I have your cub,

Quick update...

Comic in the works...

School Crap...

and more drawings coming soon

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New Video Up under sketch videos in the navigation bar. "Duel Wielding Pistolita"

Update to 52 weeks

A little info behind 52 wks- I ran into a old instructor-last month- who had introduced me to the world of art. She was telling me a story about a childhood friend (recently passed) who used to draw a self portrait every week to sum up her mood. My instructor started doing the same and was showing me her sketchbook of portraits and called it her diary. She has way more than one sketchbook-"years full of diary images"-she said-

So after our brief exchange i went home to my apartment and opened up a new sketchbook to begin my weekly diary.

Aug 27th

Sept 1st

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New projects in the works: "Harsh"- Details coming soon-It is Epic-

By the end of this month i should have galleries up in running for the portfolio and project sections.

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Math vs language......which is more universal.....

im going to go with math.

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pasta,

aaa

Practice practice practice.....

need to work on ships/guns/enviroments/

Week one of 52

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"One day you will see

you can not take away the peoples sharks.

If you try to, their sharks will take a limb or two."

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Updated project tab on site

Coming Soon to the Sketch Logs: Duel Wielding Pistols

pasta,

aaa

Working on the hard edge....

Also made two  test video Docs. of the art above/below before it was taken to the digital realm. You can find the test videos in the navigation bar titled Sketch Log.......or http://alainaalviar.webs.com/apps/videos/

pancakes,

aaa

Feed The Artist.

Finished Pencil version of GearHead. I might vamp it up with colors in the digital realm...

Pasta,

aaa

Donations are appreciated

http://sketchtheatre.com

Here are some cam phone pics of the w.i.p.

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pancakes,

aaa

BREAK FREE FROM YOUR COG-isms

"I  would rather live one day as lion than a 1000 like a lamb"-anonymous-

[The above is an infamous black and white graffitti tag documented from a photograph taken in the 1970's by the chicano photographer George Rodriguez. This quote moved me into a state of self reflect.]

I would rather live a short meaningful life instead of being a willing participant that is content with the system we follow and abide by. The worker bee, the drone, the cog that keeps the machine functioning, this is what we are. I say I would rather be a lion but what am I contributing. How can i be the lion when I fall under the stereo type of being the norm of an american apathetic citizen that feeds off the bullshit of consumerism, god, and not being able to think for ourselves.  Again what am i contributing...I seek refuge in various ways of expression, but how does that make a difference to an everyday onlooker that is not me..

"She's ashamed of her birthplace, but retreat is not an option."

[above lyric taken from "We are Winning"-the flobots]

I'm stuck in the system and the only way to break free is to rise above it. I may never become the lion but i will not be the lamb and i will not be a cog for long.

pasta,

alaina a.

Donations/support for upgrading equipment are greatly appreciated