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August 31st, 2014 #1
Elinore's Sketchbook
I'm a visual designer and art director who works mostly in advertising now, though I started out with solo shows as a painter in San Francisco almost 10 years ago, I haven't been that kind of artist again until only recently. So, in some ways, I've gone full circle, but now the whole circle is kind of happening at once.
I listened to a lot of other people while building my career, instead of following my heart, and so here I am. I currently make mobile rich media ads, and my career has spanned all sorts of stuff from app design to full ad campaign concepts. I don't know how else to describe it but, I'm ready to start speaking my truth. As much as I love design and enjoy the work I do, it doesn't spark the kind of passion painting and drawing does.
I'm good people with good intentions and my hope is that if you are here, you are too. I'm so happy to be a part of this community and able to share my journey there and back again.
"Want a good body? Work at it. Want to be a success? Work at it. Want to be truly exceptional? Be a touch insane...You need a little bit of insanity to do great things. " - Henry Rollins
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Now for the sketches.
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August 31st, 2014 #3
Sun Guardian sketches and final
August 31st, 2014 #4
Baby Dragon
August 31st, 2014 #5
Some dead chick I drew.
August 31st, 2014 #6
Found a pretty great figure drawing group recently. Here are some 15-20 "minuters"
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Happy new sketchbook elinoree, welcome!
Was really interesting to read your intro and get a feel for your background, I can relate to it in many ways. You are off to a great start here and I certainly look forward to seeing more. Lovely pencil work, especially like the expressive feeling of the person reading the book, post 2. Also dig the sun guardian
September 1st, 2014 #8
From the figure drawing group a lil bit ago, we had a very pregnant lady. Very interesting and great to observe and draw.
September 1st, 2014 #9
@Bri in the sky
Thank you for the warm welcome. It does indeed seem like we have much in common, though you are clearly much further along than I in your journey. So inspiring!
Heh, the person reading would be me being a creeper on the subway sketching away at some poor fellow commuter. Gotta love us weird artists sketching away on our work commutes.
Love your work! And your story!
September 1st, 2014 #10
I figure I might as well post one of my other contest entries along with some WIPs. I love those. The "assignments" help get my imagination sputtering.
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Yeah I always feel weird sketching people in public even though it is an essential part of being an artist. Was thinking of going out and offering free portraits just for the practice and to get more comfortable sketching in public. Who knows.
Digging the last one, beautiful colours. Arabian fairy racer, me likes
September 4th, 2014 #12
So I'm working on this disgusting fellow for this week's COW--Intellect Devourer.
I figured since I'm going to have nightmares after staring at this guy all day, I'd share the wealth. Anybody else work on horror stuff, and wonder where the heck that came from?
I discovered that painting brains have their own set of unique issues to solve: folded, but fat, and shiny. Also, such flesh tones... So all in all, after the creepathon, it's pretty good problem solving and practice.
September 4th, 2014 #13
Hello! I love your sketchbook so far! Your creepy creature is awesome! I like the idea of the brain being the monster. Very nifty!
I can't wait to see more from you!
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@LibraGrey, thanks for the love and kind words!
Remember Peter Rabbit? Yeah, that guy's not happy with Mr. McGregor.
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That is one scary brain creature! Digging the Rabbit, feels otherworldly. A very fashionable jacket I might add
September 10th, 2014 #16
Intellect Devourer. Learning more with every painting. Now, I'm really interested in translucence, and well...a lot of stuff.
Thanks Bri, I was thinking that it would be fun to do creepy versions of innocent children's book story characters. It's definitely a good motor starter.
September 17th, 2014 #17
So, I started the 100-day challenge today: anatomy and clothing. I figure I will post post them here as well. I wasn't too pumped about this challenge until I started gathering references and realized that it will be an opportunity to really look at all sorts of clothing really closely and see how it actually looks, like really and truly. It will also help in general for well, everything character design. If you think about it, as a character designer, you should also be a fluent fashion designer, and understand all sorts of things about clothing, not just folds; buttons, pockets, which way does that coat open up, buckles, bows, skirt lengths, pant types, helmets and hats galore, meanwhile noting how it moves and sits on the body, different kinds of bodies. Weeeee! Anyhow, you get the idea. We'll see how this challenge unfolds (pun intended.)
Wish me luck!
I also included a sketch I did for the Mad Hatter challenge, but started to paint it and am just really not digging it, so if I end up having a big chunk of time tomorrow or Friday, I may start over on that guy.
September 18th, 2014 #18
Day 2, a story, and more creeper on the BART sketching.
September 19th, 2014 #19
Day 3 trench/pea coat with oversized hood
September 21st, 2014 #20
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September 30th, 2014 #21
A couple from the 100 Day challenge that I'm proud of. The second was a 2 parter and really took about 60 minutes. I'm learning a lot, which is a good thing. But, it also reminds me that I have so much to learn.
October 3rd, 2014 #22
More 100 Day challenge
October 12th, 2014 #23
I think I want to expand on this character. I'm really digging her. I was kind of inspired by the Priestess of Delphi.
October 13th, 2014 #24
Another character I think I might explore. I don't know what she's sitting on yet, but I think it goes "vroom," and somebody's about to get their ass whooped.
This challenge thing is great for "accidentally" starting characters. I'm finding that poses or clothing items can sometimes be even more inspiring than the people in them (the people are great, but when I'm coming up with a character, that's the part I want to make up), because they start a story. A face or body type can sometimes tell a story, but I think a pose or article of clothing can really get it going.
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I see you are no stranger to the ol pencil elinorre The drawings in post 18 are fantastic, especially the hatter.
October 14th, 2014 #26
Thanks Bri. Fundamentals, right?
Now, if work could chill out a bit, so I could get some painting done, I'd be most grateful.
Uh oh, I think I have some ideas brewing. Feels good to feel inspired!
October 23rd, 2014 #27
Working on studies for an idea I'm playing around with
October 26th, 2014 #28
Gun Girl and Ninja Bunny!
More pencil studies. Just really want to get my fundamentals and observation muscles back up to speed. Digital painting...I'm coming for you.
October 31st, 2014 #29
Breakthrough with digital line drawing!
I get it now! Yay!!!
October 31st, 2014 #30
Oh I get it! Digital just take a hella long time.
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Discussion in 'In Memoriam' started by Dan Murphy, Jun 18, 2003.
Thank you, Dan. Beautiful and so tragic. God bless little Caitlyn.
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Thank you Dan for the beautiful post. I did not have a chance to personally know Robin, but I loved her posts and you could tell what a wonderful person she was by just reading them. I pray that little Caitlyn gets through this somehow
I had a couple more to share here.
This one of Robin and Caitlyn outside Crystal Palace, happy as can be.........

And this, another one, similar to the one on the first page, but with both Robin and Dan looking admiringly at little Caitlyn........

Robin will most assuredly be missed.
Wow. This girl is an orphan. What happens now?
Thanks Dan!!! A wonderful tribute...
Thank you very much for the post!
Very nice post, Dan. How happy those pictures are. This is all such a shock. God bless little Caitlyn.
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That was beautiful Dan. Thanks.
Thank you for putting these up, Dan. It is beautiful to see Robin and Dan smiling in happier times.
Very nice, Dan. The pictures are so poignant. I can't get over how sad it all is.
A very beautiful tribute.
Thank you, Dan.....
Thank you Dan. You are so good at coming up with words when the rest of us can't find any. I'm still in shock, and I pray God protects little Caitlyn.
Thank you Dan.
Thank You, Dan. Very nice.
My very deepest sympathy to Robin's family. What a tragic loss. Almost makes me feel guilty that I've been so overwhelmed with my Mother's illness that I didn't realize she was ill or near death.
Again, so very sorry & your tribute is to be applauded Dan.
Beautiful post, Dan.
I honestly don't remember the last time I have been this heartbroken.........
I never laid eyes on the woman, but I felt a certain kinship with her.
Thank you, Dan, for posting the picture and keeping her memory alive.
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"The delegation is sitting together to discuss all the developments," he said on Sunday. "If they do, it will be this evening or tomorrow."
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera's Kimberly Halkett, reporting from West Jerusalem, said that the Palestinian delegation in Cairo is set to meet with Arab League representatives on Monday to discuss the proposed truce.
So far, Egyptian efforts to broker an end to more than a month of fighting have led nowhere, with Israel pulling its team out of talks in Cairo on Friday after Hamas refused to extend a 72-hour ceasefire which had brought relief to millions on both sides of the border.
On Saturday, Israel launched more than 30 air attacks in Gaza on Saturday, killing nine Palestinians, and Palestinian fighters fired rockets at Israel as the conflict entered a second month.
An Israeli military statement said four of the Palestinians targeted on Saturday were Hamas fighters.
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Moon Knight seems like a very different super hero. First of all the costume he wears, it's a simple white suit with a mask. It looks good on the page and gives us some insight into the character, or at least this incarnation of the character, as a practical man with a dash of madness. I particularly liked how forensic he was, using his own experienced he quickly solved the mystery and Ellis seemed to be drawing a lot of inspiration from the latest Sherlock incarnation. I love that this isn't a cookie cutter book. It's doing something different.
My favourite thing about the book thought was that, and this sounds strange, that I couldn't tell what was happening at times. Now that isn't to say that the story's overly complex, it's not. The thing is, that Moon Knight is presented to us the audience as suffering from mental illness, in particular DDI. However revelations later in the book throw this idea into doubt? Or do they? It's not made clear whether they're just further delusions of a fractured mind or whether there's a deeper truth.
Criticising this book's difficult because I think it did really well. That said I did have to read through the book twice to really get a grasp on the whole Khonshu plot. At first I found it somewhat confusing.
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Schmidt made the announcement May 17, saying he's retiring in the end of May to spend more time with his family and to pursue teaching in cybersecurity, the Washington Post reports.
President Barack Obama picked Schmdit to be the nation's top cybersecurity official, and Schmidt took the reins on Dec. 22, 2009. He spearheaded the creation of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, a public-private collaboration that aims to create an "Identity Ecosystem" to protect citizens and businesses on the Internet by authenticating their identities.
In addition to his 45 years of public service, which began at the U.S. Air Force and included a stint with the FBI, Schmidt has held positions at eBay and Microsoft.
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Can I use avelox 400 mg tabs for urinary tract or kidney infections?
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If your doctor has prescribed it then it should be fine to use Avelox for urinary tract infections.
Avelox is an antibiotic in the class of drugs called fluoroquinolones. It fights bacteria in the body. It kills sensitive bacteria by stopping the production of essential proteins needed by the bacteria to survive.
Avelox is used to treat bacterial infections caused by certain bacteria.
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The so-called Canadian discount on crude oil jumped above $30 a barrel this month, thanks to a lack of pipeline capacity to the West Coast and a glut of oil supply at refineries in the U.S. Midwest.
That means a barrel of Western Canada heavy oil, including production from Alberta's oilsands, is selling this month for about $75 compared to a world price of about $107 for heavy oil. Heavy oil, laden with sulphur, requires more processing than so-called light sweet crudes, which are fetching about $125 a barrel this week on world markets.
The numbers come from Scotiabank analyst Patricia Mohr's monthly commodities index report, issued Tuesday.
The absence of a pipeline to carry Western heavy crude from Alberta to the British Columbia coast and ultimately to alternative markets such as Asia, combined with pipeline bottlenecks in the United States, means Alberta producers have to accept discounted prices.
Refineries in the U.S. Midwest are equipped to handle heavy oil, but they're "oversupplied."
TransCanada Pipelines' proposed Keystone XL line to Nebraska would boost profits, as would the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline to Kitimat on the B.C. central coast – but both are attracting vocal public opposition.
Crude oil and refined petroleum products account for 28.5 per cent of Canada's net exports of commodities and resource-based manufactured goods, according to Mohr.
She noted that the price for 'western Canadian Select' — 25 heavy oil varieties — has been falling away from its U.S. counterpart, the West Texas Intermediate or WTI price.
It fell $1.51 in February relative to the standard Canadian discount from 2005 to 2011, but jumped to $31.44 for March oil delivery.
"There is an urgent need to tap faster growing Asian markets, where world prices prevail, and to diversify away from oversupplied U.S. Midwest refining centres," Mohr wrote. "While heavy oil development ... has been growing with the development of the Alberta oilsands as well as conventional fields — the expansion of export pipeline capacity has not kept pace."
"We're really dependent right at the moment on one key export market and that is the U.S. Midwest," Mohr said. She said the situation could abate a bit this summer with a plan by Calgary-based Enbridge and pipeline company Enterprise Partners to improve access to refineries in Texas and the southern U.S. through modifications to an existing pipeline that now terminates in Oklahoma.
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"The third thing, which I'm beginning to be a little concerned about, is that the growth of U.S. petroleum demand is extremely slow. Last year it actually declined."
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Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has handed the fly-half berth to James O'Connor for their clash against the Barbarians on Saturday at Twickenham.
First choice fly-half Quade Cooper is currently nursing a long-term injury and it is O'Connor who will start in the playmaker role with Berrick Barnes playing at inside centre. Barnes took the fly-half reins in their bronze final against Wales at the end of the World Cup when Cooper limped of the field and took the man of the match award in the process.
David Pocock captains the side with World Cup skipper James Horwill named on the bench with Deans stating this is just a one off. "We just felt this was a good opportunity, both to lessen the load on James, while also giving David the chance to gain experience captaining the side."
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