Here's another peek at some machine-cut paper stuff... It makes nice frames.

So i got this CNC-type paper cutting machine and it's pretty awesome. It works like a printer -- you just send a vector file to it, the paper feeds back and forth through it, and then it looks like this!

I really love Arabesque patterns from Islamic art and architecture, I wanna make a million layers of them in different colors.

Here's a blended marker one. I got one of those huge packs of Bic permanent markers with every color of the rainbow in it, so blending was easy. But.... then i didn't like the background I made, so I knocked that right out. I should get a better scan of this, it's pretty low res.

Boom

Here's a marker one from the show. I used a ruler. Didn't use a compass though. Probably should have. Ok, time to go to sleep so I can wake up early to sit at a desk and not draw!

And number 2

Here's the next one, also too gigantic for my poor computer. The silhouettes are from a photo I took on President Street here in Baltimore. I bought an extra extendable compass and put extra long markers in it for those damn circles, some of them are 2 feet in diameter! The colors are way brighter and more awesome in person, I guess some of these markers don't translate to RGB. I also made a page of just concentric circles that I didn't put in the art show, maybe I'll scan it in later.

Finally!

Ok, the art show came down and I brought the bigger pieces into work to scan on our big fancy scanner. And man, that thing is nice. The resulting images were so hi-res that I had to erase like a whole gig from my hard drive before I could even open them. And then sizing and color balancing... don't even get me started. Anyway, here's my favorite one. I decided to do it first.

OK I'm back

Yeah, I've been missing for a couple months, I know... The truth is, I got a job! Yay for my bank account, boo for my artwork (I have to wake up at 6 am now). That started in April. Then Dainty and I decided to have an art show, which got me to frantically make a bunch of drawings, and I didn't leave any time to go scan them (they're too big for my regular scanner), so you'll have to wait till the art show comes down to see them. In summary: I made a bunch of crap, but I can't show it to you yet, I swear I'm not lying. BUT: the other day, Alex and I decided we should act like artists and walk down to The Walters to draw sculptures. So here's my first real sketch in months (I brought colored pencils):

I should probably do this more. I was super frustrated and angry about the statue's hair for the first 20 minutes, and then I calmed down and got really into it. Then we tried to find faberge eggs, and gave up after a few minutes because we got hungry.

Note: my art show comes down in 10 days, at which point I will be posting 7 (goodness me) finished drawings. Then maybe back to sketches.