Los saludos

So I'm trying to get fair shakes into the blogosphere. I don't really have all that much to say, BUT I do have a lot of art and amusement a-flowin' through my pen. Here, for your viewing pleasure, is my stuff.

 This was my first real attempt at digital inking through Photoshop CS3 (thanks again, Brandi!). I drew this on a scrap of paper while hosting the Anime Club at my last teaching job. Yes, I hosted the anime club. I don't know if every school has them, but if mine was anything to go by, they definitely shouldn't.

At any rate, I was asked by one of the teachers to have the kids draw some pictures for the yearbook. While they were drawing, I figured I'd join in (being that kind of teacher). We were watching Vision of Escaflowne while doing all this, so I tried drawing myself as a big burly guy with a sword and an eye patch. Didn't pan out too well. I sketched out a rough picture of me carrying the anime classic Gigantic Gourd of Sake with monk prayer beads. Oddly enough, no one seemed to get it.

As Escaflowne continued, I noticed that a lot of the characters did that dramatic point/cape flapping pose. So I ended up drawing myself in that pose. You might be thinking vanity is a big problem for me, but really it's not. It's just one of the first things I learned how to draw the same over and over again. So I keep showing up in my own drawings. Although I am a bit vain. Not much though.

Why I chose boars, I'm not too sure. I think it's because I was watching Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann back then. Y'know... the pig moles.

So a quick youtube tutorial later, I scanned this in and inked it up. And now, little man, I pass the watch to you. [ding]

So come back in a day, and I'll have more art and amusement for you. Tally-ho!