k.d. lang: Recollection

I saw this album in the record store earlier this year and there were two versions: the normal one (pictured above) which I purchased, and a deluxe edition with a DVD of bonus features and videos. At the time I was like "Oh cool, 2-disc k.d. lang collection.", and what I realized about an hour later was "Holy crap!! k.d. lang collection!!". I had honestly forgotten what a master vocalist she is. For all those people who complain that true talent is absent from modern music, I point you to k.d. lang. I should have picked up the deluxe set.

Roy Ayers: Virgin Ubiquity II

This one isn't really new either, but I play it a lot. This album is the second in a set of compilations of unreleased recordings from 1976 - 1981. There is some very funky stuff in here, including a demo version of "Sunshine" with Roy doing the vocals without the female back-up singers.

Some tough faces

Here are the sketches for today. Still haven't quite got the female face yet, but I'm getting closer. Also have a half-ways decent sketch of a male face in there too. I did that mostly to prove to myself I don't totally suck ass at drawing faces.

I have a really hard time drawing female faces. It's really hard! If you put in too much detail they look really masculine, but if you don't put in enough they look cartoony. Not that I have anything against cartoons, most of what I draw are cartoons.

This is the result of me buying some fashion magazines and drawing the freakish celebrities contained within. When the result wasn't quite what I wanted I would morph them into some kind of dumb looking cartoon. That happened in every instance. Oh well, practice makes perfect.

Oh yeah, and there's some guy at the bottom. I just wanted to draw weird wavy hair that looked like that, so I stuck it on a really blocky head.

I'm still figuring this whole thing out, so yeah, check back in a few months and maybe I can draw a convincing female face.

Test

Uh oh, I just figured out how to embed YouTube videos into my blog posts. This could get scary.

Some more sketches

While I'm here I might as well post some more sketches. Here you go!


Robin Hood saw Inception and it's all he talks about now...so annoying!


Ugly? Yes! Well drawn? NO!!!


What are they looking at, I wonder?


Professor Xavier is all about that Thing.

A history lesson

This really has nothing to do with anything, but I guess this is my blog, so I can post whatever I want.

I was listening to Inner City the other day. For those of you who don't know, Inner City was a techno/house band from the late 80s that featured Kevin Saunderson and Paris Grey. Kevin Saunderson is considered one of the originators of modern techno and house music. His stuff is really rad, so you should check it out if you haven't heard it. (Also unrelated: Here is a fun remix of "Big Fun" done by Simian Mobile Disco)

Fear of Tigers: Cossus Snufsigalonica

Damn, I hope I spelled the name of that album right.