First Post!

After creating my new Blog.Folio today I started poking around sketchblogs to see what there was to see here on blogspot. (Not just because it was an assignment to our IARC class, but also because I was genuinely curious about what all there was to see.) I ended up clicking on a couple links my IARC professors suggested and then even clicked around on the links of those sketch blogs to see other artist's various works. I took their advice and got myself completely lost in looking at the sketchblogs of others for at least an hour if not more. There was so much to look at!

From the set of starter sights that were there to give us a taste of what was on a sketchblog and what it was all about, I enjoyed looking at Andrea Joseph's Sketchblog the most. Most if not all of her sketches and artwork are done in various colors of ballpoint pen, which is simply amazing to me that she could work so accurately and produce such amazing results with fun and interesting pen strokes and a sort of realistic quality. I also liked how her subjects for the sketches were basically everyday items such as shoes, a travel toothbrush, and buttons.

In getting lost later I stumbled upon another blog that appealed to me called Ice-Cream Monster Toon Cafe, one because it had the most interesting name I'd seen yet in my wandering (The name worried me slightly but it was worth clicking on.) and two because of the colorful and fun artwork posted there. I love watercolor and I love to see other people's styles with this medium. The artist, Alina Chan, basically had all of her sketch work done in mostly watercolor with some pen or pencil work mixed in. What I liked most about her artwork was the variety of subjects she focuses on, everything from people to animals to landscapes. I enjoy her style mostly because it's so playful and yet it was still very professional in some ways.

I look forward to posting my work here and perhaps getting lost again on my free time.