ikea tuesday

so i havent been posting in a while due to being busy and lazy. but we have been going to sketch, so i will post that :)
here's a sketch from ikea tuesday 8/17/2010
some dude eating chicken fingers

squirrel 2

had squirrels in my head all day yesterday.
i was imagining what the squirrel was doing to catch him unexpectedly. taking nap, sunbathing...who knows.
or enjoying a snack in front of a tree only to realize he wasnt alone.

Flying Paper

One time when I was in the 4th grade I was waiting for my parents to pick me up after school. It was getting late and all the other kids had gotten picked up already. So I decided to make a paper airplane.

I made this cool one with like 10 folds from an instructional book.

I gave it a good heave

And anxiously watched it depart into the air. It was floated nicely up into the sky, much higher and farther than I had ever anticipated.


And then it kept Rising, and rising.... and Rising...


...It must have got into some kind of thermal or something because it just kept rising and flying farther and farther. I chased after it.

I walked underneathe it, staring at it in awe of it glorious loftedness.


It kept floating all the way to the other side of the campus.

...Then Over the other side of the campus. It seemed like hours had past as the plane glided over the tops of the roofs.

Then, as gracefully as it had departed, the plane returned to the ground.

I gingerly picked up my little miracle contraption.

I was filled with an overwhelming sense of jubilation and pride when my parents finally arrived. But I never told them or anyone what had happened; I knew that it would sound like a ridiculous exaggeration. The world record for paper airplane flight is 27.6 seconds, mine had easily gone for over 2 minutes. Until recently I had never told anyone about my experience, I still feel ridiculous trying to convince people that it actually happened.

true story 2

there was a point when my dog was on a killing spree, catching squirrels and moles. I had to dispose of the bodies before they rotted. one of the body was still warm...

true stories 1

hmm, read a lil' bit on informal subdivision composition for a more dynamic and natural picture, and wanted to test out if it worked. it's design class 101 all over again :)
I created a seemingly random grid (based on the system) and dropped in random colors in the spaces and got this. looks interesting.
does the theory work? true theory?

this weeks theme: true stories

so last week was a good start. we have over 20 posts! i really enjoyed seeing so many different posts. lets keep that up.
i think we were all shy of posting, but hopefully this week we'll be more courageous and encouraged to post.
again, no pressure. i think it's just good to keep drawing/creating/encouraging. I've seen  drawings that didn't get posted by others which i thought were great, even epic.  lol

TRUE STORIES - whatever that means to you.
have fun.

PRIDE

possible next themes:
occupational hazards
zodiac
robot
underwater
greek mythology
safari
true stories
dinner time
summertime
dreams
mollusks
europe
America