DEAR USERS:

Please note that some sketch descriptions may contain LINKS that you can use for further info if you’re not sure what the hell I’m drawing. As a lot of you know, I’ve been having some computer issues. The hard drive in my home machine crashed at about the same time Kim’s internet stopped working. There was a struggle, which was hinted at in some of my sketches or comments. I resolved that struggle, but not a week later the hard drive of my home computer had problems and needed to be reinstalled (again!). Then on Monday the hard drive in my work PC gave out. I believe the computer god is punishing me for consorting with the art god. They don’t like each other too much.

So as for the art god’s territory, I’m really liking these charcoal drawings. I enjoy drawing them, and I really enjoy how they look when they’re scanned in and shrunk down a bit. The part that sucks is that it feels like I’m cheating, because I’m just copying from a photo or screengrab. But I won’t be doing this exactly for too long if my history tells me anything, and I feel like the subject matter as a group tells a story of its own. So I’m going to continue not saying anything about these drawings when I post them. I don’t have anything worth saying about them anyway. But I’m going to title each one, and that title will be a link to a relevant site so that if you’ve never seen Stand By Me or the Seven Samurai, for example, you’ll know where I’m getting this sketch from and that I think those two things kick ass.

So be aware there are links. And also be aware that I fully realize that a correctly designed site would not need a notice to tell people to click on links, it would just make it obvious. But I’m not about to start messing in the computer god’s territory, even just for a little CSS change. Who knows what else I’ll break?