higher education.



yep. back in school. thought i'd ought to commemorate the even with a journal update. blegh. what a rat's race. seriously. i didn't even have the chance to do very much over the summer and now it's gone.


pretty much only got sketches at this point. mom spilt dishsoap on my tablet and stylus. HOPEFULLY it still works. it wasn't a ajor spill but some might have gone into the gap between the "eraser" and the pen which could render the eraserpart of the stylus useless. i rather like that function... the soap also got on my sketchbook but just mostly on the cover and the bottom portion. thankfully i usually don't fill the entire bottom of any given page.

that thar bunny board, the next colorful thing to be done, is pretty much 50% and i still hesitate on it. i figured out that grass and i aren't the best of friends and that i should probably have thought about the fact that black GLOSSY spray paint has extremely low adhesion. common sense right? heh. wrong. so many worlds of wrong. why that never occurred to me in the first place is BEYOND me.


...maybe that's why they say college is a necessity these days. it's not so much so that you learn things for your job. it's so you learn the common sense that comes with it. now if only they paid me for it.


oh and does anyone else have problems with the mood changer thingy down there? it's not all nicely laid out and telling me which is which. so pretty much the mood you see up there is random and may or may not represent me at any given time. : D


EDIT

So I've been pondering this for a long time and finally decided to try this out. I may not finish it, just like the other one, but I hope to expand my horizons at the very least. XD

originally from =alaitallon

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Draw each and every one of the animals on this list. There is no time limit. It doesn't have to be in order, it doesn't even have to be anthro/humanoid. It doesn't even really have to be fully colored, it can be a pencil sketch if you'd prefer. Just give them a try. Not only will you push yourself in the process, you will learn about more of the amazing and exciting animals this world has to offer! Feel free to post this in your journal or webpage to show your progress, share it with friends, or simply use for inspiration. Some of these WILL be difficult, but you can do it! I tried not to make any of these so obscure that they wouldn't have much information or pictures of them. Some of these are also extinct, but all of them have artistic interpretations and pictures of their skeletons available on the internet or in books.


001. Giant Pangolin (Manis gigantea)
002. Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
003. European Lobster (Homarus gammarus)
004. Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
005. Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus)
006. Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus)
007. White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
008. Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
009. Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
010. Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)
011. Pacific Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus)
012. Dimetrodon
013. Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
014. Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans)
015. Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)
016. Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)
017. Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
018. Wolverine (Gulo gulo)
019. Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)
020. Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus)
021. Styracosaurus
022. Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
023. Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
024. Quagga (Equus quagga quagga)
025. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
026. Manta Ray (Manta birostris)
027. Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes)
028. Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
029. Mexican Redknee Tarantula (Brachypelma smithi)
030. Checkered Sengi (Rhynchocyon cirnei)
031. Dodo (Raphus cucullatus)
032. Pteranodon
033. Common Genet (Genetta genetta)
034. Elasmosaurus
035. Indian Cobra (Naja naja)
036. Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
037. Porcupinefish (Diodon nicthemerus)
038. Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
039. Yellow-bellied Sea Snake (Pelamis platurus)
040. Common Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)
041. Hercules Beetle (Dynastes hercules)
042. Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
043. Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
044. Betta Fish (Betta splendens)
045. Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
046. Parasaurolophus
047. Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus)
048. Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
049. Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobatidae)
050. Ankylosaurus
051. Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
052. Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
053. Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii)
054. White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
055. Gold Dust Day Gecko (Phelsuma laticauda laticauda)
056. Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa)
057. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
058. Narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
059. Spanish Ibex (Capra pyrenaica)
060. Oviraptor
061. American Bison (Bison bison)
062. Zebra Moray (Gymnomuraena zebra)
063. Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis)
064. Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
065. European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
066. Coelophysis
067. Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
068. Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)
069. Stegosaurus
070. Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
071. Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
072. Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)
073. Glyptodon
074. Oriental Fire-bellied Toad (Bombina orientalis)
075. Ring-tailed Coati (Nasua nasua)
076. Ceratosaurus
077. Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
078. Goffin's Cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana)
079. Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
080. American Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)
081. Western or Lowland Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus)
082. Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
083. American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
084. Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus eques)
085. Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata)
086. Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)
087. Naked Mole Rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
088. Caracal (Caracal caracal)
089. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
090. Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
091. Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
092. Llama (Lama glama)
093. Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
094. Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)
095. Diplodocus
096. Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)
097. Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus)
098. Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
099. California Leaf-nosed Bat (Macrotus californicus)
100. African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)

that is all.

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