Time Well Spent

So it's been a bit since I've really thrown a bunch of recent sketches up and have only been giving in to one or two at a time. Today I give you 3 pages out of the sketch book.

The runs lately have been good. Did a straight 2 miles last night with no intervals and just running. It wasn't as fast as I had hoped for but the work was in it and was felt at the end.

I'm looking forward to the 3 miler on Saturday morning as I think we'll try that method again and simply go out and run and see how our time is.

Hey look at me...I'm getting distracted here...Let's get to those sketches!

The first consists of some profiles and head shots. There are several I like here and yes there is also the babe in the water. I actually like the angry youth on the lower right...something about it that appeals to me.


The second one is all out chaos! The person on the lower left that appears to be in a car actually is! It's a coworker with who I went out for coffee and as we had time left she hit the "crackberry" and I did a quick sketch. It came out okay which is nice...the one that I like however is the one to the left of her...that really just started out as a doodle that kept getting better.

The third and last is the most recent. I really like the one on the left as it was a tough sketch for some reason that when I finished made me smile at the work that went into it.
So the awesome Canadian band RUSH is out on tour this summer and is NOT coming to visit in my city which is strange as they have the last 5 times. They are doing the album Moving Pictures in its entirety and I am saddened that at this time I will not be able to check them out. There is still time that they might put in a effort but oh well...the thought that they are coming out with a new album is the best part.

See you around the universe gang!

Some Random Thoughts...

So there has been some awesome NHL games, tonight is the NFL Draft, the weather has been wonderful, my running has been nice and I've seen good improvements...and Southpark is getting threatened because they do what they do best...make you talk about delicate subjects.

I love it!

Here is some random bad guy for you, just because you deserve it! Nice huh? Just because you also could use something cool to make your day!

A Weight Off The Shoulders...

So last week I went through a 5 day audit to get the company I work for certified in the ISO9001 Standard. With no major or minor issues reported we passed and got certified. This was a process that has taken 18 months total since that was when I was brought on board.

We still have a lot of projects lined up and it's not like once you get certified you stop doing what you did to get there. You have to continue with the meetings, the ideas, the records and documents, the internal audits, the inspections, etc...

I also had a wicked run Saturday morning. We did the "booty loop" which is a 3 mile loop by attacking it in a run 5 minutes and walk 2, and repeat till you are done. Prior to starting I was able to chat with two friends, Sean and Chris, who are now in the tapering part of training for the Boston Marathon which is next week. Between that and the audit being successful the stage was set for a good run. And boy was it...the weather was perfect with it being about 49 degrees at 9am. We completed the run in 33 minutes on the dot with 4 stops along the way for the 2 minute rests. The 5 minute runs were probably done at about a 9:39 pace and boy it was awesome! I'm feeling it today but it's a good feel.

I also was able to pick up the pencil and sketch again without thinking about audits. At first I wasn't liking it at all and then I kept tweaking it and tweaking it until I was blown away at the sketch, so then I added a pillar and some ivy which made it look like a Greek theme. Then without scanning, which shocked me, I just jumped into inking. I'm not done with this yet and I feel I can still tweak it some more with the computer but I am still in awe at this sketch / ink. I love the feel of it and the ivy...well the ivy freaking rocks. Here is it:



During the weekend we also got some yard work done. Some mowing, trimming, planting, weed killing, raking, etc...so the weekend was a good one with some naps thrown in as well! Till next time be good!