1 down, 11 to go

End of Month One…sketched at least 30 minutes a day. Haven’t noticed a dramatic improvement in skill, but ideas are coming a little easier now, and that’s huge. I’m turning off the light and going to bed.

Wheels within wheels, in a spiral array...

I think this is a good concept. Time will tell if I can fashion it into an interesting maze.

Plumber's nightmare

More adventures with over and under pipes. When you drop down, you can go on either side below it.



I'm thinking that a good balance is to alternate sketching "real" objects, with "mind-only" geometrical mazes. Some of each should eventually yield some cool integrated designs.

Tower, trees, down & up

Did some quick sketches while walking around today (about 10 minutes each). I like the idea of capturing an essence of something without laboring over details too much. The nature picture is a little disorienting…



Later, drew a circular stairway coming down, and going up slightly lower on the left. It’s interesting that while I’m working on a particular section, I often lose focus on where I am or what I’m drawing, and only when I pull back do I see the stairway again.

When you get to a number, jump to the other same number

With pencil on graph paper:



After computer enhancement, which took about twice as long as drawing it:

Playing with graph paper

The fun part here was drawing the lines freehand. I've always thought I had to use a ruler to do this, but this is so much faster (and I don't smear the lines).

Getting red-y

Colored over the lines with a red marker…certainly more Valentine’s Day ready.

Experimented with the “mouse trail” in the four walls. Not sure whether different colors are better to orient which wall it’s in, or dots/dashes/etc.