basset hound eyes

I'm working on the third in the Mad Men series - Betty - but she's giving me a bit of trouble, so in the meantime here's a sort of sad, wistful little woman I doodled over a cup of tea this afternoon.

secret cup hug

I found this one stuffed into my sketchbook. It's from forever ago. And by "forever ago," I mean the same time as the others. So like a month or two. I'm pretty sure I tucked it away because it's not exactly safe for work. Not unless you work someplace more boob-friendly than I do, anyway. But still. It's my favorite, for obvious reasons. It is, after all, pretty much What I Do.

In other news, I just finished the job that's been consuming my life for the last few months. This means, in theory, that I will have time to draw new things. I'm going to do my best to make that happen. I also see this blog and my website being revamped in the (hopefully near) future. It's about damn time, really.

creepy ladies hugging your cup.

What's this? A post?! Could it BE? I know, shock and awe, right? Anyone who judges my existence based solely on this blog has most likely assumed my untimely demise, but no! I'm still alive and relatively well. Just not, you know, drawing much or posting at all.

But lo! Here is something. Two somethings! And it's something new, even - not just the dregs of my "sketches" folder. Of course, this something new consists of embellished ballpoint pen doodles that I did on cardboard cup hugs while trying to amuse myself at work... but hey.

I kind of want to make a bunch of these and just slip them onto my favorite customers' coffees. For fun. Except that they're very shoddily made and split apart quite frequently. Plus the smudginess. And the creep factor. But otherwise, it could be fun.

Anyway, I promise to post again in the near future. And I actually have something on deck, so that's not even a hollow promise, either.

Lirael

I'm re-reading Garth Nix's Abhorsen trilogy right now, and I'm in the middle of Lirael. I had her vaguely in mind when I drew this. She's described as a pale, dark-haired girl, and of course there's a charter mark on her forehead. They're excellent books; I heartily recommend them to anyone who enjoys Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy or Harry Potter or fantastical young adult literature in general.

Anyway. Ballpoint pen in my sketchbook while watching The Office.