I'ts Even Better than Magic Doodle!

for those of you who couldn't make sense of my last post, i have recently become a happy owner of a wacom tablet and was feeling mighty proud. i mean it automatically increases my cool and value five points. i can digitize whatever nonsense i choose as quickly as i can come up with it-- things like rocket penises, for instance-- and i got it for free.

my current "boss" bought me the tablet so i could digitize and vector my dragoon drawings more efficiently-- also because i really wanted one and brought it up tangentially. not only is it great to get free toys, but the purchase means they're looking to keep me around for a while, too.

look, i understand you would all rather read a blog with stories of torment, looming death, or allergies, but don't you ever want to hear good news? don't you want to know that all that bad news and bad luck eventually lead whichever blogger in a direction that finally benefited him or her?

i get that you enjoyed watching me get fired from my last job-- i enjoyed doing it-- but it wasn't done for entertainment purposes. it was done for moral purposes and this is the part where we're supposed to all lean back and say, "ahh, how nice. how poetic! see? fuck that last job and fuck mr. poopants." i mean it's insane: i'm being paid to draw cartoons!

and even if this is the only illustration gig i ever get, i'm proud to know it is my drawings that represent the words of a shit-talking dragon. i mean my first and only gig could've been something like drawing smiling donuts, or still-life-- but i couldn't wish for something better than a douchebag dragon with four stand-up comics writing his lines.

i just can't believe you were all so much more excited about my bad days.

i could break my arm or something if that brings my visitor count back. eh? eh?

anyway, the day was spent trying to get comfortable drawing with a digital pen. it was a lot of fun and a lot of frustration, but i think i've got the hang of it now. it's a bit like drawing on butter-- glidey and such. or perhaps painting with a very inky brush. but once you get used to the idea of looking at a computer screen while drawing in your lap, it can be a pretty great tool.

brush sizes can be controlled digitally, and errors are obviously easier to fix.

a part of me feels like a liar and a cheater because i've always sworn against those who could only draw with a digital head start, but i did get the illustration job for a doodle on a post-it note-- and i'm only doing it the digital cheater method because it's required as a part of my job.

also, i still can't show you the dragon-- but i dare say he is a sexy mystical-beast.