in which i can neither fall asleep nor work

this year's Daylight Savings day, my body is unconvinced about needing to go to sleep. i've now been trying to sleep, or work, since 7 p.m. -- in spite of being exhausted. even though there are deadlines to meet, and sleep that needs to be had, Rest and Work are both not here. they're on a tropical beach, sunning themselves, and shouting for cabaña boys to bring them more cold beer with limes. the bastards.

i have to leave my house for work in four hours. the rest of the day should be very entertaining.

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last night's sketch

with that kind of model, there's a tendency to drop all expression or life from the face, and present a mask; all the life and energy that the model shows as they're walking around the room disappears the moment they take a pose. at least for me, not being anywhere near a master, it's difficult to find a connection with the model and bring out anything of who they are, when that happens.... but look at the difference in energy that van shows in this, and some of the other ones a few weeks back -- it's amazing, isn't it?

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design is in the details

Creative directors, art directors, and especially clients will perseverate on details like this, so make sure the details are there.... there's a wall on my attic bedroom with a paint job that'd make a professional painter cringe with horror -- i didn't feel like trying to perch my not inconsiderable weight on a very narrow ledge, just to fill a half-inch gap.... i cook meals like this, which is why i'm a lousy baker -- if the recipe calls for baking something at 500 degrees for 50 minutes, at minute 45, i'll open the oven, look at it, and say, 'ehh, screw it, it's good enough.'

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