Tuesday | June 24th, 2008
Naw, really?
Some professors need to stick to their research and let me do my job.
Some professors need to stick to their research and let me do my job.
I’ve learned most of these “tricks” not so long ago. None of these are impressive, but maybe there’s a small chance you’ve been living under an e-rock like I have and didn’t know about it.
Very unimpressive, I know. But there are people who actually don’t know these things. Hey! Don’t look at me like that.
Egad, the greater part of a year has passed since my last Taiwan post. ack. Something with wordpress is fudging with East Asian text, so this post will be purely English.
In Kansas City, MO now. On the way here, I noticed a lot of hills after Columbia. And a lot of porn shops. I swear I saw 4 porn stores one after another. 4 hit smut combo!
So, my junior year at UIUC is over. It went by quick and it was a rather low point in my life. ‘Nuff said. Anyway, as my attempts at finding a summer internship have (curse my lack of marketable job skills! *shakes fist*) failed, I’ll be staying in the Champaign area while working full time at the place I currently work at. Lots of people are leaving, which sucks, but at the same time I think I can enjoy myself here with what’s available. A good handful of people I know are staying over, and I get along with my coworkers quite well. I assume my summer will pass by quickly as well.
Anyway, the beginning of summer does not equal a break from general stupidity. Recently, there was an armed robbery attempt on campus. The perpetrator attempted to rob someone using an ATM at gunpoint in broad daylight. He then ran into an apartment’s parking lot, which only had one immediate exit. The building was located a couple streets South of me. The police arrived almost instantly, and surrounded the building. Soon later, some mega cops packing body armor and assault rifles came as well. The search of the building lasted for a good few hours, and the suspect was eventually apprehended.
The funny thing is, this took place during the end of finals week, with many students leaving for home. As no one was allowed to leave nor enter while the search was taking place, it must’ve been not so happy for all the parents who’ve come to help their children pack. Heh.
More recently, on my way back from the local library, I saw a truck stuck underneath an overpass. It had managed to barely clear the 11′ 10″ clearance with it’s front cab, but the rear trailer wasn’t as lucky. The overpass ended up peeling the top shell off, tossing bits of curled metal all over the street. I stood in place, and took a good long look at the driver (in all his shame) while he was talking with the police. We made eye contact. Haha.
While I wasn’t able to take a picture for you guys, I remember the scene well enough, so I drew it out. Enjoy.
So, here’s some more. (No, I’m not drawing fat men.) Although I think I could develop faces on my own, for this post and the one before, I used a photo reference for the face. It helps to have a proper model to get the proper perspective on the eyes. You can also steal lighting schemes from photos and save yourself a lot of trouble. As for the bodies themselves, they are the products of my sick, twisted imagination. How do I find clothing/color suggestions? The outside world, for one. Time to time, an outfit will catch my attention and sometimes I’ll remember it long enough to scribble it somewhere.
Anyway, here we are. I started out with a circle again, plopped in a head of sorts, and gave a preliminary sketch for the body. You can also see some of my eye failures concepts at the top. Funny thing is, I was starting out with a guy first. I ended up with a girl. Fail. It happens. One second you’re drawing a turtle, the next you have a toaster.
