Human Mimeograph

[osprey_archer]

asakiyume: How does this look for a rough sketch of M--?



The scanner washed out the curl in her hair, & I couldn't decide if she should have short or long hair; I can change it if you like.

(This is an illustration for asakiyume's Pen Pal series, which involves messages in bottles, volcanoes, political dissidents, and a floating city, and is therefore much cooler than this picture can do it justice. What can I say, sometimes I have random sketching attacks. Also you should all go read the story.)

...and then I was having such a good sketching that I decided to draw a picture for my brother, who is having shoulder surgery this week.





My brother, with elf ears. They actually look more like demon ears. That's what you get when you shave off your hair, I guess...

(For comparison, the sketch is based on this photo:



This is why they call me the Human Mimeograph.)



My creative endeavors are very hard on my friends and family. "Oh hey!" I'll cry, "I've got this brilliant story idea where you turn into a turtle and nearly get eaten by the Devil! With illustrations!"

Unfortunate friend: O.O

"And by I have this idea I mean it's already written and illustrated. Want to read it?"

I have a WHOLE SERIES of these. They are TOTALLY BRILLIANT. You can tell, because my friends have not banded together to remove all computers, pens, pencils, and paper from my custody.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I LOVE IT!!! Can I link to it?

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

YAY!!

Sure, link away!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

LOL, and also I think it's great that you tell family and friends you have the idea after you've already written it up and illustrated it :D

(And if you really have bunches of those stories, will you post them ever? I bet they're great.)

(I like drawing too--here's one of mine)

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Well, it's better than telling them before and then not finishing the story. That would be so frustrating: "You threatened to make me the heroine of your own strange version of a virgin martyr story! AND I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE AX/CATHERINE WHEEL/BOILING PIT OF OIL TO DROP!"

The first one I wrote is posted in rough draft here (http://osprey-archer.livejournal.com/49182.html) - I'm actually the main character in that one, so as a bonus you can see what happens when I transmute myself into a literary character; but a lot of my friends appear as secondary players.

I haven't posted the others because I'm hoping to get some of them published & I've heard posting things on LJ messes up the copyright, and also no one commented on the first one - I think because it's so long.

I've always liked that icon, and I did wonder if it was your drawing. Do you usually just sketch randomly, or do you illustrate your stories?

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! Catherine Wheel for the win :D

And thanks for the link to your draft of a story; next break from work I take, I'll go read.

You're absolutely right about copyright--so yeah, best to hold off on posting stuff that you want to publish.

I doodle characters from my stories, but I don't actually illustrate them (it's one thing to draw faces and another to try to get all the characters looking right together in a scene.) Do you have a Deviant Art account? I do, though I don't post there much. This userpic is Tilia, from a story I wrote that hasn't yet found a home.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I don't have a Deviant Art account. It hadn't occurred to me to get one, because I don't draw things so very often. But if this new sketching thing takes hold, maybe I will.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I think I especially love her eyes ♥