2012 SD + Self Pub Sketchbook? + Junowrimo End

Friends, would you guys be interested in a self-published sketchbook from me? It would be a small and cheap 20 paged book. If so, what kind of sketches would you like to see? Would you like it if I wrote little blurbs on the sides or just leave it as sketch images?

Been trying to do more sketching and watercolors but lately I've been trying to work on my novel for Junowrimo. I got to about 35k before I decided to stop because I ran out of material and had no idea where my story was going. It's been a valiant effort but I think I would have really nailed this if I actually planned a good outline. I'm glad I got this far on pantsing alone but I'm definitely a planner. I think I'll be able to include what I've written into something good. Just need to make the connections. I like what I've written so far, of course major editing will be needed but it's a good start and I'm proud that I made it this far. Did you any of you guys participate? Did you win?! :D

I'll be participating in July Campnano after this crazy Junowrimo but my word count will be far less and I'll be working on a different story in general. I'm thinking I'll do 20-25k for my word count because it's more of a comic script than a novel. It's actually Blindfolded Love (the characters I sketched below) I plan on working for Campnano so I have a clearer idea of Niella and Kuwei's story. I just wanted it more detailed because right now it's just generalized so that isn't good enough for me. I would also love to get the pages thumbnailed if I have enough time for that during the month.

Upcoming Reviews: Nattosoup Giveaway Items

This is a quick review of the great supplies I won from Nattosoup's great giveaway! I'm so sorry! I totally meant to do a review on the items a loooooonggg time ago but I wanted to test the items thoroughly and they each probably deserve their own review which I will do later except for the erasers. XD

It came in this cute translucent pencil case. It's a durable plastic case (I'm not sure what brand it is, looks like French on the back lol). Winning it was like the lottery to me! XD

Front

Back

Here is my experimentation with all the tools. I got everything except the Aquamarine Lamy Safari from the giveaway. I just got caught up with the doodling. XD

1. Pilot Color Eno .7 with Soft Blue Lead .7
2. Pilot Hi-Tec-C .3 Black
3. Pentel GraphGear 1000 .7 with Pilot Neox Graphite B .7
- Lamy (not part of the giveaway)
4. Uniball Signo White Gel Pen
5. Mono Zero 2.3
6. Mono Knock 3.8
7. Mono Plastic Eraser

A more secluded shot of the doodles. Hopefully you can still read what I wrote. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. lol

This also came with the giveaway but forgot to include it in the picture above. I'll do a review later since I wasn't in the mood to fill a pencil and experiment but I love the different colors! Will have to use those soon because we all could use a little color in our lives, right? :D

Becca from Nattosoup said she knew how to deliver with her giveaway and boy was she right! ^w^

Random Old Sketches and Junowrimo Update

More old sketches where I wished that I had dated them. XD Most are old but some of them are dated. lol

I've update the comment system with Disqus so that it'll be easier for you guys to post and for me to reply. I'm sorry I don't reply to you guys even though I want to but it's hard to do it through blogger so I usually try to reply through Twitter or some other means. lol I don't think you guys mind. Still it's a bother so I installed this so hopefully this makes it much easier for you guys. :D

Wasn't able to get through reading all my books before they were due but that's ok. I'll return them and get them out again later. That's the beauty of the wonderful library system. ^_~ I really need to read some of the books that I want to read before they are due. lol

Junowrimo is going ok, I was doing great but slacked horribly this past weekend. Right now I'm about 4k behind but lots of things came up this weekend and I just couldn't get into gear with writing. I'm hoping to catch up so I can make my word count this week! :D Still haven't worked on an outline, may need to set aside time sometime this week to actually do that. lol



This is sort of how I used to draw my sketches when I was still learning to draw faces consistently (still working on that lol). They are all head shots. XD I still do this sometimes but now I'm getting better and I'm starting to include the upper body at least. haha

Drawing clothes which is funny since I'm not really one to care for fashion too much. Oh and I hate to draw shoes/feet. I'm getting better at it now. lol

Old (Before-I-Started-Dating-my-Work) Sketches - 2006-2008

Wow, sorry guys, I keep falling behind on my weekly posts! >_<;; I have to work on that.

The first dated sketch in this post was in 2008 but I think these started in 2006 or 2007 before I thought to learn to date my work. haha I regret it now since it would have been good to see when I started them. I'm the type that takes forever to get through a sketchbook so if you're like me and you're reading this now and you don't date your work, do it now, you'll be happy that you did later in life when you refer back to them! If you start doing that then I've done my artist civil duty today. ^_~

Lately I've been working but I've picked up the writing project for JuNoWriMo which is basically NaNoWriMo in June! I was actually going to do the CampNaNo in July but decided why not start now?! lol That's a good and bad thing. I wanted a good outline before I started writing but that kept getting pushed off so I decided to just start writing and change things later. lol So far so good, I've been able to keep up but I want to stay ahead but I'm running out of material. Pulling things off from the top of my head. haha Still it's good fun, if not crazy illogical, sometimes. Going to attempt the July CampNaNo after June so it's going to be some crazy two months.

Are any of you crazies going to attempt July CampNaNo right after JuNoWrimo? Hope you all are taking care of yourselves. :D