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Sunday, April 1, 2012

A is for Andrew

Okay, it's day one of the A-Z Challenge and I'm raring to go. Actually, I'm ready to quit. To repeat for something like, the 12th time in the past week, I decided to chuck my previous theme at the last minute and go with something new.

So I decided Friday night to go with a sketch-a-day. And after an hour piddling around I came up with today's image. I was going to do something astronomy related, then I decided to do a pretty complicated scene with an old man staring at the stars... astronomy was the theme. But I did a quick sketch and realized I would have to work on it for too long to actually make it look cool. So after half an hour I chucked that too.

Sigh, that's going to be problem for me. Anyway, I decided that the old man I was drawing reminded me just a bit of an aging Andrew Leon... wait, Andrew starts with an 'A'... I drew Andrew Leon, aged an additional 40 years.

Eventually, he will turn into a Wizard
Speaking of Andrew Leon, he's killing me at the Star Wars trivia challenge over at The Best of Everything blog. I couldn't help but notice there is a 500 point bonus for anyone who can get Alex Cavanaugh or Michael Offut to comment (and mention who sent them) in the challenge.

So, *ahem* sorry to anyone who'd hoped I'd do the astronomy based posts for the challenge, it looks like sketches are my thing.

37 comments:

  1. Hey, I like both themes so it's a win-win for me.

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  2. I love the sketches theme. It's orignal, quick to read, and interesting. :)

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  3. Andrew will get a kick out of that!
    So will I get five hundred points if I send myself? If that puts me in the lead, I might do it.

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  4. I didn't have a theme until I sat down at the computer this morning and chances are, it'll change about five hundred times between now and the end of the month.

    Love the sketch. You're such a great artist.

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  5. Wow, you are very talented. I can't wait to see what your other sketches will be.
    I'm dropping by from the A-Z Challenge and will definitely be back to check out more of your sketches.

    Monica, Older Mommy Still Yummy

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  6. Both themes are great . . .and I had a tough time choosing too . . . still not sure I chose right, but oh well . .
    http://tyreanswritingspot.blogspot.com/

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  7. love your "andrew"
    :)
    i copied your theme with the sketches, but i spent about three minutes on mine.

    i'm such a slacker!

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  8. I am in awe at people who can sketch like this. Great job.

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  9. Awesome sketch. I wish I could do that. I can't wait to see the rest.

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  10. Wow... I really have no words. And that's something for me. Okay, I have one word: awesome! That's awesome (and,look, my word starts with "a")!

    Oh, and my wife will kill me if I ever let my beard get that long.

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  11. I wish I could sketch like that. I can draw epic stick figures. And trees, I'm pretty good at drawing trees. I'm not very good at drawing peoples.

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  12. Love your theme. I'm interested to see what sketches you'll come up with. :)
    Nutschell
    www.thewritingnut.com

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  13. I dig the sketches theme! Looks like Moses.

    Curious. How long did it take you to do that sketch? You're very talented.

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  14. @Jay: I had beard in high school, and Moses was one of the nicknames I picked up.

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  15. I really love this. I'm in awe of people who can draw.

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  16. Wait, you did this yourself? Holy god, that's amazing. My secret dream was to be an artist, but sadly I wasn't very good. I can't wait to see more!

    Happy A-Z blogging!

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  17. Hi, enjoyed the post and the sketch!
    Thanks.
    Ruby

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  18. A theme of sketches = THE AWESOME!

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  19. A sketch a day will work for me, Rusty.

    Now imagine - I recommend young adult books on my blog, and I've got a nice bookshelf full of books that I've read and am ready to write up... but fitting into this A to Z scheme? Well, a few will be a bit of a stretch, and I am still hunting for one for V.

    But I cannot draw. At. All. So I will be looking forward to your sketches, believe me!

    **Katy M
    Recommending YA books beyond the bestsellers at http://BooksYALove.blogspot.com
    Follow me on Twitter @BooksYALove

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  20. Nice theme you decided one, great drawing too, beats the cat's art big time..haha

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  21. Awesome sketch! Stop stressing and just have fun with the challenge :)

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  22. Very cool theme. I'd like astronomy but this is neat. You've got tons of creative talent.

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  23. A sketch a day is very cool. I'll be back to see more.

    The Write Soil
    1st Writes

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  24. Great sketch - look forward to more.

    Horst
    http://horst-peters.blogspot.ca/

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  25. I think I like the sketch theme. Less to read and try to process.;) Can't wait to see the others.

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  26. I'm looking forward to the next sketches as well. It's fun to see another writer/artist in the challenge. :)

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  27. Amazing sketch! I look forward to the rest of them!

    Kathleen
    Living 2012

    A to Z challenge

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  28. LOL I think the sketch is fabulous despite it being a last minute thing! :)

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  29. It's a very nice looking sketch. I'll try to stop back more during the challenge to see what else you have.

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  30. Love your sketch - and your thought process!

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  31. Wow, you captured a lot of expression in the face with that sketch. It does look like he's looking up at the stars.

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  32. Cool theme for the challenge. Like the sketch.

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