'Twas Completed Today

You all remember that kite I was working on correct? Well, IT IS FINISHED!! It was for a contest at work and now it is completely finished and submitted. Our theme was essentially "Island of Misfits" or "Forgotten Favorites" because come on, (even though no one talks about them) who doesn't love Hercules, Tarzan, The Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and Lilo and Stitch? I know what you're thinking "Lilo and Stitch has merchandise and gets talked about all the time!" WRONG! Stitch has merchandise (like three things) but the rest of the characters from the movie are basically lost to the world. If I were to ask the majority of the people I know who David, Jumba, Pleakly, Mertle, and Nani were I probably would just get blank faces. It counts. 

Originally Treasure Planet was supposed to make an appearance but the Jim Hawkins piece was never given to me so I had to draw Pegasus in his place. Below there is a time line of photos to feast your eyes upon.

Stitch and Pegasus are not my best work but they were drawn 2 hours prior to submitting the kite so I had to cut some corners. Everything but the stickers (AND SO,E REALLY COOL LEAVES CONTRIBUTED BY KIM!!) was free handed by yours truly and to be honest, I'm surprised that everything came out so well. It isn't exactly how I envisioned it but I think it looks better this way. You could say all of its imperfections give it character. 

I haven't decided what my favorite part is. I LOVE so many things about what I was able to accomplish with my (compounded) 24 hours of kite making that I can't choose! I never possessed the artistic gene prior to college but I guess all of my paddle making brought it out!!

ALSO! TODAY MY NEPHEW TURNED 6 AND IT IS FREAKING ME OUT!

Thirteen Hours Asleep

After I finished drawing more of the Tarzan piece of the kite for work, I decided that Jane was pissing me off and I gave up for the night. My plan was to go upstairs and start researching for the Atlantis piece by watching the movie and looking at coloring pages. I got about an 1/8th of the way through the movie before I passed out.

Now, I can sleep like no one's business. It's a talent I assure you. My talent took me through four separate dreams in over thirteen hours of sleep. As 3 o' clock rolled around, I started getting ready for work and today I decided to be creative with my face and do a makeup day! Unfortunately, I did not photograph it. But I was was very happy with it and I'm counting it anyway! 

Work went pretty well minus the fact that five thousand people decided to rush the store before closing. They were all very nice guests and my adventure with all of them was very pleasant, just exhausting. Did I come home and sleep though? Nope. I came home and immediately sat down to finish Jane who, I must say, looks pretty good well. I will post pictures of the whole project when everything is finished. Tomorrow is going to be a busy drawing day during the early part of the day. I have to figure out exactly what my design for Atlantis is (I practiced a few things tonight and Princess Kida is much harder than I thought she would be), figure out how to fit it in the space I've given myself, and then draw it.

I Can Draw?

Even though I was able to get more done in the two hours I worked on the project yesterday, I am so ridiculously proud of how this guy turned out!

Today I had another early day at work but I made up for it with Chipotle and going to see an old co-worker down from where I work. Home time consisted of being very, very tired and having my head hurt because the soon to be 6 year old was really hyper. What did I do to solve this? I took a nap and then I started drawing. I don't think that I am a talented animator by any means but I am so darn proud of what I've been able to accomplish the last two days! My entire body hurts though which isn't as fun.