"Launch" Illustration Friday

I decided to make something for Illustration Friday. Since I can't draw very much now I made a cut-out piece. Yet there was lot more drawing evolved than expected. I'm very proud to have cutout the tower left-handed.

Here's a pic of the lightbox.

Wednesday

I'm sitting at my writing desk. An unvarnished shelf across three open drawers serves as the keyboard and mouse tray. Goo Goo Dolls is playing on my itunes which I am listening to with large heavy gorgeous sounding headphones. I've worn them all night for fear that my subwoofer would annoy the downstairs neighbors. My office -I like to call it my office- is in the floor distinguished from the rest of the room by my bay window. Like the top of a muffin. There are three living plants in my window.

Other than no longer being the slayer of house plants, some things never change about me. In fact I can remember nights that lead into mornings like this over 15 years ago. Listening to the same music. Working all night on projects that couldn't wait until tomorrow. I had planned on sleeping. I always plan on sleeping.

My chiropractor must think I'm always hung over as I drag myself into his office and constantly forget to sign in and shy from light. The other night I entered my building behind a neighbor who chewed her face while twitching up the stairs. I believe she was jonesing. Poor woman, she seemed nice. I had a dream that my mouth started doing the same...like a crack head.

I really thought that limiting my coffee to one or none after 4pm would allow my body and mind to just pass out around midnight. Now that my files have sent there isn't much reason to be awake. I sort feel like I'm relearning to draw. I wonder how much lower my con ed would be if I slept at night? So far I've managed stay cool with a large box fan and running the AC for only a few hours at a time. Apparently an AC can raise the bill by $50 a month. Plus, both my brothers claim after going to Iraq, that your body will adapt to the heat after awhile. Ive also read that the increase in AC's over the past 50 years could be one of the many contributors for the rise in obesity. Partly, because your body burns calories to maintain its temperature and because heat makes people less likely to over eat or eat heavy foods.

This is making me tired. I think I will crawl under my pillow for a nap.

some photos

A few MJ video frames

These are a few frames from the Michael Jackson video I boarded a while back. I don't know when the video comes out.