Saint Know-All

Just another quick sketch, about 5 minutes. One of these days I’ll have to lose my fear of legs.

Brief sketch influenced by clips of Titus Andronicus.

A short story I wrote for a contest on a forum. This is a very safe prose style for me, spare and straightforward.

Some strong language.
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Gah, missed yesterday. Extremely busy this week. Can’t even write proper sentences.

Anyway, 15 minute hand sketch.

Almost finished. Just needs one more good going over.

A teacher advised me to paint the background brown (it had been a more clashing blue) and seemed satisfied with the result, but I think it’s still a little too saturated. May mess around with it more. Acrylic, about three hours.

Title: Twilight
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Genre: YA supernatural

Twilight is the first book of an explosively popular series centered around supernatural teenaged romance. After reading it, I can understand why it is also such a divisive series, generating ardent fans and disgusted antis. It’s wish fulfillment, and a lot of it.

This is a long review, and I mean long, so for anyone interested only in the gist, here it is: a fast read, but ultimately boring and unintentionally odd.

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Sunflowers in acrylic. My thoughts on it can be summed up in a single word: “blargh”. Crap, and I just saw that I forgot to add a shadow on the table.

Well, the hype finally got to me. Next up in my reading list:

The reactions to this book (and the rest of the series) are interesting. It either generates fervent love or undying hatred. I’ve read about 20 pages so far and found it to be a typical supernatural YA story. Perhaps it just grows worse the further you read, like a literary version of MRSA.

Pastel pencils study, about 15 minutes. This is an odd medium to work with; I’ve seen some beautiful artwork accomplished with it, but it’s definitely…different.