tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72461621891269649812024-03-05T05:58:49.762-08:00Bringing the ChipsNever show up empty handedLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-39733012160976136412012-04-27T21:24:00.003-07:002012-04-27T21:24:40.919-07:00Hey, I've moved!I got a domain name and everything!<br />
So for all 5 of you who are following me... I can be found <a href="http://www.bringingthechips.com/">here</a>!<br />
See you there!<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-38635513913802616922012-03-12T23:59:00.001-07:002012-04-24T14:43:50.663-07:00The Annoying Unicorn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The annoying unicorn is someone you keep around because he or she is objectively and without a doubt, possessed of a rare, brilliant, and valuable talent or skill that you need.</span></div>
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-46470740930666462552012-01-29T22:44:00.000-08:002012-01-29T22:44:20.734-08:00Sketchcrawl Jan, 2012Sketchcrawl is <a href="http://www.sketchcrawl.com/">this</a>.<br />
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It's always fun to see other people's take on the same subjects. The first one in SF this year was at the Ferry Market building.<br />
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(I did more drawings than these, but this is what I'm marginally happy with- let's just pretend that they were all pure gold, shall we?)<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-13117281889772120792011-12-06T21:45:00.001-08:002011-12-06T21:47:58.267-08:00On the first day of Christmas...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another x-post from "<a href="http://mygeckoissick.tumblr.com/">My Gecko is Sick</a>". My <a href="http://blog.nadinetakvorian.com/">friend</a> and I are switching off for the "12 Days of Christmas". I started.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-49049217128689999702011-11-28T21:00:00.001-08:002011-11-28T21:22:56.326-08:00Yup. I still hate "Twilight"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just...not...a...fan.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-74178477500396767372011-11-20T23:33:00.001-08:002011-11-20T23:35:23.068-08:00Tiny Tragediescrossposting with a shared sketchblog<br />
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<a href="http://mygeckoissick.tumblr.com/post/13104524098/so-tragic-when-you-lose-a-particularly-nice-bit-of">My Gecko is Sick</a>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-80260677345846605612011-10-21T20:40:00.000-07:002011-11-28T22:15:36.278-08:00At the wrong party - Dr. Who<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ok, another post from my shared <a href="http://mygeckoissick.tumblr.com/">blog</a> with <a href="http://blog.nadinetakvorian.com/">Nadine</a>.</div>
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-25889064703449921112011-10-09T23:07:00.000-07:002011-11-28T22:15:04.748-08:00Another new sketch blog -I decided to coauthor a sketching blog with another artist friend. It can be found here<br />
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We decided to make it a little area for sketching improv, where we would each contribute a sketch on the same theme, with each sketch and concept completed in an hour.<br />
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Since we both have a fondness for awkward situations and non sequiturs, we decided to embrace that in the name of the blog and our first sketch topic "At the wrong party."<br />
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Here's my first contribution. :)Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-53440715622481029262011-10-06T20:34:00.000-07:002011-11-28T22:14:26.638-08:00More Out of Context science<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Less hairy mothers would have to park their young - </div>
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-37651141495498273352011-10-04T23:55:00.001-07:002011-10-04T23:55:07.021-07:00The Well Animatic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So when I first started this blog in 2007, I began with a post called "The Well." A few months after that, I cut it into an animatic with the intention of animating it.<br />
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Never got around to doing the actual animation (but, there's still time!) However, I thought it might be fun to post the animatic.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-40807156974001346372011-10-03T23:49:00.000-07:002011-10-03T23:49:52.403-07:00Carol Prefers Burgers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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About a year ago, I was chatting with a good friend who said she would prefer to be wooed with a good cheeseburger instead of roses.<br />
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My friends really do give me the best ideas.<br />
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(I did a quick scribble right away, but I always wanted to redraw it, so I did.)Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-18275679412844952212011-10-02T20:15:00.000-07:002011-10-02T20:15:45.727-07:00Out of Context ScienceI started following this blog awhile ago and began doing drawings from the posts. For ease of use, I had to create a tumblr version of this blog, which is <a href="http://bringingthechips.tumblr.com/">here</a>. I'm trying to keep the drawings really quick, under 30 minutes.<br />
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I'll still update this blog, but following the original quote source for "out of context science" will be easier via tumblr.<br />
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Today's quote: None of the fish experienced any major hardships<br />
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-51807166092020567052011-09-18T22:30:00.000-07:002011-09-18T23:00:38.528-07:00Dr. Sketchy's SF<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Granted, generally when people say they love sexy women with a sense of humor, they're not picturing vamped up clowns. But this model made it work.</div>
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-11327271951464054372011-09-06T22:41:00.000-07:002011-09-06T22:41:13.645-07:00Poitiers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3-0-veb5RxQQH_LvsTrQqeeyVxTfYeJg6mKu1d37BfdsSfbd4e6OU1oDgSibNFSPccZlvXEiRFMjh8288Z7OzBM4ilVFEL2tMhJ517feYRuMJ_dxEXfPKj_SEWLLQT2XQdZ-QkiHoXc/s1600/Poitiers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3-0-veb5RxQQH_LvsTrQqeeyVxTfYeJg6mKu1d37BfdsSfbd4e6OU1oDgSibNFSPccZlvXEiRFMjh8288Z7OzBM4ilVFEL2tMhJ517feYRuMJ_dxEXfPKj_SEWLLQT2XQdZ-QkiHoXc/s400/Poitiers.jpg" width="381" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On my way to stay with friends in Beynac, I stopped in Poitiers. It's a not very big place, with a whole lot of churches. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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You could tell that the cicada was female, because she wore a blue dress. And musical, since she carried what looked like a mandolin. I noticed no male cicadas.<br />
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The service isn't great - okay, actually I felt quite ignored. But the room made it worthwhile. I'm not sure what inspired the original owner to decorate in this vein, but he clearly went all out. Custom cicada girl tiles, custom cicada girl clock... Really, the only places we have in the States that is so thoroughly and skillfully "themed" is Disneyland.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-35563454406419906902011-08-14T17:38:00.000-07:002011-08-14T17:38:46.283-07:00Beynac, France<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMjTwC8dz6qAV377kcz7DTMWAcHF436-f98Rf1OWFTHgOa-9soNPbamln-0sA5pBcshFwyt5e6iB5ybo6vjHd4jBvZ1qoZ4i1BeFvhhd2_puOYC1RuZ8RzswbzK15mam4bF_9YCFh3Ww/s1600/Beynac_distance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMjTwC8dz6qAV377kcz7DTMWAcHF436-f98Rf1OWFTHgOa-9soNPbamln-0sA5pBcshFwyt5e6iB5ybo6vjHd4jBvZ1qoZ4i1BeFvhhd2_puOYC1RuZ8RzswbzK15mam4bF_9YCFh3Ww/s400/Beynac_distance.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
I was fortunate enough to spend my vacation with my good friend <a href="http://www.sadievaleri.com/">Sadie</a>, in Beynac, France. As usual, I spent more time eating than drawing, but I did manage a sketch or two.<br />
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The Dordogne region of France is absolutely gorgeous in that "I'm in a Disney cartoon" sort of way. Actually, it's better, because when I was a Disney fan as a kid, I would not have been able to drink pear apertif or eat foie gras.<br />
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Sketches of salad I had to eat as penance are forthcoming.<br />
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-39102348341195583482011-05-08T16:55:00.000-07:002011-05-08T16:55:53.346-07:00A fashion crime against humanity...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlfeCC5XVozGNCq2DbjNZ30etgqTSd3yEhsoXEmW7Z-v7IEDGgTq6JjCvzYSsk-cu8HuZa2-7OnqLkfrJfbGgsLE-qeO3vschhvOGF8-6koi78e4QiEOaTtvFh6fAkNrKufLuAdqnnMw/s1600/hipsterCoffee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlfeCC5XVozGNCq2DbjNZ30etgqTSd3yEhsoXEmW7Z-v7IEDGgTq6JjCvzYSsk-cu8HuZa2-7OnqLkfrJfbGgsLE-qeO3vschhvOGF8-6koi78e4QiEOaTtvFh6fAkNrKufLuAdqnnMw/s400/hipsterCoffee.jpg" width="175" /></a></div><br />
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I saw this fine gentlemen while sketching yesterday.<br />
Homeless you say?<br />
No!<br />
Lost a bet?<br />
That would be the only excuse for these shorts.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-32077535482146171622011-05-01T22:00:00.000-07:002011-05-01T22:00:22.854-07:00Lingerie and slippersSo writing <a href="http://secretlyfrivolous.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/youre-an-animal-an-animal/">this</a>, made me think of this.<br />
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He liked to use Greek philosophy as a teaching template, and it was in his class that I first heard of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. He told us that the Greeks had three words to describe love; eros (romantic), philos(brotherly), and agape(unselfish). He had us keep a syllabus, and told us we needed to sublimate our bad impulses, channeling the negative energy into something positive.<br />
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In fact, when we got too noisy or out of control, Mr. Brown would shout "Sublimate! Sublimate!"<br />
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Yeah, now that sounds dirty.<br />
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However, I believe his heart was in the right place, even if he often did come across as an overdramatic hippie. He truly hoped that we would grow up to be good people, which considering he taught a bunch of 13 year olds, is quite an endearingly optimistic quality.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-12007864983842004932011-03-16T23:55:00.000-07:002011-03-16T23:55:02.081-07:00Mrs. Dudley<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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A very talented <a href="http://del4yo.squarespace.com/">friend</a> of mine related a story about how her young son interrupted a business conference call by throwing bunnies at her.<br />
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(The pattern you see on her dress is from a Photoshop brush that she created and kindly let me use!)Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-90318210392672183502011-01-23T19:07:00.000-08:002011-01-23T19:07:38.512-08:00Japanese Horror MovieThe other night I was out for drinks in a quiet hotel bar with a friend, and this woman shuffled in.<br />
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She sipped her wine, while staring straight ahead, clutching her backpack which held...what? Drugs? A human head?<br />
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All I know is that I immediately thought of "The Ring" and said to myself "Must not make eye contact, must not make eye contact..."<br />
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Because you know if I did, I would be driving home one night, and suddenly see her staring at me from my rear view mirror.<br />
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Years later, I was discussing this with an old friend, who informed me that Mrs. Seymour actually had had no eyebrows. So she drew them in, apparently a little too high on her forehead. <br />
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Oops.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-37327469003201102482010-12-10T18:16:00.000-08:002010-12-10T18:16:49.473-08:00Cafe sketching in Paris<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3xFnNU2xz8VOyXHn9JP_uRt5cOlStkhyphenhyphen8-ZPiSziv_so_ZBfLbsFwUIeAbDsPCGkwLdzjbR4lVvrtc2Hf7bmVnOMe_KxZizjbIulcBWsUQzdQ3OPjgxKfjBgRORpWyU4qn2IPEVs2FE/s1600/parisCafe_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3xFnNU2xz8VOyXHn9JP_uRt5cOlStkhyphenhyphen8-ZPiSziv_so_ZBfLbsFwUIeAbDsPCGkwLdzjbR4lVvrtc2Hf7bmVnOMe_KxZizjbIulcBWsUQzdQ3OPjgxKfjBgRORpWyU4qn2IPEVs2FE/s400/parisCafe_small.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The plan was to do a little sketch and then I just kept adding more detail. And then I realized, I really should plan for the time, because it always takes longer to do a simple sketch than I think it will. </div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454243631492463373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7246162189126964981.post-8968748920816467122010-12-09T13:21:00.000-08:002010-12-09T13:24:21.534-08:00I take back an earlier statement I made about wearing leather<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsl3Eo0UL97eMWHNOl9CNSWsW18O9Yf-SwHRXN-TfhhlBdChKQhTl4Zaq-Q1mEtp58nFQPbuJoqWO2uW9dTod_cLq-I8wC_wNx78huEYswY1qJKVV4thawqmgvjCf-TysfmelSmG8CUhk/s1600/oldManLeather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsl3Eo0UL97eMWHNOl9CNSWsW18O9Yf-SwHRXN-TfhhlBdChKQhTl4Zaq-Q1mEtp58nFQPbuJoqWO2uW9dTod_cLq-I8wC_wNx78huEYswY1qJKVV4thawqmgvjCf-TysfmelSmG8CUhk/s320/oldManLeather.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Apparently, you can wear leather when you're a senior, if you have that grizzled, Parisian thing going for you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a sketch here that I WISHED I had gotten, but I couldn't because the guy was scoping out the cafe. You really can't make eye contact by accident with those guys.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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