[Image description: A page of pencil sketches and scribbles.]
Some warmup doodles from this morning. The top two are some ideas I’m considering for art to go on a new banner for my Artist Alley table. The bottom three are Sami, Hannah, and Andrea from The Hues.
[Image description: A hand-painted sign with a lifesaver flotation ring in the upper right corner that reads “We don’t Skinny dip… We chunky dunk”]
WORD.
[Image description: An animated GIF from the film Citizen Kane of Kane applauding intensely.]
Thank youuuuuuu!
I’m still working on OOTDs, I just have fewer opportunities to dress cutely these days. I’ve got one I drew over the summer after I went to a wedding that I really need to finish, and a couple more outfits from parties from the last few months I can draw, so I’ll be getting those done eventually!
<3
[Image: A cartoon of Alex with a sarcastic eyerolling expression.]
Here’s something from the Thing I Drew Today: Friday’s comic, and the first comic in 2012.
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to draw something every day and post it online, and I’m definitely counting my comic updates in that so I don’t get frustrated. Two down, 364 to go.
[Image description: A collage of Alex’s art from each month of 2011. Top text says “Alex’s 2011 Art Meme”]
Did an art meme for the year. I noticed that I was kind of stop-and-go with my art this year. Some months, I only did a few things, which made it easier to choose for those parts of the meme, but other months I did a bunch of art all at once. But I think it summarizes my year fairly well anyway.
[Image description: A pencil sketch of Salime, a Latina teenager, singing exuberantly into a microphone.]
Also drew Salime. :D
[Image description: A pencil sketch of Hannah, a lanky, androgynous teen holding her arms over her head and shuffling a deck of cards between them.]
Drew Hannah awhile back.
[Image description: A colored-in sketch of Alex as “Lumpy Space Alex,” wearing a purple dress, bright purple leggings, black boots, and a deadpan glare.]
So against my better judgement, I watched some Adventure Time. Lumpy Space Princess is like my favorite thing ever. And I love how, from what I’ve heard, the fandom loves her too.
So I made a drawing of a LSP-inspired outfit/found-item cosplay. Purple happens to be my favorite color, so I’ve got plenty of it in my closet. I imagine a human LSP to be similar in personality to April on Parks and Recreation, so that’s who I’d be channeling if I actually did this.
So that’s Lumpy Space Alex. :B
Oh, and this is the first thing I’ve drawn in 2012! o/
[Image description: A grainy photo of a group of teens in their prom wear. Alex stands in the middle looking to her right wearing a sparkly red dress with spaghetti straps. The rest of the kids have their faces obscured by mosaics.]
I posted this to a thread in r/TwoXChromosomes about a girl the poster knew who was being fat shaming about prom dresses (tw: fat hate, bullying) and I thought I’d post it here, too.
I was a fat teen, and this is what I wore to prom. I was probably around a size 18 at this time, and I got the dress at DEB.