day 3

HA! i almost forgot. technically i did forget, but i'm just lucky it's 3am and i was having trouble getting to sleep!


I thought of this as i was falling asleep. Haven't the foggiest idea why. Originally the dragon was blowing fire at a little sleepy moon, but the moon looked dumb and i left it out.

These are pretty sad little uploads. I should do some real art if i'm going to be actually blogging it. I'd promise real art for tomorrow, but... i don't like lying :)

double-negative Lent: day 2

So a friend of mine (i can never remember the level of discretion she chooses to keep with her real name) has resolved to post a drawing a day. This is a thing i have always said "huh, i should do that, sounds simple enough" but have never done. So i've decided that i'm giving up NOT doing it for Lent! I have never observed Lent before. I'm not even catholic. but this seemed like a good excuse for a short-term goal, and who knows, maybe it will be habit forming.

So here's my post for the second day (counting yesterday's post as the first):


It's a space sheep.
I remember hearing once that back in the day, before space travel was developed and people were starting to speculate what went on in space (in an early scientific sense) some people theorized that there were sheep on the moon. I haven't been able to verify the source of this story. Granted i heard it in a CalArts critical studies class, so it's veracity is questionable at best, still, i like the idea of sheep on the moon.
I think this one pooped out that little star*.


*see, jason, i still got poop in there somehow.

I've been sick (along with everyone else in my house), and Jeffrey Rowland got me thinking about hobbits... but not quite like that.


I have this one Shakira song in both Spanish and English but the Spanish version seems to be all that ever comes up on shuffle. Not really relevant, but it came up on itunes just now and i thought i'd metion it.

Tonight i decided i was going to do one drawing*. Unfortunately, this was all i could come up with.

Then i did this drawing of myself folding laundry. It's a little more true to my actual Tuesday night activities (although folding laundry is not really that frustrating).

Neither of these are necessarily blog-worthy, but apparently Randeep doesn't think i update my blog enough. He might not be wrong.


*initially with the intent of that one drawing being in the service of my torch tiger story, but that didn't work out so great. you know who else is doing a torch tiger story? nicole!

An older scan out of a moleskine, because i don't have much else right now!
Busybusybusy.
Also i figured i should post something that wasn't some comic about myself. Just to shake things up.

The mermaid's okay, she's just nervous because she's so high up.

Happy New Year!

Well, it's 2009 guys! here's a play-by-play account of my New Years Eve. Drawn in extra-shitty vision, courtesy of sleepiness! If enough people comment saying "Hey Lissa, i can't read your dang chicken-scratch writing." then i guess i'll... transcript it or something? it's really not that important.

Hanukkah comic!

Just barely too late for a christmas comic, luckily i'm TOTALLY on time for a Hanukkah comic!
Complete with crappy scan, courtesty of the only scanner at my parent's house.


For actual information on Hanukkah, read the wikipedia article on the matter... just like i had chose to do.

On meeting new people

A 100% true story.

Tried inking with a brush pen because, hell, i have a really nice one and it's what all the cool kids are doing these days (i think?).

Ssssssh

I'm hiding!


So crazy political times, am i right? It's finally a good time to be an american so far as i'm concerned. I guess i'm not going to talk politics on this blog too much. If you (for however many people are still checking in here, sorry for not updating much) care to hear my opinion on the subject i've been blabbing on my livejournal.

a thing i did

So i posted this video a while back:
(Pelican eating a pigeon, in case you don't want to re-watch it.)


I did this based on a conversation had over lunch.


This is kind of an A sketch to that one:

Less whiney

I found a drawing that was less whiney. I liked the little moleskine tassle/place-holder thing there so i left it in the scan.

Problems!

But only little ones.


I've only actually gotten two citations for invalid registration stickers.
Only two.
SINCE SATURDAY(it is currently Monday evening)!!!
I'm totally on top of it, City of Glendale. Chill out and cut me some slack.

(i'm hiding my car in our appartment's underground garage until my new stickers arrive. shhh. don't tell Glendale!)

Totoro Forest Project

So i think literally everyone and their mother has made mention of this on their blog, but if somehow anyone's missed it:


The Totoro Forest Project is underway! Spearheaded by Hayao Miyazaki, the Project is a fund raising effort to save Sayama Forest in Tokyo, which served as inspiration for the film "My Neighbor Totoro". Dozens of amazingly talented artists have come forward to donate some stunning artwork to the cause which will be auctioned off at Pixar Studios on September 6th.

Tickets to the auction were made available to the general public, unfortunately (for those of us who missed out, but good for the forest) they sold out in 2 days. Now here's some information everyone and their mother might NOT have mentioned yet: if you email them at admin@totoroforestproject.org they're starting a wait list and will know in a couple of weeks if spots open up. I had hoped to go, but didn't count on tickets disappering so fast, so you know.... i found this information helpful.

Whether i can make it or not, best of luck to those guys. I know they've got the firepower (in an artistic sense... not a guns and ammo sense) behind them to make a difference.

One last tiger, while i pull some interesting art together.



Maybe.

I've got my eye on you, Paul Briggs.

Paul.

Comic Con part 2: Swag

What's the best part of Comc Con? Loadin' up on bad ass books!

Pictured here are:
-Justin Parpan's "Gwango's Lonesome Trail", which i've been meaning to pick up since forever.
-Josh Parpan's "Eeks and Shrieks!" card set (not laid out)
-Emma's sketchbook
-Mike Mignola's sketchbook
-Chris Sander's sketchbook.
- Flight 5
- Who Is Rocket Johnson
- Ted Mathot's "Cora"
- Bill Pressing's "Bookplate Betties"
- Scott Morse's "Red Window: Summer 2008"
- Derek Thompson's Monster-a-Day
- Frank and Frank by Chris Applehans
PLUS the obligatory two books from Stuart Ng. I went into Stuart Ng expecting to make a B line for some Wenling, or an issue of Skydoll or Belladonne (my go-to titles for mind-blowingly appealing european comic book stylin's), but looking at them for the hundredth time i didn't find that i absolutely had to have them. Instead i tried to find something that i didn't already have, that i hadn't heard of and hadn't seen before. First i found 'Fennec' by Lewis Trondheim and Yoann. It's done in a really simple appealing style with equally simple and appealing watercolors. You don't need to read French to get the story. At the suggestion of some friends i also picked up a collection of the work of Sergio Toppi. His inking, crosshatching and color washes are refreshingly bold. I can see his influence in a lot people i've known who have come through CalArts, students and teachers alike, and it's nostalgic and refreshing to see the source.


FrankandFrank caught my eye with it's unusual shape. The awkwardness of trying to read such a long (not in the usual sense) book posed a humourous challenge. And the short, simple sequential strips it contained won me over (daaaaw!<3)

Videos of interest

First and foremost, our Princess and the Frog teaser is now up and online!
Check it out. It's 2-D, guys!

Secondly, a totally badass ad campaign from BBC Sports for the upcoming Olympics in Beijing featuring the cast of Chen Shi-zheng, Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn's Monkey: Journey to the West! The animation in this is way better than anything i saw in the show. I've gotta find a way to download this:


And lastly, just because this is so freakin' wierd.
At lunch today my friend Sarah told me about this video clip of a pelican eating a pigeon.

a PELICAN.
eating a PIGEON.

apparently this happens way more often than people think? Anyway, here's the video.
[EDIT] I now feel compelled to mention that the pelican video is not only totally weird but possibly also a little disturbing. Nothing graphic or gross, just ... a tad disturbing. Consider that a heads up.

Comic Con part 1: New Friends

So yeah, Comic Con! I'm lazy, and my computer has... problems, so i'm going to report it in chunks.
The first chunk is about new friends ("chunk"+"friends" in the same sentence = great).

Sills and a happy pea! Sills was made by Elizabeth Ito who was selling him and his mini monster kin complete with birth certificate and cozy PETA approved carrier!


The pea came from Conduct Happiness, and opened the door for pea jokes the rest of the day.
"I think I'll take a pea." (when i bought it)
"Look guys! There's pea in my bag!"
(when the pea ripped a seam)"My pea is leaking?"
"Claire, i hope your mom doesn't mind if i bring pea in her car."
"I kinda have to go to the bathroom, but it's okay, i can hold my pea."
The list goes on.




Happy pea!
















Sills making friends.

San Diego Comic-Con, guys!
It's totally on.

Be sure to pick up "Who is Rocket Johnson?" (goin' like hot cakes! booth #2302), "Afterworks 3" (booth #1534), and "Scrambled Ink" (at the Dark Horse booth, i think, #2615). Compilations from the talented folks at Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks respectively, proof positive that these dudes and ladies can totally rock the art-making in the off-hours. Flight 5 is looking to be a good time as well (booth #1228). All this with a slew of independent artists' booths that are totally worth checking out.
I've got my panel schedule, shopping list and generous spending budget all set.

Good times, fellows.

Tyger, tyger.... tyger.