Ponyo Ponyo Ponyo sakana no ko / aoi umi kara yatte kita

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Drawn sitting in the airport departure lounge, a recollection of the scenery out the train window en route to a site visit in The ‘Rat the week before:

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Self-portrait, with fringe. I drew page after page of sketches sitting around in one glitzy shopping mall after another, but nearly all of it is unspeakably bad…

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Lost in the mists of time, until now:

Thumbnail is not showing up on this one for some reason, but apparently I drew this at the age of six:

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Angsty painting, most likely inspired by Les Miserables:

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When copying famous angsty paintings, be sure to include hearts and/or flowers:

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And I copied a *lot* of Disney pictures back in high school:

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And there’s plenty more Disney copies where these came from…

Also?

Happy holidays, y’all!

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Poke me with a fork, I’m done! It’s not as well-executed as I’d like, but I’m exhausted and liable to melt down like a three-year-old at Disneyland…

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Redesigned, still in progress; still playing fast and loose with anatomy, ballet technique, and the laws of physics, but that’s art for you. Probably not going to be one of my better works, but I’m tired and have a heap of more important things to do. Laundry, physio exercises, sleeping early, shoving things into a backpack and hoping it’s all under 7kg …

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And so the Monthly Gargoyles Contest is at its last-ever edition. I’d only ever entered a handful of times, not being a particularly avid fan of the Gargs, and also being a champion procrastinator … but inspiration has just struck 4 days before I fly out for my Christmas break, and fingers crossed I’ll get it done in the next 3 or 4 evenings.

Theme from November 2006, ‘Black and White’. Odette, Odile, white, black, grey. The idea’s been kicking around my head for years,off and on.

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