I drew this while spending time with my older sister's kids. Well, not this exact picture. I scribbled this one while they were watching, using Microsoft Expression instead of Adobe Illustrator. While Expression has some interesting functionality, it still has a ways to go for me to use it effectively. Even with such a terrible first draft, they were impressed. It doesn't take much to impress children these days.
It wasn't until I had time later, while waiting in the hospital, to turn the terrible Expression doodle into the one you see to the left. I took notes about the clothing and accessories they were wearing before they left. The shadows came to me late in the drawing. They made me laugh before I even started drawing them. It comes back to my terrible theory: until they are 26, all children are monsters because their brains are mushy. It should go without saying that this does not apply to my childhood.
My niece Sarah helped me draw this doodle when I was visiting NY. I loved the pumpkin heads. The bad English on the title was all my doing.
Guest Artist: Sarah
My niece Sarah doodled this Horrible (this was her first one). She also titled it and went strong with the fart joke. I don't have the courage to go that strong.
I'm coming up from a light depression. I didn't even realize I was down until this morning. Work has been rather blah lately, and it took me until this morning to realize it was me. (I sometimes forget everything is about me.)
Julie's sister arrives tomorrow, followed by her other sister and parents this weekend. Lots more family adventures.
This was taken from my niece Sarah's original drawing. Her sister's Horrible is tomorrow.
A late morning rain is hopefully clearing to a sunny day. We're off to watch the Watchman. I'm trying to keep my hopes low. It's the pessimist in me.
Here's the promised Horrible of Sarah (Rachel's sister and my other niece from my older sister).
This weekend was chock full of fun. Julie's other sister is visiting, and we had a Naginata demonstration at the Japanese festival at BC (formerly known as Bellevue Community College).
I also did a bit of writing. Damn, I'm good at those hundreds of throat-clearing words. It's when I have to actually say something that I lose momentum.
Happy birthday, Sarah! As requested, yet another Sarah Horrible. Taken from various photographs in this album.
