Do let's pretend...

rusty wheels on an old 10-speed death trap.

2008-10-17T02:22:21Z

This owl calls shenanigans!

who loves who? I want out.

2008-10-16T02:52:45Z

I get stupid, I mean outrageous.

2008-10-15T01:37:29Z

she is a candle holder. secretly.

now I don't know where I'm going

2008-10-14T16:55:52Z

some sketchbook stuff.. lots of pencils. I haven't been drawing enough.

I've been working on drawing the same person more than once. This naked ninja girl has some pretty bodacious hips. low center of gravity. excellent for fighting.

fun fact: when this was drawn I desperately needed a haircut.

fixed income! oh noes.

ex-boyfriend playing shadow of the colossus. manager at ulta. some dude with carefully groomed sideburns.

I cut my own hair. It's so fucked up. I really like it.

I'm no good at drawing bodies at profile.

owltober?

2008-10-14T02:21:35Z

she's about to follow through on a lot of big decisions she's made that she knows she won't regret, but finds intimidating regardless.

haay yoou guuys.

2008-02-22T19:12:42Z

I've decided I'm going to go to the library with my.. hour and a half off between jobs. because I finished a confederacy last night so I can return it and check out something new.

what should I read?

you should read A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

circa 2002:

circa 2003:

circa 2004:

HCD 2K8

2008-02-03T23:13:57Z

oh, god. I'm late.

he is. awfully cuter than his HCD likeness. he forgot the key to his mailbox.

I had already been hung up on twice earlier

the roof of my mouth still hurts.

it's true! because I work alone all day I have to lock the door to the shop if I have to go poo. and I just feel rushed! and it makes my bowels nervous- they don't perform well under pressure.

Can I get, get, get to know, know, know, know you better, better baby?

some sketches, dudes.

2008-01-31T21:08:41Z

my astronomy teacher likes dinosaurs.

not finished, with this rose made of eyes. I can't decide if I should color it... eye colors or all red or in what medium. or if I should just ink it...? any ideas?

people from the art lab at school.

my posture is atrocious sometimes. the pencil sketch is a guy who was eating at pho lucky. he was so big! I was kind of scared he would catch me drawing him and get angry.

adorable asian waitress from Pho Lucky. she DID catch me drawing her, after which giggling and blushing ensued. hers, not mine.

I'm thinking about celebrating hourly comic day this year...

my bangs were getting too long. so I cut them. but now!:

I feel like there were so many things I wanted to say! uhm. oh! I have a scanner now. can you tell?

You wanted to dance and
I gave you that glance &
we ended up holding hands
singing
hallelujah, hallelujah.

I'm still drawing.

2007-12-27T20:54:02Z

I don't have work for another 5 hours..! I guess I'll watch more of the office. I got all 3 seasons for christmas. :3

did I mention I have a second job? I'm a shipper. I ship. I got hired on for the holidays, but the owner liked me so much she's having me run her store on Saturday. and she wants me to date her son. it's awfully silly.

Like a bird freed from his cage
all night and all day I'll play
and sing.

turn into something.

2007-10-22T07:40:27Z

I sllllacked on the baby grind this week. so there's 2 grind drawings and a weekend sketch.

she's not my character, but her name is Jackie and she's a werewolf. I did a different drawing of her first, but it wasn't right. I didn't ink it so there isn't enough light to pick up the pencil. perhaps I will post it tomorrow.

for the true believers

2007-10-14T20:07:16Z

mirror mouth sketches.

Thursday: I just got hired as a barista at my local coffee shop.

true story. except for the part about me being vaguely saucy or seductive. mostly I'm just nervous.

Friday: blah!

my hair has been wonky all day. and I'm missing a big fuzzy slipper.

that's when I knew you were gonna make me lonely.

2007-10-11T20:33:38Z

now appearing week-daily at thebabygrind

:\ I really don't want to just stop posting here. anyone have suggestions to make double-posting for people that are also friends with the baby grind as painless as possible?

laura_andhow @ 2007-09-12T20:43:00

2007-09-13T03:50:15Z

I hung out at the coffee shop and drew for a little today.

I'm really happy with how this came along, since I had no reference. I am an excellent reference copier, but I'm trying to get better at drawing things from my mind. you don't get paid for copying something somebody has already produced, am I right?

just take me back to your house.

2007-08-13T00:27:07Z

because I would like to be a lonely, attractive stranger at a bar someday. that might be fun.

I couldn't sleep last night.

2007-08-08T18:30:38Z

the very observant of you will notice I draw my bangs on the wrong side of my face. it's true. I draw myself like I'm looking in a mirror. -shrug-

well...

2007-08-07T08:11:33Z

I was supposed to draw tonight. and then this happened:

it's true!

I find it hard to see you around.

2007-07-18T00:38:57Z

true story.

2007-07-16T22:44:28Z

I have just noticed I drew myself taller than the doorway. lulz!

and

I draw on thin paper.

Zach, I know. I need a scanner.

mushaboom.

2007-07-05T05:24:18Z

inking, say what? at least my sloppy sketching is improving.

inking practice.

2007-07-04T06:57:51Z

some super-sloppy doodles for learning how to ink.

art is hard.

2007-07-03T08:13:28Z

so.. I had wanted to post this comic I've been working on, but suffice to say that is not going to happen. ergo, I bring you a sketch from tonight and progress from this. it's gotten much better. but I don't know that I'll take the time to fully render it.

Bronte.

2007-06-23T17:42:19Z

so I have a lot of old drawings of this character I've never done anything with. the oldest of which I probably did... 6 or 7 years ago. and the newest of which is a collaboration with my past self. I've had some version of an idea of her for ages. probably since I was 11. I even had a pretty cute 11 year old story for her. but she changed a lot by the time I finally drew her.

I finished this one this morning. I had a naked body with no hands, no feet, and no left leg. I think it was from about a year ago.

point being. I should do something with her.

in process

2007-06-20T07:18:20Z

I like to think that I'm not one to dwell too much on break-ups. I in no way believe that relationships should be easy or they aren't meant to be. but I believe that they should be mutual. and if one of you does not want to be there you're going to have a hard time making it work.

I've never been able to bring myself to try and convince someone that they should be with me if they don't feel it on their own.

In other news. I need to work on drawing looser.

I hope I can stop waking up at 2 in the morning.

2007-06-17T10:09:43Z

that would be nice.

self-portrait via the mirror on my car's sun visor from the beach today:

my bangs were blowin in the wind.