I wanted to do something special for the second week of my "vacation" and was pondering a print sale when I realized I'd run into a truly celebration-worthy milestone: after fourteen years, I've closed the covers on my 99th sketchbook! For fourteen years I've been numbering any sketchbook over 8.5x11 (the smaller ones get letters, and I'm somewhere around "P" on those). These books have fed Stardancer's art archive for years. Yesterday I put the first pencil lines down on the second page of #100. That's over 9000 sketches... more if you count those tiny lettered books!

So instead of a boring generic print sale, I'm going to do a One Hundred Sketchbook Retrospective! I'm going to summarize the trends and best art of each "decade" of sketchbooks, and if I have pieces scanned from them I'll add links.


Now, it wouldn't be any fun without audience participation! So if you'd like to join the fun, for everyone person who donates, I'll scan an unscanned piece from each book, starting with Sketchbook #1. Paypal requires at least $1 donations, but I'll probably be moved by extra money to scan more pictures. *grin*

If this project turns out to be popular, I might make a B&W hard copy available also, so you can flip through the Best Of twelve years of my work, along with my commentary.

Look for the first post tomorrow!

(P.S. For the curious, I'm going to use this money to enroll the baby in the cultural center's "Baby Music" summer class. And if there's leftover... well, paint, baby food, and fencing dues for Mommy!)

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floorlamps, you rock, thank you. Your comment on this piece has given me a thought for an Admonishment. :)

Flipping through these sketchbooks, I realize how much pleasure and inspiration I get from friends and viewers. I don't know how many pictures of Vasiht'h are stryck's fault, but surely a great deal of them. thedigitalkuri made me draw more pictures of Galatea... and men with beards are often razzek's doing. That's not even touching people who've had long-term influences on my art, people I'll mention as I go through the retrospective... the ones who for years have been making me think, laugh or pick up a pencil to answer, "What if," "Why not," and "How come."

I could probably keep trying to explain how much your questions, thoughts and discussions mean to me; that they keep me working when I'm tired, or give me new thoughts when I'm fresh out. But if you ever think, "Wow, I wish I could donate to one of haikujaguar's projects, but I don't have any money," then rest assured: your comments on the art are as good as gold to me. Just like the money, they keep the Story flowing.


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"Willow" is finally done.

Finally done. After months and months of work. It's done. I ruined four of the new brushes to finish it, but 40+ man-hours later, it's done.

*tip-toes to table, sets it down and backs away to let it dry*


*fallsover*




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