Here's my sketch for the day. It's rushed as much as I could do it, but it's a little more detailed than I wanted it to be originally. The hand close-up is for practice again, of course. I gotta color this somehow, to make it easier to understand. D: Also, his hair seems to be getting longer... I dunno if I like it or not.

My male character (still nameless). Tiny image, I know. But I was able to practice drawing a more manly expression on an unusual facial angle, and a hand. I did this kinda rushed (hence, I did it at a small size) cuz I didn't want to sleep too late, but rushed, small drawings are also good practice. I'm too spoiled with the big images that take me like 12 hours to finish a sketch. This whole thing was done in maybe 10 minutes including thinking of what to draw.

He kinda reminds me of Bruce Lee in this image, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. :D

Here's a sketch "page" I actually started last night but finished just now. I'm practicing drawing full-body and bust/torso shots, because I spend too much time doing faces. This is a preliminary design for my standard male character, which I may use for a manga someday. I expect him to go through evolutions and improvements. I haven't really drawn a male character in a while, and this is a good start. As of yet, he has no name, though if you know me IRL, you'll probably notice that he's loosely based on my own looks. I'll have that hairstyle in a couple of months when my hair grows out. Kekeke.

(To view better in Firefox, you can right click and choose "View Image", or even save it to your HD and view it from there. I'm pretty sure IE has a similar option.)

I'm sorry, blog, that I haven't posted in a while. I really should've. A lot happened after I last posted, such as my quitting from my job of 1 year because there was no workload, trying to find a new job, Typhoon Ondoy (a.k.a. Ketsana) ravaging our home and the entire city, taking b-boying seriously, Christmas and New Year passing by, taking b-boying even more seriously, and a lot of self-improvement in terms of my discipline and personality. Not to mention, I lost a lot of weight since July, and I'm now only 25 lbs away from my ideal weight.

Sadly, I actually thought of abandoning you altogether. But I realize that this blog is one way for me to look back at my past. What experiences did I go through? What have I learned from them? What games have I played? Why did I like/not like them? I don't have many readers so I obviously don't do it for them.

Anyway, jumping forward, this blog is back, and I'll strive to be able to update it as regularly as possible.

I'm drawing again now, and I've set for myself a target of making one "page" of drawings everyday. This is to train me in discipline. So that means, even if I don't feel like it, I have to draw. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule, for example, days when I'm in a hectic schedule over one of my part-time jobs, other job hunts, etc. But still, I feel it'll be good training.

Here's a recent completed sketch:
I may consider coloring that someday. But for now I gotta keep working on my sketching. I take too long to draw stuff.

Abby just got home last Friday from Hong Kong, and with her, she brought hom a 6x8 Wacom tablet. She doesn't bring it to work, so while she's out, I get to use it. And it's fun. Lots of fun. Takes a lot of getting used to, though. Right now I'm still learning to use the stroke pressure properly, and to continue my strokes. I'm too used to a mouse for on-screen drawings. I also have to learn to stop repeated stroking like I do with a pencil, because it doesn't look so good when you draw outlines directly. You can clean it up with the eraser, but it takes too much time to do that.

I'll see if I can draw a decent front-view face by the end of the day.