Sketch Diary and Flashes of the Past

Welcome back to Sketch Diary, which is now on Day #7. Today I wanted to talk about character sheets. And let's just say, it's something I really need to work on. I actually started out by sketching the character in a simple, fun pose for a little print idea, and then I said to myself, "It is time!" and then I forced myself to work on my first real character sheet. I'm not going to lie, it was a struggle. This was easily one of the hardest things I've worked on. Keeping the character […]

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#Hands and veins seem to be a theme today. I think I have a teeny art project brewing.

Aside from the earlier blood-drawing adventure, my daughter is off ren-fairing in the east. She sent me a picture of her in costume(a wizard, btw) and I was struck by her hands. Long, spidery fingers and her prominent veins.

She's only/already 29. But her hands look like they belong on someone 20+ years older.

I've had an affinity for Egon Schiele's hands most of my adult life (Almost got kicked out of the Guggenheim one time for being a bit too enthralled by them...) and see a similarity in her hands in this pic. YMMV...

I'd like to do a photo shoot of both of our hands comparing & contrasting & comingled in various exaggerated postures & positions.

Something to amuse me a bit the next time we are together.

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Sketch page dump
Had some cool ideas that I wanted to jot down here, I enjoyed making this page so much!
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