Sunday, April 6, 2008

The scanned sketches as promised, part II...


Wow, a second post on the same day - that's a record for me. Here's the second idea (unfinished of course) for the Dominance War design entry. It's robotic with biological elements; it has two arms and four legs, with the hind legs providing support in attacks and added speed in chases.

The scanned sketches as promised...

So I'd been working on some sketches for the Dominance War character design entry. Alas, I've missed the deadline, but it gave me a reason to work on something. Here's a creature inspired by "The Thing" except with more bio-mechanical elements.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

OK, I haven't scanned any sketches yet like I'd promised...

...because I haven't really sketched anything worth scanning. I blame my mental block, and my lack of drawing practice. The saying is completely true: use it or lose it.

Sketches forthcoming...

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Time is warping by...

It's already the middle of March. Holy crap, where did the last 2 months go?

I hate to use the cliche, but I have been very busy with my new website, fredleeportfolio.com.

It's been a long time coming, but I finally have an online portfolio. It's a start, and it will do for now, but the plan is to learn some flash, and some website authoring so that I can do what I really want to do with my online portfolio.

I'm also trying to drag lead on parchment more in between my busy schedule. I'll be scanning some of that onto this blog soon. Really. Soon. For now, I'm changing my blog title. It's quick and manageable.

CYA!

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Drawings of old...





Wow - I can't believe it's already 2008 - time is warping by!

In honor of the new year, and also to hide the fact that I haven't been able to create any new drawings for the blog yet, I'll put up some of my older drawings for now. Enjoy!

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Facebook...

I'm spending way too much time on Facebook...but it's been fun in some sense finding old friends, then setting up different applications on my facebook page. It's turned into this little project (that I don't have time for), but it's like a new toy. I'm such a dork!

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

running man...

Well, that's more like jogging man, and not very far at that.

I got the OK from my doc to start light jogs that will last no longer than 15 minutes, and I responded, "that's great, but I'll be lucky if I can jog for 15 minutes, let alone half hour!" And sure enough, I jumped on the treadmill (settings are incline set to 1, speed set to 5, or 12 minute mile), and I lasted half a mile, or 6 minutes. I continued to walk for .1 mile, then resumed jogging until I reached .75 miles, at which point I decided it was good enough, especially for a warm up before doing squats, deadlifts, incline bench press, and pull ups.

So I would say this was an accomplishment, given that I haven't ran in over 9 months (between my lung "thing" and recovering from a sprained ankle), half a mile ain't so bad! Eh, with persistence, I'll get back to my normal 3 - 5 mile distance in a few months.

Happy holidays!

fRED