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Goodbye, Internet.

Mike Creighton — Sun, 08 May 2011 03:08:23 +0000

I haven’t given up on this thing. I’ve simply reached the threshold where I recognize I’ve got a problem. I think we’re all suffering from it to some degree. You know it. I know it. It’s that itch. That need to check. But what are we checking? What are we afraid we’ll miss?

I’m sick of puzzling out the answer to that question.

Instead, I’m turning to engaging with meat-space communities for a bit. Having verbal, dimensional conversations. Meeting new people. Trying social activities.

I’ve found that posting my work online has me rushing the work. I’m much more influenced by the traffic / comments / favorites / likes / etc. that the work sees, than my own analysis of the successes and failures of the work. So, I want to correct that imbalance. I want to focus on quality. I want to get better.

This will be a bit of an experiment, and I don’t know how long I’ll be away. But I hope to return with something to show for it.

I’ll see you on the other side.

Self-portrait Sketching

Mike Creighton — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 03:21:46 +0000

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While waiting for Nate to arrive, I took a couple hours in the sun, sipping wine and sketching at The Globe. Didn’t have any good reference photos to use, so I just used this old one of me looking like a zombie. Was a couple hours well-spent.

Omissions

Mike Creighton — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:37:02 +0000

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I feel like there have been some omissions here as of late. While I haven’t been drawing as much I as could, I have been doing some sketching. Work has sort of ground things to a near halt.

Two months ago, Nate and I decided to make an official project out of our “Constraints” collaboration we started way back in 2007. We’re calling it:

Finding Constraints

We tried posting it all to Flickr at first. But I wanted to get away from that community and just make it something for us.

We’re at the end of our second month, and it’s been an admittedly crazy busy couple of weeks, so we both got behind. Out of sheer exhaustion from being at the computer tonight, I turned back to my sketchbook to round out my seventh drawing for the month (above).

That one and the one below are my favorites from the month. I like what I’ve omitted in each of them… and the tension between the fruit. I guess it’s just nice not to draw everything I see all the time… creates a more compelling image sometimes.

Cheers to the omissions.

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Breaktime Sketch

Mike Creighton — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:52:46 +0000

During the breaks and the before-and-after at the Dr. Sketchy’s meetup, I did this sketch:

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Dr. Sketchy’s February Meetup

Mike Creighton — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:51:07 +0000

This month’s Dr. Sketchy’s hosted two of the Diamond Daggers. Here’s the outcome.

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Self Portrait Trio

Mike Creighton — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:07:50 +0000

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A third head added tonight at Epicenter. Another 15-or-so minute sketch.