Peter Hong - New Year's Resolutions

Patience. This has been a resolution/goal for many years, and so far, I'm not off to a good start!

Charles Eubanks - New Year's Resolution

I have a tendency to avoid drawing unless I can carve out a large chunk of time for it... which is becoming harder and harder to do!  So this year, I resolve to find more little time slices, and just have fun with it!  These sketches were done with crayon on paper, without any fuss or planning.  Just hangin' out with the kids and doodling.  See?  Fun!

K. Marie Criddle - New Year's Resolution

This might require some explanation, too! In December, I put into practice Jerry Seinfeld's idea of "Don't Break the Chain"...basically a work ethic developer that says that for any endeavor you set out on, you should make a calendar that your can mark every day. For example, every day that you write or draw or whatever, you can put an X over that day...after a few days it becomes a chain (habit) and the longer it gets, the harder it will be to break that chain. More info here, I don't think I'm explaining it very well.

Anyway, I've made three calendars for myself: creative, spiritual and physical. I get to put down Xs when I draw or write that day (creative) and an X when I read my scriptures (spiritual) and an X when I go running or get to the gym (physical). A few days down and no chains have been broken yet!

So the picture (it's not me, I definitely have calves) is a bit of a representation of that, if not a bit obscure. Don't break the chain (of really long hair? wait, this might have been an excuse to just draw hair...)

Happy 2014!

Adam Heine - New Year's Resolutions

So this one requires some explanation.

First, what it is: a silhouette version of this picture, which is me and our now-teenage daughter back when she still liked me (or at least tolerated me enough to sit for a picture together).

Our relationship has been hard for the last couple of years, and I've been learning more than anything how to give her space and forgive her crap. These are both mostly for my sake, because I've also learned that basically nothing I do will change her heart. Nothing will change her heart at all unless and until she decides she wants to change.

So today is her birthday, a day she loathes because she is forced to endure the attentions of the family she doesn't always want to be a part of. This is a part of my present to her. It says: "No matter what happens, you'll always have Dad's love."

She won't like it -- she hates being reminded that I love her -- but her liking it is not the point. My resolution (which is not so much a new resolution as an ongoing one) is to keep loving her and forgiving her no matter what she does.

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Happy New Year, everyone!

It may be just another day, but lots of folks use times like these to reflect over the past year and voice their hopes and wishes for themselves for the next. Whether or not we meet these goals set in moments of determination and resolve is another story. ;)

So let's begin 2014 with a fitting topic (inspired by Charles!):

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS!

I've really missed drawing on this blog with you guys. :)

Doggone It!

Anyone else miss drawing on this blog? :D

Jaqai Mickelsen - Droid

Yeah. I dunno.

Marie Criddle - Droids

Pardon the coloring, I actually drew this on packing paper.

Adam Heine - Droids, Tentacles, Snacks

Since this is my first Anthdrawlogy post in 4 months, I figured I'd tackle a few topics at once.

Inspired by the world of the game I'm working on that's been taking up all my time. Actually, when I put it like that, I suppose it would be, wouldn't it.

Peter Hong - Droids

I tried to draw the straight lines freehand. Bleh. Then, the pencil gradient wouldn't show up, so I had to use the trackpad to make Photoshop gradient shapes. Boo. Oh, well. It was fun to draw, besides those things...