I haven't completely lost my touch...

Wow...I really can't keep up with my blog so well, can I?
I have a couple pictures to post of new sketches that I have done...so far they aren't that much to look at, but they are works in progress, and works in progress mean that you are doing something at least. I will only post two since that's all I have that has been "clothed" all the others are naked figures waiting for me to be inspired and clothe them lol. My teacher told me that if I didn't keep practicing my sketching my illustrations would go downhill...well, in my chill mode after finishing school I didn't practice much at all until one night I picked up my pencil and was very disappointed in myself. Nothing would "work right"! Sooo I worked at it awhile, then went at it again the next night and actually realized that even though I'm not as good as when I finished college, I haven't completely lost my touch.
I'm going to try posting more pictures to keep my blog more interesting from now on.

This is a quick sketch I did of a suit Sarah (my sister) was modeling right before an interview. I didn't bother to really clean it up because it's not something I plan to do anything with.

Even though by the time I was done I realized that her head was too small and neck too long I left it alone anyway. I was so busy working on the rest of her body and making her clothes fall correctly that I really wasn't going to go in and fix the rest of her until I could be away from it for awhile.

Step out or stay put?

Okay...I'm half afraid to show this, but here is a small part of my final project for Illustration. Since a new quarter has started we can run and get our old projects. I have a wish, a "kinda-secret-not-so-secret" wish to sketch designs for people who want a dress or other article of clothing custom-made. Many can describe what they want, but can't convey that idea to a seamstress who needs a picture-or a sketch. That's where I could come in! I've sketched a dress for a friend of mine, and for my sister (not that they ever were taken to a seamstress), and they really liked them...I have looked online and seen several sites for sketching your design-in-mind, and a few are actually at a decent price, and a few are just ridiculous. One charged about $200 to sketch an illustration of the customer on her wedding day in her gown. I just don't really know where to go from here. I know that I'm not quite as good as I need to be, but I have to start somewhere, right? I'm really just afraid to step out, my faith here is miniscule.
About school starting on Monday...well it didn't. I went early and printed my schedule only to find that I didn't have classes starting on Monday, so I went back home tired and a bit irritable. On Tuesday I was ready though, bright eyed and bushy-tailed for my first class of the quarter. A couple of my classes don't look inspiring, but the other two are right down my alley. Those classes are trend forecasting, and advanced clothing construction where I make a sports jacket. I have a nice dark brown wool for it, hopefully it's worth wearing when I'm done.