I’d like to get a drawing tablet for my pc.  I don’t need to top of the line.  Any recommendations?  I’m looking at tablets on amazon.com right now.  You can leave a comment here or e me at the addy on the sidebar.

Using my new scanner, I re-scanned in the Church sketch I did in 1998.

Uploaded Jan 2007,

Drawn 1998. 

With the new scanner I got today, I have re-scanned the House I drew in 1998.  The filename is "housetor" because I saw the house in a Toronto newspaper.  I’ll delete the old post w/ the old scan.  Here’s the text from the original post:

I’ve been into drawing all my life. As a youngster I remember drawing animals and clouds… then later on drawing unicorns and horses and rainbows.  But even by the age of 11 I was drawing houses with a ruler, with the dream of becoming an architect (I didn’t). I designed houses and copied houses, even at 11 years old. I lost everything I owned shortly after that (long story) and so I have nothing to show you from then. When I was about 17 I started drawing houses again, drafting-style. I’m sure I have those drawings but they are deep in a box in a garage somewhere. In 1998 [when I was about 28] I did another house drawing, this one-

While waiting for my good scanner to get fixed, *ahem*, I picked up a $79 small scanner at Office Max today.  I even found my original artwork up in the computer room, so now I can rescan my "from the archives" stuff!  The new scanner is a small scanner w/ no power cord, it’s powered by USB and is so tiny I can stow it anywhere.  I’m so psyched that I can now re-scan in all my older drawings. 

UPDATE: I just scanned in a bunch of stuff, so stay tuned for new entries.  Not sure how much I’ll get uploaded tonight. 

Uploaded Jan. 2007 

Drawn Nov. 2006.

I moved around a lot growing up.  I often obsess and/or dream about homes I lived in as a child.  So I started drawing them in my Moleskine. "H1" stands for "House 1" in my series of homes-I-lived-in drawings.  Drawn from memory.  This was a rather large house, I drew it too short (lengthwise) by accident.

Uploaded Jan. 2007, Drawn Oct. 2006.  Drawn from the cover of a comic book.

Uploaded Jan 2007 / Drawn 10-31-06.  Gel Pen Doodles.

Oct., 30, 2006.
Not sure if I’ll finish this ‘cause I probably won’t get an opportunity to see this figurine again. I took a photo of it but the photo didn’t save right or something. I guess I could try to shade without the figurine…

Drawing of "Seal", circa 1998.

Autumn Leaves, circa 1998.

I drew this around 1998.  I was inspired, LOL. If I remember right, I drew the outline and then colored it in using Photoshop.

For Illustration Friday. Challenge = "Red".  2007, not "06". EDITED TO ADD 2/1/07, I am currently working on making this sketch better, improving the coloring with  better colored pencils.

 Incomplete. October 2006. New Orleans.

Oct-Nov 2006.  Tattoo-style flowers. Drawn from tv show Miami Ink.

November 7, 2006.

Stylized skull and crossbones I saw on the tv show Miami Ink.

October 2006, soy sauce bottle, twisted shape for practice.

I have just re-taken photos of the sketchings in my Moleskine.  I noticed that many of the previous photos were mainly pictures OF me drawing in my Molenskine, and not necessarily the art isolated.  So I am adding more photos to previoius posts, so be sure to go back and look at my previous posts.  My scanner is broken, hey M., wanna FIX IT FOR ME???

Oct. 27, 2006.  Tattoo-style flower.

This photo has notes (once u click and go to it’s flickr page). 

Oct. 25, 2006, Happy Bat and Flower.

Just having fun.    This is actually a little stuffed Bat that hangs off my purse sometimes.   

October 18, 2006.  Flowers.

OCT. 18, 2006 I was drawing from photos; a skull-like couple and a japanese girl.  (When u click on these and go to flickr, you can then click on "all sizes" above the picture to view larger.)

Oct. 4, 2006. Strange flowers and monsters. More of the skull.

Oct. 4 2006 I was working on various things including sushi w/ colored pencils and a pear in pencil.

The photo above has notes (click). 

Ocober 2006.  I began working on a skull sketch:

September 2006.  The first thing I’d drawn in a long time.  I’d just gotten a Moleskine and began drawing my Pug.

Posts are categorized in… Categories.  Categories are listed on the sidebar.  I have one for old artwork "From The Archives", "Babbling" (like for this post), and then I set up a category for "Everyday Matters" and "Illustration Friday" which are drawing challenges I hope to take part in.

This one is also from 1998.

I think this one is from 1998, too.