Daily Sketch Project Day 39 - Baltimore Media

Today's prompt comes from Edward, and he wanted to see something relating to the Batlimore media.  I'm not sure how well I represented my idea in the time I had, but since it's probably not clear enough, I wanted to juxtapose traditional newscast media between social media, because there's a fairly wide chasm of difference between what old media is portraying vs the new, with people on the ground in the thick of things.  Most traditional news I've seen has painted a fairly bleak picture, while most of what I see from blogs, twitter, and such, shows much more humanity than anything.  It's a tough situation and terrible things have happened in this country, and there's a heck of a lot that we have to fix.  I just hope that new media helps cut through filters to the heart of truth, but like everything, we always need to do research and formulate our opinions based on facts that we can verify. 

I think I'm getting rambly, but that's the idea behind this.  Originally I wanted to have a lot more screens showing a lot more perspectives, but I barely even had time for what you see here. 

That's all for this one!  My next prompt suggestion post is going up momentarily, so feel free to submit a suggestion between then and noon tomorrow to enter tomorrow's random drawing and the chance to get your idea drawn tomorrow!  And if not tomorrow, some day soon : ) 

Daily Sketch Project Day 39

Submit your ideas between now and noon to get your idea in the roulette for tomorrow's drawing!  Here are the prompts currently in the running! 

J'dee: A re-hash of my first fanart

Sam: A penguin with a top hat, monocle, and book

Anthony: The Lost Roman Legion fighting a tyrannosaur

Riza: Gannicus and Oenomaus greeting each other in afterlife

Leah: Daenerys riding a dragon

James: Garnet from SU as a noir detective

Laura: JohnVriska

Arthur: Left-handed tea

Chris P.: The Doctor(s) and Nyarlathotep(s) playing poker, speed chess, and Mahjong all at once

Alison: Tahno wearing a “i lost my waterbending and all i got was this stupid trombone” shirt 

Eddie: Baltimore Media

Daily Sketch Project Day 38 - Kitsune and Owl Spirit in the Snow

Hey folks!  Today's suggestion comes from my wonderful friend Belle an interesting process, because my first instincts were all over the shoulder shots, up and down shots, but that felt too easy, over-used.  So I did my best to (within a reasonable timeframe) think up a different, hopefully more interesting composition.  With any luck, I've achieved that.  I think my brain too often strains out the impulse for a good flat on (relatively) composition, when there are myriad ways to compose wonderful scenes without dynamic angles being necessity.  Probably all the growing up on DragonBall Z and whatnot. 

I wanted it to look sort of like a painting from a scroll or an illustration from a book.  Something serene.  A chance meeting in a Japanese forest at night under light snowfall somehow strikes me that way, so that's what I drew. 

I hope everybody likes it!  I'm quite happy with it, actually.  I think it's going on the list of candidates for extra work, come the sixty day mark! 

Thanks for the suggestion Belle!  It was a fantastico one!  I'll be making my next post for suggestions around midnight, where I'll list those currently in the running and you can add yours in before noon tomorrow for a chance to be tomorrow's drawing inspiration :D 

Daily Sketch Project Day 38

 All righty folks!  Submit your ideas here before noon tomorrow for the chance for your idea to be tomorrow's daily sketch!  Here are the ideas in the running as of now:

 Jax: A re-hash of my first fanart

Sam: A penguin with a top hat, monocle, and book

Anthony: The Lost Roman Legion fighting a tyrannosaur

Brian: The Pope fighting the evil minions of the underworld

Riza: Gannicus and Oenomaus greeting each other in afterlife

Leah: Daenerys riding a dragon

James: Garnet from SU as a noir detective

Laura: JohnVriska

Arthur: Left-handed tea

Belle: A Kitsune looking up in a tree at an Owl Spirit

Chris P.: The Doctor(s) and Nyarlathotep(s) playing poker, speed chess, and Mahjong all at once

Alison: Tahno wearing a “i lost my waterbending and all i got was this stupid trombone” shirt

Daily Sketch Project Day 37 - Small Council Tea Ceremony

Well will you look at that?  Two tea-related prompts in as many days!  Different kinds of tea, but still!  This suggestion comes from Linh, a fan of both game of thrones, and a practitioner of the art of Japanese Tea Ceremony.  I loved the opportunity to combine the two, though I realized mid way that Littlefinger is too far back from where he should be.  If I'd had time, I'd have recomposed the picture, but I'm pleasantly surprised with how much I actually got down! 

For commentary on the illustration, in the foreground, we have Littlefinger playing Teishu and making tea for the others, looking rather pleased with himself.  Do we even want to know why?  Tywin's just drunk tea and is looking over Petyr's work with a very critical eye.  Varys is contemplating eating the pre-tea sweet, but he knows that Petey has a history of using dubious stock in his culinary concoctions, and doesn't like the look on the man's face.  Pycelle doesn't seem to be able to sit in seiza as long as he used to and is having a bit of a tough time. 

Thanks for the most excellent suggestion, Linh!  This was really fun to draw.  I hope everybody likes it! 

I'll make my next submissions post round midnight, so feel free to get your submissions in between then and noon tomorrow in time to get it in the running for my next sketch! 

Daily Sketch Project Day 37

Submit your ideas for noon PST tomorrow for the chance to get it drawn within the day!  Here are the ideas in the running right now:
Jax: A re-hash of my first fanart
Sam: A penguin with a top hat, monocle, and book
Anthony: The Lost Roman Legion fighting a tyrannosaur
Brian: The Pope fighting the evil minions of the underworld
Riza: Gannicus and Oenomaus greeting each other in afterlife
Leah: Daenerys riding a dragon
James: Garnet from SU as a noir detective
Laura: JohnVriska
Arthur: Left-handed tea
Linh: Small Council Tea Ceremony
Belle: A Kitsune looking up in a tree at an Owl Spirit
Chris P.: The Doctor(s) and Nyarlathotep(s) playing poker, speed chess, and Mahjong all at once
Alison: Tahno wearing a “i lost my waterbending and all i got was this stupid trombone” shirt? hahaha . . if that can even fit on a shirt 

Daily Sketch Project Day 36 - Owl Tea Party

Today's prompt comes from Julian, and so I decided to draw SEVERAL owl tea parties, because there's nothing I love more than just overextending myself.  It was originally going to be one, but then as I was drawing it, I started imagining an Owl Tea Tree cafe with outdoor seating, and so it turned into this. 

Of course I zoomed in too far, and forgot that I wasn't looking at the whole canvas, and only zoomed out enough when time was up, so that's why the white space on the left.  Apologies for my mistakes there!  My fauly for giving myself too much to do in thirty minutes. 

I hope everyone enjoys it, in spite of its incompleteness. 

Thanks for the excellent suggestion, Julian, and for everyone else who submitted them.  I've noted all the new suggestions, and they'll be put in the running for selection for tomorrow's drawing, along with the others that have been given this month. 

Just reiterating, but I'm keeping suggestions on file now, so folks don't have to submit them over and over.  One suggestion per person at a time, so if you have a new one, but your last one has yet to be drawn, you can replace it with your new one.  When I make my post tonight at midnight, I'll list the suggestions in the running, so that you can see if yours is there and figure whether you want to make one/a new one! 

See you then!