Fun_BestYears

Today is the 10th anniversary of Removal, which means I've been posting art online for ten years! To mark the occasion, I thought I'd recreate, with minimal tweaks, the very first art I ever posted online, though I did swap in a bluer tone since it felt more fitting for Yale.

My first post was a drawing of my very first series's characters, Ben and Marty, while they were watching the season premiere of 24. I still have the original drawing and (97kb?!) digital file stored somewhere...regardless, my goal was simply to recreate the piece with my present, all-digital process, but not to trick it out with colors and stuff. Looking at the (3MB) update, I feel I haven't progressed enough in 10 years, though I do recognize I've gotten better in some areas.

Marty was inspired by my suitemate, Ryan, who loved Back to the Future, and these two were to star in my very first series, called Four Best Years, which was based on the wacky hijinks of my suite.

The series never got past the planning stages, though, because I soon lost my suitemates to room draw and then spiraled into an abysmal, seemingly unending vortex of self-hatred'n'stuff, but hey, all's well that etc.

Not normal,

Reuxben

YDN_sls.Lullaby

 

Tonight don't make the nice girls cry.

Grab your favorite household cleaning products, it's time for Sick Little Suicide #7 - "Lullaby," in which I deal with old, ongoing, and upcoming stories.

Easter Eggs: "Y-A-L-E" above statues, 3:22pm, a shirt, a smile/tie/hairdo, a trumpet, T-shirt and tie combination.

Fun Facts: Harkness Tower in fact has "IIII" rather than "IV." This is my second time drawing something on a train for print.

From personal experience on at least two occasions, I've had some incredibly negative interactions with one of those guys. I get that people perceive me as rude, but I have great excuses: I'm not well practiced in talking to people, and I freely admit I'm socially inept. But this guy's supposed to be Mr. Gregarious!

However, I also know from personal experience that if the guy says he's going to do something, he does it, and does it well. So you're probably alright voting for him. I'm not up for letting him speak for me if I can avoid it*, but he'll probably do a great job doing whatever it is they do, and if not, I get to draw things about him! Be Bush if you want, I'll be Trudeau.

*The poll says I have to be more social, so I'll give it a try if you go first. I assure you, I'm more scared of you than you are of me, especially offline. And please don't ask other people about me, I guarantee you they don't know me. I'm the only person who knows where I will be playing the trumpet next year, for example. Anyway, I don't know how to go about being more social, but for starters, I can always draw stuff for people or give them free Monster--and am I supposed to reply to comments in the comments section rather than in future posts? Bottom line: help me out here; I want to try, but I really don't know what I'm doing.

Reuxben

Fun_Welcome!

Hello and welcome to my sketchblog!

To start, here's a picture I drew after being forced to watch the 24 season premiere, which wasn't as exciting as I was led to believe. It's cut off a bit since I captured it with my camera and not a scanner, but I'll update it whenever I scan the picture.

I hope to post more art I did/am doing/will do for the Record, Herald, and anything else, in addition to any random stuff like the above.

Reuxben