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I only drew one tiny thing on Wednesday. I had an idea to draw a really laid back guy in flip-flops and an open tee. I just doodled his legs and went back to playing Riven.

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Thursday I’d left for work when I realized I hadn’t brought my pad or pens/pencils for the Drawing Club. I didn’t have time to go back, so I grabbed a clipboard and some printer paper from work, and used my trusty Bic Cristal pen. I’m glad I went, as always, though I think I need to switch up my media, maybe go back onto charcoal, or get back in my anatomy books. I had a tough time expressing any character. The model was great! Very evocative of the One Million B.C. theme.

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Today on the train home I started a little animation in Animation Creator for the iPhone. I really recommend it. The tools are fast and you can upload directly to YouTube at whatever frame rate you like. Here it is after I added some frames just now to get the little guy out of frame:

I thought of it as a dreamy, floaty run when I was animating it, and it feels that way at 12fps. At 24fps the timing seems more natural, though the fluidity of movement isn’t there in the middle: