Thursday, March 15, 2012

3-ring sketchbook pages

When life gets chaotic and the opportunities or inclinations to go out and sketch about town are limited, I always resort to sketching favorite movies or youtube videos...especially if my creativity is running low. I've done a WHOLE lot of that in the last six to eight months. So much so that I could probably post something everyday for the rest of the year and still have images left over. I'm not going to do that because one, it allows me to hide the worst of the worst; and two, I want to eventually catch up and show you more current stuff. There was a noticeable improvement as I went along that I hope you will see too. Though, it is difficult sometimes with a scanner that just doesn't pick up certain colors. I've tried making adjustments in Corel, but the originals look so much better. Ah well, maybe that's an excuse to get a new scanner/printer?

The first spread is one I did while watching 'The Pyramid Code' on YouTube. Done directly in ink, so I'm happy with how it turned out. I love any documentary on Egypt or archaeology!

This was actually done from an article on The Daily Mail (UK). Again it is archaeology...so of course I had to do this page. The blue boxes which appear on these pages are just personal writings which are...you know, personal!

This page represents the beginning of a very long string of drawing/painting from movies. Seriously, I did almost one movie every night. Sometimes taking two nights if I've been busy. There are all kinds of shadows in that pipe which I couldn't, for the life of me, get to show up here.
I forgot to hit pause after the first sketch in order to do more sketches on part one...so I popped in part two and did a double feature. Had to get up and walk around for a while after that...too much sitting!

I'm so tempted to throw them all up here at once. Maybe when I catch up, I'll put one of these up next to one of the more current ones so you can see how much I improved on these. I love seeing that!

14 comments:

  1. I absolutely LOVE the style of your sketches :) TFS!

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  2. These are wonderful, but I must confess that the story of the skull is a tad creepy! lol nancy

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  3. Excellent sketches and greeeeat journal pages!! (I haven't a clue how to journal, for some reason it is beyond me.) Man! You are a master dinosaur draw-er. And I think I know 'ole giant-headed mummy guy - he looks familiar.

    You did more than just sketch. You have watercolor all over the place. Your chops are well-oiled - I look forward to more and to a robust exchange in 2-nfro! (That means at least once every 6 months.)

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  4. I've always wondered if drawing from TV was more like a photo or real life. Fuzzy blanket with a couple munchies and this sounds like a perfect way to spend down time.

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  5. The sketches are very well done! You remind me that there is an opportunity to draw from TV.

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  6. Fantastic drawings Raena! Glad to see your work here again. Looking forward to more!

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  7. Fun idea, and fantastic drawings! The Jurassic park house drawing with the tree behind and the little car, is awesome - it's everything I love in illustration work! And the pipe is fabulous, too, so detailed (and a fascinating object to begin with)! I hope you'll show us more - and it's great to see a post from you again!

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  8. Great sketches, and I love the little man with his gigantor noodle, I remember seeing something about it a while back, very interesting. And the dinosaure is really well done.

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  9. Fabulous pages - I really like the way you composed the pages. Of course, your drawings are awesome. It's good to see what you have been doing! Please post more!

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  10. Crickey Raena...What a comeback!
    These are Fantastic.
    I'm a bit like Dan(I haven't a clue how to journal)- if I try, it never seems to work.
    Stew.
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  11. Lovely work Raena. I have never sketched from video may try it, although I think I'd be tempted to freeze frame take a screenshot/photo then work from that, esp on YouTube.

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  12. Great sketches and interesting subjects...I'm off to youtube to check out the pyramid code!

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  13. These are wonderful - and I especially love your lettering!!

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  14. Awesome sketches and what a great post :) You're a master of illustrations and journalism, and the colors you use always bring joy to your pages. ^^

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