I apologize to those of my friends who prefer a little more verbiage…I’m super exhausted as this week comes to a close, but want to keep up with my sketch-a-day thing that I just started yesterday.

AZL DAY 02: 30 AUG 2024

Yesterday I decided to try doing at least one sketch per day. I would love to see how much I can improve if I do this every day for a year!

This first one is just a mishmash of sketches based on different photos I’ve taken recently. Sketching from a photo is a lot easier than from real life, but it’s certainly a handicap as well.

Thumbnails of my recent crow-tography

I’ve been thinking of crow related comics lately, but feel a bit limited by my snarling lack of ability. I spend a lot of time pondering the thought processes and internal structure/heirarchy of the murder. I can picture the comics in my mind, but when I try to draw them the vision escapes me. If I do this every day though, I should become better.

For this next one, I drew from my imagination.

@maxwellmarcusart suggested going away from lined paper. I like this suggstion, but whenever I try, sketch paper feels so fancy and formal that I lose my uninhibited expresion somehow. Obviously that’s all in my head, just something I need to overcome, but currently that is something that challenges me. See how the lines get cleaner? It almost looks like a coloring book or something. It’s like I’m being too cautious. This one was from a photo.

Finally, this self portrait was done using a mirror…I think it looks more like the cover of Jethro Tull’s *Aqualung” than me…or I hope so I guess lol

And here’s another mish mash page of “from real life” sketches:

…anyway that’s it for today. Thank you for looking!

Thanks for checking out some more of my work! As always, I hope you enjoyed witnessing as much as I enjoyed creating!

If you enjoy my content, check out the Albus Index!

Here you’ll find links to various post-groupings, so you can find all posts related to a specific topic quickly. Topics include lists of brewing recipes, flutes, crypto talks, rucking posts and an index of all acoustic covers. The lists are updated as new content is added, so they can always be used to quickly navigate my content.

source