Akiko’s dead blog - 1618-v1

Duncan and I have been submitting artwork for the SD comic con souvenir book for the past several years. Always last minute.. but got it post marked on the deadline, so I hope it gets printed in the book. In case it doesn’t, here is what I submitted for the 25th Anniversary of “The Rocketeer”

yes, it is the 1 year anniversary post for my blog!

Well, there’s been some months that I didn’t post at all, so it’s not exactly 1 year.. Anyway, looking back, the good changes are that I am actually working now. The bad thing is that I have totally stopped painting in oils.. Looking at the drawings, I remember every moment that I was sketching, at a glance - even from a year ago. It seems so effective than words.

can you hear the squeek from the door?

vines and vegetation taking over

Checked out the Constable show.

and did some quick sketches there..

It was a gloomy day - perfect running weather. I have not ran in almost 3 years. I knew I would be hurting, but just wanted to get out.

Here is a skectch I did REAL quickly because it was a scary area, than later attempted a color wash on top.

But this is more like how I wanted it to turn out - done in photoshop..

I haven’t been happy with my sketches, and I’ve put some thought into it, analyzed the problem etc etc.  But I came across these blog entries by “Temple of the Seven Golden Camels”.  It was so liberating.  What he writes is so true.  I am wasting my time pressuring myself to “perfect” a “drawing”, instead of “sketching” and learning.  It’s ok that they’re not great like all the wonderful “sketchbooks” and sketchblogs out there. The point is to try, capture what you saw, learn, and improve.  And that the only way is mileage. Great great posts..
carrying a sketchbook part 1

carrying a sketchbook part 2