's been raining a lot in SD and there have been double rainbows! What if reindeer didn't only pull Santa's sled, but also made rainbows for a hobby?
I dunno. Maybe they eat skittles and fart rainbows haha

032: Feeed Meeee

Went home for the holidays, and all the cats just want me to feed them.

031: Bzzzz

Scientifically speaking, bees shouldn't be able to fly because their wings should not be able to lift their body weight... however, bees obviously do fly.
Science is wrong!

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030: Request from my brother in law



029: Haha watched Totoro today... best scene in the movie.

028: Blue Dood

028: A blue heron doing its thang

027: Over it

Last day of the quarter and as my friend always says, "Over it!"
Well, over it for now at least... I should be refreshed after this nap :)

026: Guinea

Guinea pigs have awesome hair.

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025: My sister wanted a wombat... so I did wombat meets "mini wombats" (Mr. Guinea and Ms. Hammy)



024: Night Wish

023: Fat Tiger

Hehe.

022: Red Panda

A snowy red panda for one of my friends :)

021: Owl

It began as an idea, but sorry to say that I lost interest and couldn't get back int it.

020: Rhino

Hehe, I love rhinos.

019: Lynx

Wanted to try colored pencil on cardboard

018: Bobcat

Drew some scribbles today, wasn't digging it... so I went a little more realistic this time.

016-017

017: Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get... unless you're an elephant.


016: I honestly just didn't have that much time today haha.

014-015

015: King Cobra by request :)

014: My boyfriend and I hit up December Nights at Balboa park over the weekend and saw this really incredible video about the ocean in Baja California. The footage was amazing, and the manta rays even awesome-er!

013: Sucka!

My boyfriend wanted me to draw a pufferfish, but I went with the Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker instead. They're so cool!

012: Happy Birdie

My new Intuos4 came in today, and it is the sexiest thing that I have ever bought.

011 Whale Shark

Heard a kid on the radio talking about whale sharks today :)
Plan to color this tomorrow... when I get my new tablet!



Update: I actually made two this day :) Wanted to share some birdie sketches... I never tire of drawings birds.

010 Camels

So originally, I was having the hardest time getting my idea down on paper. I spent over an hour "pushing pixels" on paper, only to not be happy with it in the end. I was aiming for "Bored Camel Eating Converse Shoe" (per Aries's request), and I just didn't get that vibe from the first camel I made. So, I started over, focused on the big picture and feeling I was aiming for and bam! In a quick five minutes I had what I wanted. I know Dzu always says to think more and draw less, but in this case I feel like just drawing and not thinking about it so much is what worked.

007-009 Kitties, Caterpillars and Hippos

009: A hippo at my sister's request and a ferret for Walter. Not exactly happy with the way it came out, but oh well... we all have our off days.


008: My brother-in-law showed me these really awesome pictures of caterpillars, and my boyfriend suggested that I draw one for the day :) No complaints. Don't think I've drawn a caterpillar before!


007: My kitties at home! Wanted to play with shapes, but I already know that I need to "push it" (thanks Wattana... I hear you in my head now haha)

005-006

006: And today is my loving boyfriend's birthday! Happy birthday polar bear :) Don't over indulge like this guy just cause you're 21 now!


005: Drove home yesterday for thanksgiving! My sister's puppy is now pretty full grown and she's so bouncey :) I just had to draw her.

004 Pigeon Toed

I didn't know I was pigeon toed until this passed weekend at CTN, and apparently everyone and their mother knew except me and my sister who's also pigeon toed (haha!)

003 Moose Baby

So here we go - day three. This one took a lot longer for some reason. I had the hardest time getting what I had in my head down on paper. Though this is sort of what I was going for, I'm still not quite happy with it. I'll probably make another attempt at a baby moose again tomorrow. They're just so funny looking with their long, lanky legs.

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This weekend was both exciting and tiring after attending LA's CTN Expo! I met tons of wonderful people and artists, all who were so incredibly inspiring that I couldn't wait to draw once I got home.

One person in particular I met was the amazing Chris Ayers. If you aren't familiar with him, he is the author and artist of the book The Daily Zoo which holds 365 drawings by Chris, one drawing each day for a year. He told me that he started these drawings after battling leukemia. In his book, he mentions that he started the sketches the same day that he was diagnosed and each drawing is a personal reminder to do something you love every day. After both hearing and reading his story, I felt so inspired that starting yesterday, I decided that I too would take on the journey (and challenge!) of creating one drawing a day for an entire year.

Below are the first two of the 365 drawings to come.