Truly madly deeply busy, but still

There are so many things to do before, during, and after my NY trip orz

Today is my friend's birthday. This was my last minute gift for her, painted last night in a hurry. I'm glad she liked it.
Full size is only available on FB. A close-up, however:

I wish I had more time to paint her hair 8( 

self portrait

Playing with "looseness"!

I actually look kind of like this.
Will be in NY from Thursday to Sunday.

Still having art block

This is my Facebook. 

I don't know if he's dead or hibernating. Couldn't care less.

PS CS5, 1 layer.

Oh and  art block is just an unfriendly reminder that I need to look at the work of amazing people more often.

Sports in Drrr! style!
I cut out each these people in like, 10 minutes or something. Just playing around.

Because I feel uninspired

Haven't been able to draw anything 8\

 Florida sunset

 Dramatic Van Gogh lol

"To infinity and beyond."

In other news, I started playing Sims 3 today. Although some of the new features are quite nice and realistic, I still find it kinda disappointing. It takes forever to do just about everything (esp. gaining skill point), plus the music bores me to death. Guess I'll have to spend more time exploring it.

Alfred Jones is my first experiment with Sims 3 CAS, without custom content and all that fancy stuff (still learning how to use those). He's not as ugly as I expected him to be.

Painted in SAI.
 Reference

I'm trying to explore the placement of colors in a painting. The subject will automatically become pleasant to look at when you place the right color and value at the right place.
Plus I love moray eels! I'd never drawn or painted any aquatic creatures other than kindergarten-level smiley fish and crabs so this is like a whole new world to me. Who would think I would have so much fun painting an eel one day lol. I'm having problems with the highlights (it's hard to make things look deliciously shiny!), but I'm not giving up yet.
I started on this this afternoon since it was quiet and all. I actually wanted to paint it last night before I went to bed, but it was way too late for any artistic adventures to take place, so.

Say hello to my little friend

HOLY CRAP LOL I finally managed to get something scanned. The last time I was allowed to use a scanner was like, 2 years ago.

Pen on paper (on the back of my math quiz actually).

At first I thought it was a boa but then I was like, wait, he has teeth? /reads caption

Of course this in-class note of mine is no good, but it is a fabulous creature. I wouldn't mind having one or maybe a dozen in my fish tank.