Is it weird to draw yourself? Every drawing is a form of self expression, but this is the most direct form of that expression. For me, drawing is a hobby and I tend to focus more on the skill than the creativity, but the result is the same, the manifestation of an extension of the self that persists afterwards. And that is one of the reasons I keep doing this.
Watch this link – a youtube short of me drawing me on my channel @oneofthesteves.
A doodle from my noodle. New Video on YouTube.
An isometric cityscape, the likes of which I might have drawn as a kid, contains elements from real life – a reflection of random thoughts on paper. In the upper right corner is a garden that we built this summer in our front yard. It was designed to match the neighbors’ garden. On the left is some industrial process equipment, similar to things I’ve seen on job sites when I worked in the field. There’s also a train, because in the future there will be more trains.
In the drawing, I started out just scribbling with one of my fountain pens, but I quickly felt lost so I picked up a pencil and sketched out a rough idea of where I wanted to take the drawing. Then I continued with the ink and at the end I decided to add some color so I picked out a nice palette of prismacolors and filled it in.
I’ve got another drawing of our squirrel friend. Here she is eating some almond flakes, strategically placed on the fence where I could snap a reference picture.
This drawing was done in a small sketchbook with various wooden pencils and a fine eraser. I started it a few months ago and left it unfinished for one reason or another.
Here is my YT Short, finishing up the sketch.
I recently came across an ad for a physical product that hangs on the wall. It features backlit buttons for each day of the year, allowing users to track daily habits by pressing the corresponding button and having it light up.
While this concept may provide a sense of satisfaction for some, I personally find a cloud-based spreadsheet much more practical. In fact, I quickly put together a similar system using Google Sheets.
Feel free to explore the idea and download a copy for yourself!
One day a few weeks ago, we were driving the Seward Highway and had to stop for a rock slide. I decided to take a picture and later I drew it in my sketchbook.
Just a quick sketch here. This winter, I watched this squirrel run back and forth across our fence in the back yard, getting peanuts from the neighbors’ yard to take back to her nest. She’s a hard worker!
I have zero subscribers to send anything to, but if you sign up now, I will start sending… something. Notifications of new posts, videos and whatever. Try me!
