SPQR Pencils (LXI)

[spqrblues]

I made a promise to myself that I wouldn't get out of bed this morning until I finished at least the pencils for the next installment. It might not sound like such a hardship, lying in bed in the sunny morning light with illustration board and pencils. But there are things a lady needs to do in the morning... like... uhm... putting on makeup and curling her hair, that sort of thing, yeah.

In any case, I did finish the pencils. The great thing about not having a lot of dialogue is not having to do all that lettering. The bad thing about it is not having dialogue to cover up all the parts of the picture you just don't feel like drawing.

The next promise: no sleep for me until the inking is done. I am determined. Grrr.

Pencils below the cut. They are extraordinarily spoilery.

Comments

[redknot.livejournal.com]

predictably, i must say that the bird is lovely... did you see it in the city?

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

:)

It was perched outside my office window the other day. I stared at it happily for a while, it stared back at me, then it occurred to me I could grab a sheet of paper and sketch it, about a minute before it spotted something breakfasty and flew off.

[kyleen66.livejournal.com]

Sqwweeee!!!!!

And I like the bird too!

::back to this insane great lake underwater adventure thing I promised one who will not be named::

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

No getting out of bed for you until it's finished! Grrr!

[kyleen66.livejournal.com]

Oh well... crap. I've been out of bed since 6:30 luv.

I've done my webpage edits I owed a client, cleaned my kitchen, and probably started a flame war.

It IS good to be me.

(You'll enjoy my little war... I'll e-mail you the link to protect the guilty.)

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

Yayayay! Lovely pencils

Ooooooh love the bird sketches too..

I wonder if it was one of the Pale Male family's babies come to say hi?

(You're in NYC, correct??)

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

Oops, nevermind, I just read your 10KDrawings mention...But hey a Falcon is just as purdy as a Hawk :D

Esspecially when it perches for you and says Hi.

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

I was assuming peregrine falcon because such a big deal is made about the falcons in Manhattan. I don't know if there are hawks as well. I'll have to ask around!

We get a mad variety of birdies up where I live (your garden-variety crows, blue jays, red-winged blackbirds, pigeons, and sparrows are the most common, but others show up from time to time), but no falcons swooping around as far as I've seen.

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah the Big Bird about town in Manhattan is Pale Male, a Red Tailed Hawk who's been extraordinarily successful in the Central Park area for the last 10 years!

http://www.palemale.com/

Although I usually disagree with what the photographer has to say about things, the photography is just stunning!