I don't really have any witty pre-cut commentary, so, as always... thumbnail - cut- big picture.

So, like I said, here is another one. It seems the "every other day" system fell apart. I think there are ::counts:: four left and ::counts again:: six days. I am not sure how that is gonna work out, but I know it will. It always does.

I don't know... I have not drawn anything in a while and I feel slack. (Okay, slacker than usual). And I have to get back in the habit of drawing for something else I need to be working on instead of this, but doing the thing I am not supposed to be doing while there are other things out there that need doing....that's how I roll. (Also there is that pesky matter of the actual work assignment I also need to be working on. I am a procrastinating multitasker! Or a multitasking procrastinator? One of the two!)
I started these two way back a long time ago.. meaning, maybe two weeks or so. (Back when I was like "Mohinder's retired.") But, I only drew the first one this week. And then I was like "I can't post it without the second one. But, I lost the original paper sketch back when I first drew it, so I had to start over from scratch. That was a hassle. And you know how I feel about "hassle". Either way, here they are.

I don't know.. I just got the urge to draw something again. And, instead of finishing the same one I have been working on for like two weeks, I made something new. And then, working out a new character to draw something completely different, I ended up messing around with something to complete an old set. Now I am mad because I set out specifically to finish that old one.. yet it is still there, languishing 3/4 done. Maybe next time?

( No Warkman, no Maylar, no Matthinder.. nope, not at all. )
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This post took like an hour and a half! Why is it that every time I go from Rich txt to HTML LJ insists of moving my cuts? Once or twice, okay. But every time?! Really, LJ? That's how you want to do things? Also, the stupid excess alt tag at the end of all of my images? No matter how many times to insert it, I will delete it. So just give it up already! </last-minute ranting>

I took a few days off for not-drawing and working on the finish/fail paintings from a few days ago. But now it is getting really, really close to Big Boom deadline time, so I guess it's time to pick the pencils (and crayons) up again and get cracking. I am a lifelong procrastinator, so this is pretty much par for the course. I work very well under the pressure, so I am not sweating it. Plus, I am thinking that the gradual rollout thing will buy me a few more days (weeks?) if anything remains undone.
Of course, going back to look at an old post and see that due to crappy links, the last Big Boom update post had thumbnails, but no big pictures. Good job, me! One was just a black and white sketch (pen and hand) that is now a color drawing, so that's not an issue. The other one (Peter on the floor) I will just add to this post.

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So I took Tuesday off from drawing. No real reason, just taking a break. Then back to work on Wednesday. I worked on a few things, but most are in no shape for scanning, just two things.. one big, one small.

I attempted (again) to get my sister to watch Heroes. I had "Homecoming" on tape from Monday. And since she hates having to watch the ones I have here on the computer, I figured this was the perfect opportunity! Not only is it a pretty action-packed episode, but it features a lot of characters (none of which are named Matt or Parkman)! It's a win-win, right? Wrong.

The last attempt ("Fallout") resulted in "It's alright, but I can't make time to watch it." "Homecoming" resulted in her falling asleep. Literally. Asleep. I had been going along, explaining things to her to fill in the gaps, it was a good system. Then, just when it starts to get good (Sylar TK-ing Jackie, Peter and HRG running in for the rescue) I look back, and this sucker is knocked out! I was like, "Wait? Is she sleeping?!" I woke her up and kicked her out of the room. Then, as any good fan would, I finished watching the episode myself. I don't know what her deal was, it's not like we were watching a boring episode -- there was actually big stuff going down! As she sleepily walked down the hall, I yelled behind here, "You don't know who you are dealing with! You have surely underestimated my tenacity!" Plus, since she fell asleep it does not count as one of her two episodes!

( She also she mocked Sendhil's hair. She may need glases. )

Today's mission: Peter on paper! I can't keep letting him drag along not done well, eventually becoming the weak link in everything. Nope, today Petrelli's going down! I've got a brand new pack of paper, a handful of pencils, some new Pink Pearl erasers and more screencaps than you can shake a stick at! I am, as they say, loaded for bear. Plus, with the race having been rained out, I have nothing going on 'til the Sunday night TV starts.. and that's not 'til 9:00. So until then, it's me and you, Pete! Only one can emerge victorious.. and I am thinking that since I am real, and you are fictional, I have the pencil, and you exist only in pictures, I have to have some kind of advantage. Don't make me have to use the "Failure" icon again! This goes for you too, Future! Peter!

Man, it's like the world is conspiring against my plans to, you know, get stuff done. First there was the totally necessary trip to the local Barnes & Noble to get that Z!NK magazine. (What? It was necessary!) I have not been awake at 10AM in I don't know how long, so that was a mess. But some sacrifices have to be made!  They did not have the "Heroes" cover SFX, and that angered me. But I did get the new Esquire double-sized Fashion Issue! I really can't get enough pictures of guys in nice suits.

So the more I work, the more I worry about what will happen when it is time to post and I can't figure out how to get the images from the big book to the internet. As much as I can try to convince myself that I will head out and find a shop with a big scanner, I know that it really is more work that I'd actually be willing to put in. Plus, I am pretty sure I would have to spend money. And I am nothing, if not unwilling to part with my meager cash.
So I figured out I'd give the scanner and try and see what I could come up with.

So, in the midst of my evening drawing/picture snagging time, I keep getting bombarded with IMs. I thought my response to being called a slacker ("no way.. serious drawing.. in the zone, boss.. the zone!") would have gotten me off the hook, but no. I kept insisting that I was busy, but to no avail. And then I lost my rhythm. I was doing good there for a while, and now I can't get back into the groove. That may officially be "the worst". *

I have yet to hear just heard back from my author. Excellent. I can't be allowed to run about unchecked... or I'll end up with more pages of art than there are pages of story. There's just so much in there, I can't decide where to start. Plus, some of my sketches have story text around them (such as one from today) and I don't know how she feels about that. But without them, how can I get any feedback on if they actually make sense together? So, today's focus has been on scenery. That is always the last thing I do, so most of my drawings are people standing in some crazy nondescript space. That will not fly this time.

Tiny details that amuse me: The Gray & Sons door has big metal bars on the outside, for safety perhaps. No one is going to break into that place.. unless, you know, they happen to notice those enormous storefront windows. The cabinet that would be immediately to your right when you enter the store has not one, but two clocks shaped like the Eiffel tower. And finally, even though the shop seems to be on the front of a building, and you have to turn into a little corridor to get to it, the back has a sloping sunroofed area, indicating that it's a one story building, even though everything across the street is skyscraper-height. A tiny little unassuming, yet incredibly interesting, place tucked back among all of the skyscrapers. Sounds like a watchmaker I know.