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	Welcome To My Home... April 7, 2003 Make Like a Tree "You might want to choose a tree," my art teacher cautioned us while explaining our most recent homework assignment, "that does not have many leaves on it." The assignment, of course, was to draw a tree. Or, at least, that is the assignment to the best of my knowledge. I was actually outside drawing another tree at the time when he must have officially announced it. Luckily though, I was around for the unofficial announcement - the one where he mentioned casually that he would later tell us that our homework assignment was to draw a tree - preferably, for my own sake, one with few leaves. That much I got. My front yard at home, as you may know, houses a very lovely tree, but not, by any stretch of imagination, one that is lacking in leaves. There are certain other factors that also incidentally come into play, here, when considering the tree for the subject of a drawing - not the least of which being the surrounding shrubberies. But really, my options were clear to me. I could (option #1) sit in a chair and draw our wonderful tree and it's accompanying plantlife, or (option #2) I could come back up to school and sit on the ground somewhere in the middle of campus while I drew a tree. So, in the spirit of continued defiance in the face of my art teacher, I not only chose a tree that was fully leaved, but one with a prominant bush underneath it. That was fun. I have now drawn a grand total of two trees. One tree outside the art building, and, of course, my leafy beauty. So today, I was walking out of my political science classroom, and I glanced over to the visual arts building. It was then that I noticed, much to my horror, the newly flattened mound of dirt where the subject of my first tree drawing had stood just days before. The thought crossed my mind that I had, probably, one of the only shreds of evidence of that tree's existence. There's some light irony. I draw a tree, and the next week, it's gone. "I jinxed it." I thought to myself. So right now, I'm sitting here looking at my most recent pencil illustration. And I must say, I'm a little uneasy about the future of my beautiful tree at home. Comments April 7, 2003 Refreshments Let's see what we've got. Sketchbook. I'm still drawing skulls. I apologize to those of you who might have an aversion to such things. Free Refills? Here's where you should go if you ever need help setting up a soda fountain in your home. April 7, 2003 Er... Please don't ever let me hear you say "leafy beauty" again. Thank you. And those skulls are looking really good. Hope whoever it was doesn't mind...anymore. -Victor April 8, 2003 "Leafy beauty" I'd imagine that term doesn't come up often in casual conversation. Sketchbook. Today's digital treat is special because I didn't use reference. Yay! Actually, that's not wholly true - I needed to pull out the anatomy book to fix some minor problems in my initial sketch - but for the most part, this picture is all me. Either way, it's still very special. April 10, 2003 Hey! If you happen to be one of my parents, could you kindly hop on AIM sometime? I've got some stuff I need to talk to you about. Sketchbook. Yesterday, if you missed it, I put up some nice cartoon skulls. Today I've got an attempt at a self portrait. I had intended to post a painted one, but it ended up looking stupid, so I'm going to need to work on that a bit more before you can see me in full, living color. Alert readers will also notice the cool new format for sketchbook entries. Now each picture gets its very own HTML page. Eventually I'll get them all looking like that. Matrix Reloaded. The new trailer's out. There's a link over on Slashdot. It's worth watching. Animatrix. While we're on the subject, I thought I'd mention that the third episode of The Animatrix was released a week or so ago. I haven't watched it yet, but the first two were neat. Cloning. Jurassic Park just got a little bit closer. If I read that correctly, it looks like we just cloned an extinct animal back into existence. April 10, 2003 Going on 60???? You look a little old in that self portrait. -Julie April 11, 2003 Question Raymond, who is your self portrait a picture of? Jk jk jk. Hey, its a million times better than anything i've ever attempted. The last time i tried to draw a picture of myself i ended up looking like a cross between oddjob and mini me (don't try to imagine that). Leafy Beauty!! -Mike April 11, 2003 Trust me It could have been worse. A lot worse. Sketchbook. My theory is that if I draw enough of these self portrait things, eventually one of them has got to look like like me. A million monkeys at a million keyboards, right? Here, I have posted the last in a long line of frustrating attempts today. Granted, it isn't exactly the most flattering picture of me, but the dynamic expression and lighting made it slightly easier to paint. This is the first that I've actually been halfway happy with. April 12, 2003 Daylight savings time It stays light so freaking late now. If I want to paint something with any sort of dynamic lighting, I need to board up the darned windows. Sketchbook. Another self portrait. Expect some more of these.		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