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June: A Month of Art

Nikki — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:47:56 +0000

This month I have set a personal challenge. Draw, sketch, doodle at least once a day. Doesn’t matter what it is, doesn’t matter how I do it or who sees it, I am going to create something every single day this month.

This month is also the new NanoMango, and I will be attempting to sketch, ink, and color, ten full-pages of comics for The Family Menagerie. The comic has been dead for too long and I shall revive it! So as you can see, this month will hopefully be one full of art. I have a few things I need to catch up on as well, so this is a good excuse to chain myself to my drawing table and go for it. Wish me luck!

Art Post: Don’t Stop Believing

Nikki — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:25:12 +0000

I’ve still been working on the comic even though I haven’t been posting it online. Yesterday I started my first sort-of color test on an illustration I did before beginning the comic, and today I finished it. I actually really like how it turned out so I figured I’d post it to give you a preview of what the comics will look like when finished.

Ash wants to play the drums, and I’m a somewhat horrible guitar player (the guitar is based on my own, so it actually turned out better than the drum set did). Hopefully I’ll be able to get a few more illustrations churned out soon. It definitely makes me feel like an artist again. So what do you think?

NanoMangO Day 16

Nikki — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:35:22 +0000

You know, according to these comics, we yell at our kids a lot. We don’t. I assure you. We love them all very much. It just happens that we have a lot of very frustrating moments that we laugh at afterward. And you get the product of that laughter: a comic!

This happens a lot. If it’s not one cat, it’s another.

NanoMangO Day 15 and CatchUp

Nikki — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:51:17 +0000

Because our week was so hectic with Morgan, work, and a few days of chaos (and Wii Fit Plus), I didn’t get a chance to catch up on NanoMangO until tonight. I churned out six comics pretty much in one sitting, which gives me a whole lot of hope, not only for the rest of the month, but also for future comics. They’re pretty sketchy, but the ideas are there. I’ve backdated them to the days they are supposed to be on (cheater) so I’ll give you a run down right now on how far we’re at (half-way, baby!). First though, today’s comic:

Simple because I’m boring like that (no, not really – I just thought it was cute). Here’s the count as it stands:

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15

Until tomorrow! Ah Monday, you come too soon.

NanoMangO Day Fourteen

Nikki — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:01:41 +0000

I kid you not, this is a true story. Akima is our Princess. She’s dainty, and hates to get litter between her toes (seriously, when we force her into the box, she spends a good twenty minutes scraping her paws on the side of the litter box trying to get it off). So what does she do? She goes next to the litter box and then attempts to hide the evidence.

While I admire the thought she puts into it, I don’t think she quite understands the concept of a panty liner.

NanoMango Day Thirteen

Nikki — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:34:51 +0000

Okay, so I understand boxes. Boxes are cool. I’d hide in a box. In face, freshman year of college I had a TV box in my dorm room that I hid in occasionally. No joke. I had a light in there and I’d read. Don’t ask. I don’t know why I didn’t have that many friends back then. I always invited them to sit in my box but all I got were weird looks.

Boxes are cool. But the garbage? Satsuki is a smelly cat. Zane on the other hand always smells clean.

NanoMango Day Twelve

Nikki — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:19:43 +0000

Now see, I love our cats. But they have this really nasty habit of being nocturnal. And while this was good and all in college when I just didn’t sleep, I’m an adult now you see (uh-huh, shut up) and I need my beauty rest. Zane, of course, thinks differently.

I need a new alarm clock. This one is broken.

NanoMango Day Eleven

Nikki — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:11:22 +0000

Figured it was about time to introduce you to our three oldest cats.

Merlin has other nicknames too, but they’re slightly less appropriate. This is a family comic after all.

NanoMangO Day Ten

Nikki — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:23:40 +0000

Spunky is a big baby. People get scared of him if they don’t know him because he’s somewhat wolf-like (he’s a husky, shephard, chow mix), but you will never find a more well-behaved, sweetheart of a dog. This not only includes people, but every living creature. Including all the other kids.

It’s even better because he’s really soft. ^_^

NanoMango Day Eight & Nine

Nikki — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:53:34 +0000

I’m tired and didn’t get yesterday’s comic up. Here it is, though it’s only one page. Hopefully you’ll forgive me.

Snarf’s nickname is Snarf-bucket. Don’t ask why, I don’t know.

I missed yesterday because we had some slight issues with one of our older girl rats, Morgan. She’s been having breathing issues lately and we took her to the vet today. She’s on medication and she hasn’t been having any problems, so hopefully it gets better. But it was a stressful weekend.

I’m making up for it with a sketch of Morgan and her sister Meetu as today’s comic (because it was a rough day and I’m still worried about our girl.

Morgan is the one on the left (and yes, I used the earlier photo as a reference). She’s our oldest girl and one of the sweetest.

Alright. Tomorrow I’ll get back on track.