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Sketchbook: Pi and the Snitch

Natalie — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:25:55 +0000

Of course this Golden Snitch is fully robotic; it’s much more challenging that way. At least that’s what Pi tells me.

Sketchbook: Baltimore Finn, Private Eye

Natalie — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:00:55 +0000

Sketchbook: Snawzitfufle

Natalie — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:05:27 +0000

Yeah… no idea.

Really.

Now, the real question is, which one is the snawzitfufle?

On a side note, there’s got to be some sort of Lewis Carroll-esque poem that goes along with this. Let me know if you stumble across it, OK?

Sketchbook: Larval Cthulhu

Natalie — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:11:35 +0000

Hobo Hutch and the Power of a Tweet

Natalie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:14:47 +0000

For author, fellow podcaster and friend, J.C. Hutchins. Why? Because he’s awesome, plus not anyone can pull off the double kitten hat stack.

OK. So, there’s a bit more of a story to this piece than that.

Once upon a time…
Seriously though, I think it was something like January when J.C. made a comment on Twitter that he felt/looked like a hobo. As I’m not one to let such a fun image slip quietly into the night, I mentioned I’d be interested in bringing the aforementioned image to life. Following a brief exchange of DMs (or direct messages for you non-Twitter folk), the idea was agreed upon with gusto.

Fast forward a few months… er… half a year later. While I had been poking at the image off and on during the interim, I had a vague notion that it had been a while since I had last touched the piece, but I didn’t realize how ridiculously long it had been. I made it a point to finish. Needless to say, looking back at the start date, I’m a bit embarrassed. I’m a slow worker, but definitely not THAT slow. It was mostly due to procrastination on my part. At any rate, it’s done and I love how it turned out. It still makes me giggle when I look at it, and in my books, that’s a job well done.

And that is why Twitter rocks, because without it, this probably would have never happened. The end. :)

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Technical Details
Medium: Pencil (2B, HB)
Paper: Bristol
Physical Size: 8.5in X 11in

Travel Sketches: Land and Sea

Natalie — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:19:27 +0000

Travel Sketches: Humpback and Whitetip

Natalie — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:27:52 +0000

These are my favorite memories from this trip.

Hearing the humpback whales singing underwater on nearly every dive was wonderful. At some spots they could even be heard while snorkeling. Also, I had the opportunity to see whitetip sharks snoozing under ledges during the day.

Amazing stuff all around.

Travel Sketches: All the Little Fishes

Natalie — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:21:47 +0000

Sketchbook: Davy Jones

Natalie — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:26:40 +0000

“Down into Davy Jones’ Locker ye’ll be if yer foolish enough to swim in these seas.” – Sonny ‘Two-peg, one-eye, hook-finger’ Cooper

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Layered water color pencils (yellow, blue, carmine), graphite pencil

Sketchbook: Sea Kitten Sushi

Natalie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:24:51 +0000

Mmmm… tasty sea kitten sushi. It looks nice and fresh too.

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I started out drawing the big round one in the center without anything particular in mind (as I tend to draw fish when I can’t think of anything else to draw). It was about this time I saw a reference to sea kittens on Twitter (thanks @scottsigler!) and thought that would be a fun title for this sketch. I had been wanting to sketch some different fonts for a while and this was the perfect opportunity. A handful of fish later it looked complete enough. If I get ambitious I might try out some watercolor on this as well.

I think I’ll keep the theme going by drawing some sea bunnies next. ;-)

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