Doodleaux: Scribbles and Scraps

2009-11-06T14:10:00.000-08:00

I hate you, IEEE. You have so many documents, with so many sections that are 312% redundant. It is really out of control, and I think maybe someone should take a nice vacation (and no you are not allowed to write a Vacation Verification and Validation Plan , or a Vacation Requirements Specification, or a Vacation Acquisition Support Plan).

2008-04-20T01:44:00.000-07:00

Been a while, hasn't it? Today I bring you a hastily-drawn warning.

Be educated. Don't let dance fever happen to you!

2007-09-26T19:25:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I sit down and I know exactly what I want to draw. Other times I just sit down with my wacom and stare at the computer screen hopelessly, wishing I could release my built-up creativity somehow. Very rarely though I pick up the wacom almost in a trance and begin sketching random lines, just as excited as a casual observer would be to see what the final product will be. This evening was one of those times.

Apparently I felt like sketch-painting a sleepy moon, inhaling his stocking cap as he slumbers in the sky.

2007-09-10T21:09:00.000-07:00

Distractions.

This one's based on a true story. Today I sat down to do some assembly programming, and I swear to you I'm really not sure how but I ended up playing The Sims 2.

2007-05-16T08:59:00.000-07:00

So I was sitting around today, reading the Dinosaur Comics archives, and the mood struck me to write some Dinosaur Comics of my own. So I did. These two are RIT-themed but I have a couple scripts lying around too, I don't know if I'll make them into comics or not yet.

2007-01-30T12:35:00.000-08:00

With the end of the quarter and finals quickly approaching, I've found out that trying to update this every day (my original goal) is far too ambitious. However each quarter I design my schedule so that I have one afternoon free to run errands, catch up on homework, etc. My new goal is to post a new comic or drawing once a week on this day. This quarter, this day is Tuesday. So every Tuesday until February 27th, expect a new something.

This week's fare is a comic explaining, for those of you kiddos who haven't experienced it, what happens in a relationship.

2007-01-20T17:19:00.000-08:00

Lately I've been working on trying to draw people; in the past I've been terrible with the proportions and people have gorilla arms, stick legs, no forehead, etc. So I took a picture of myself and traced it. Then drew it. A lot. And superimposed them all on top of each other. I look kind of indie, don't I?

(back drawing- done mid-December 2006)

2006-12-14T12:44:00.000-08:00

And we're back! Sorry for the delay, I was sans-Wacom for two weeks then sans-Internet for another week and a half, but from now on expect much more frequent updates. Today I bring you a creation called "Scared". It started out as a concept drawing for our Software Engineering project until the first line looked a little like the beginnings of an eye... and the rest is history.

The question I'd like to pose is: why is he so scared? He looks positively terrified- is he afraid of the girl? Will she see certain hints through the towel that he'd rather she didn't? Is he worried she'll think he's a pervert, wearing a towel around? Perhaps she is an assassin hired to kill him, or an ex he greatly wishes to never lay eyes upon again. In any case, this guy has good taste in bathroom decor. LOOK AT THE CUTE LITTLE DUCKIES OMG.

2006-11-15T13:08:00.000-08:00

Zuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuune!

Yes, I bought a Zune. No, it does not work with Vista. I needed to pass some time as I repartition my hard drive so I can throw a little XP on it to give my little brown Zune some lovin', so I drew a lovely Zune desktop for all 5 fellow fans of the brown Zune. I think it looks classy; some people insist it looks like shit. To each his own, I suppose.

2006-11-13T11:27:00.000-08:00

Been busy with French and Poetry final projects as it's Finals Week... no drawing today, instead you get the product of me dicking around with Photoshop for about a half-hour. Start with a blank page- several scribbles, filters, and layer adjustments later and this is what I got.

The thing in the middle is a poor representation of the Kanji character for alcohol, which is apparently pi climbing a ladder leaning against a tree. Who knew the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter was such an alcoholic? Not me.

2006-11-09T22:46:00.000-08:00

It may be cruel, but you know that's how it goes down. Always. The couple was once single, but oh how quickly we forget our lonely times... and if Blogger did this correctly, clicking should give it to you in convenient Desktop Wallpaper size! You know you want it- it's my wallpaper right now.

2006-11-09T13:12:00.000-08:00

Sorry for not updating today, guys. Firstly I've gotten sick, so I wasn't feeling too great last night. Secondly my roommate took the tablet with her to the fiance's house to work on an animation. I was going to draw anyway with the mouse, or else post one of my backlog drawings... but to top it all off, Blogger was down. So I went to bed instead.

On a side note, I ended up getting one of the last copies of Gears of War in Rochester last night. The game is pretty much phenomenal, even if Fenix keeps accidentally breaking cover and if my AI squadmates keep running straight at the machine gun nest and refuse to even attempt to flank.

Anyway, see you all tomorrow.

-Aux

2006-11-07T20:16:00.000-08:00

Are you psyched? I know I'm psyched. This kid looks pretty psyched, too. Gears of War comes out tomorrow! Supposedly it's been rated the GREATEST GAME EVER IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND. I haven't reserved a copy so I hope I can get one... shouldn't be a problem, despite the proximity of a large tech school to the local GameStop. You see, I am of a rare breed- the RIT student with a car. I've got a leg up here.

2006-11-06T23:19:00.000-08:00

To graduate, I need to take a three-course sequence in either Biology, Physics, or Chemistry. I wonder which is my favorite of the three?

2006-11-05T22:59:00.000-08:00

Today I realised something important.

I suppose I always knew, somewhere in the back of my mind. Perhaps I was simply in denial. I didn't want to have to deal with these feelings, but I can't ignore them any longer. I HATE ON-CAMPUS SHOPPING AT RIT.

It all started when I just needed some cream. I was making coffee. I just wanted some cream. So I ran downstairs to the Corner Store. But did they have cream? No. They didn't have cream. At all. Nothing even close, like half & half or even cream cheese. Just milk. So, highly disappointed, I grabbed a quart of whole milk (which was something like $1.50) and got in line... behind about twelve other people, with the most emo cashier I'd ever seen. He was wearing long sleeves but I was sure there were scars on his wrists beneath that black. Anyway he was slow as all hell, and kept taking even more time to stare dolefully at every item he scanned. And the kid in front of me smelled funny, so every time I stepped forward it was into the cloud he had created during the three minutes he'd been standing in that exact location. When it was all said and done, I still had over $100 of debit over what I was supposed to have last Friday.

I hate RIT Food Service.

2006-11-05T21:04:00.000-08:00

Lately my friends and I have been using "teabag" as a general insult for any wrongdoing (or potential of wrongdoing), as in "If you point that AirSoft rifle at my face one more time, Bob, I will teabag your entire family." Or: "Fucking Photoshop won't- goddamnit, fucking teabag- teabag your fucking mother- goddamnit. Oh, wait, there it goes."