Sketch Diary: Boy at sea - pose practice

Welp, that didn't go as planned. I think I erased and retried that hand about 20 times. That's what I get for trying to squeeze out a sketch right before bed. Sleepy sketches have a 50/50 chance of being junk.  But look I did a quick background! At least he's not floating in oblivion.

with love - M

Sketch Diary: Sea witch concept

As the note on the sketch suggests, I realized about half way through drawing this that I was totally channeling Tales from EarthSea, the Ghibli movie based on Ursula K. Le Guin's book series. I really enjoyed the movie and I bought the first book recently and am excited to read it. I really enjoyed The Left Hand of Darkness, one of her Sci-Fi novels. It had a lot to say about social norms/labels and, for me anyway, why they don't matter except to those who seek to oppress.

with love - M