{"id":1800,"date":"2010-07-15T21:17:26","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T05:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tahnee.org\/wordpress\/?p=1800"},"modified":"2010-07-15T21:17:26","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T05:17:26","slug":"sketchbooks-through-11-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tahnee.org\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/15\/sketchbooks-through-11-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbooks Through 11 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I got this crazy idea. How far have I come, artistically, through the years– and in what increments? What if I took photos of mid-July drawings in all my sketchbooks, clear back to ’99? And then let’s say that I publish all these drawings (no matter how embarrassing they are) onto a blog? I thought it would be fun.
\n2010<\/strong>: Here’s where we stand today… Taking the rules and breaking them.
\n\"2010\"
\nRead on for a trip through time!<\/p>\n

2009<\/strong>: Character stuff; this was drawn at a Sketchgroup.<\/p>\n

\"2009\"<\/p>\n

2008<\/strong>: Imagined realism– Summer before CalArts, which hadn’t yet the chance to kick me into letting go of quaisi-perfect anatomical proportions for characters. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that!) Also, She and Her Pet<\/a> was painted about this time.<\/p>\n

\"2008\"<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong>: Right after I visited CalArts for the first time, I think.<\/p>\n

\"2007\"<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong>: Playing with a critter, who perhaps lives on this guy’s farm…<\/p>\n

\"2006\"<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong>: Illustrations for Fallbrook High’s KOPA literature\/arts annual publication. I remember drawing these in math class. Worked a lot harder on these than the math…<\/p>\n

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2004<\/strong>: Learning the art of becoming an HXM (Human Xerox Machine) all the while doing fanart for my favorite movie of all-time (har har har, pun TOTALLY intended).<\/p>\n

\"2004\"<\/p>\n

2003<\/strong>: Oooh to this day I still dislike getting dental work done. Trying my hardest at making “realistic shading”, which apparently only applied to coats and greasy hair.<\/p>\n

\"2003\"<\/p>\n

2002<\/strong>: Even more twinning! This was back when I wouldn’t touch a pencil. Everything HAD to be in pen.<\/p>\n

\"2002\"<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0 Seventh grade, holy cow! I remember I brought my drawing book with me EVERYWHERE. The line down the middle means this page (no more than 4×6″) took two days to draw on. Look, that’s a happy hanger because it has teeth!<\/p>\n

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2000<\/strong>: Mr. Phil, the Ultimate Plumber! Made a large painting of this guy shortly after drawing this. It’s still in my dad’s bathroom!<\/p>\n

\"2000\"<\/p>\n

1999<\/strong>: It’s a bunch of Happy Dogs! I had 57 or so of these characters, and believe it or not, actually got them all copyrighted at the ripe age of 10.<\/p>\n

\"1999\"<\/p>\n

So… Why, exactly do <\/em>I hold onto all these old sketchbooks?<\/p>\n

Purely for the reason of looking at my own progress! I also believe that a good idea’s always a good idea, no matter how old it is, or how young I was when I came up with it. Sometimes looking at old drawings gets new gears turning in the mind. But most of the time, I can’t help but critique them… look at those dog paw\/hands… yikessss!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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