Showing posts with label sad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sad. Show all posts

Monday, February 6, 2012

Aquatic Prozac

Perhaps I need to seek professional help.  Everything I draw is sad.  I'm not a sad person; in fact, I tend to run happy.  Happy is my go-to.  Happy is my default.

... or am I deluding myself?  Is my "inner Heather" crying out for an intervention?

This clown fish tells no jokes.

Obviously I was reaching for the stars with my previous attempts at drawing (though one lucky boy or girl will be getting the ox -- framed and matted -- as a birthday/Christmas present this year).   I thought it best to demote myself to more, uhh, entry-level art.  My library has a fantastic children's section.  I learned how to draw that fish up there from Ralph Masiello's ocean drawing book (ages 6 and up!).  It also had a few pages on sharks:


 
Step-by-step.  Simple lines.  No problem.

Captain, we have a problem.

I try not to censor myself too much on here, but I have to admit, I was (ok, am) almost too embarrassed to post this picture.  I'd like to say I messed up it up on purpose to be funny, but ... no.  With the exception of he extreme buck shark teeth (he looks like an asshole, he should have giant asshole teeth), it was legit.

I was talking on the phone, so distraction clearly played a part in the shark demise.  I'm sure that's it.  Next time, no phone, no "West Wing", no annoying cat.  Just me, my pad, my pencil and an empty mind (that last one shouldn't be too hard to accomplish).  I'm telling you, shit's about to get real at Chez Heather.

I did stay in the lines yesterday.  That has to count for something.

You should do more of this, less of all that crap up there ↑.
Stick to what you know, lady.

Friday, January 6, 2012

How Does This Happen?

A couple of weeks ago I ordered a book through Amazon and it showed up today.  Yay!  Books! 

AwesomeBooks, indeed!


















The package was oddly weightless.  Completely weightless, really.  Did I order a comic book?  A very, very small, thin comic book?  I didn't remember ordering a comic book.  Shit, I don't even read comic books.  What was in there...??
 
Or not so awesome.


















There was nothing in there.  How does this even happen, Shipping Department!?  Did they not notice they were sealing an empty envelope?  Did they think I ordered the essence of the olive oil book?  I assure you, I wanted the book in its entirety.