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28 March 202328 March 2023 ~ Not Alison ~ Leave a comment

Another trickle of uncorrected snippets from my work in progress.

pencil drawing of two desks, side by side, one with a computer monitor and peripherals; a floor lamp with a swinging arm stands nearby

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pencil drawing of a woman, seen head to waist, standing in a narrow aisle between two tall bookcases; she is looking at the book she holds in her hands

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pencil drawing of a woman’s head in close-up; she wears glasses and her hair is pulled up in a ponytail at the top of her scalp; the wall behind her has a tile pattern

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pencil drawing of a woman lying chest-down on a mattress, with her face turned to the viewer and her eyes wide open; a sheet covers the lower half of her body; a pillow is on the floor in front of the mattress

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pencil drawing of two women in a store environment, both in face masks; one is behind a plexiglass screen and holds a DVD while turning to one side; the other stands watching; between them on a counter is a small pile of books and DVDs

Teaser Fragments 6

3 January 20233 January 2023 ~ Not Alison ~ Leave a comment

Another batch of cropped but uncorrected images from my work in progress.

pencil drawing of a chair in front of a couch facing a TV; a keyboard and cables are on the floor

pencil drawing of someone sitting on the floor, seen from one side and behind, leaning forward to work on a broad upright piece of wood attached at the bottom to a longer piece of wood flat on the floor; a lamp is near her, its arm extended towards her; a desk is in the corner of the room beyond her; an instruction manual is open behind her between other broad pieces of wood and some vague small packages and a hammer

pencil drawing of a woman with head tilted slightly to look up; she wears a mask over nose and mouth; beyond her are wide vertical blinds turned to block the view

pencil drawing of part of a room showing two desks along the left wall; a window with horizontal blinds is on the back wall; a makeshift curtain covers the top part of the window; in the floor is a mattress (no bed frame) mostly covered by a sheet, along with a lamp; to the right is an empty rolling office chair (no arms), rough sketches of someone sitting, and a more finished drawing of someone sitting in a chair

pencil drawing of a woman seen from behind about rib level and higher, using one finger to pull down the horizontal blinds enough to look out; her hair is in a high ponytail — This is bad for your blinds and you shouldn’t do it.

pencil drawing of someone seen from behind looking at a wide computer monitor; she has one hand on a keyboard on a shelf sticking out from under the desk; she is sitting low with her neck in a position that might be uncomfortable

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28 September 202228 September 2022 ~ Not Alison ~ Leave a comment

More pieces of my work in progress, uncleaned and uncorrected.

pencil drawing of a woman sitting on the floor looking up at a less distinct, more dimly drawn bookcase

pencil drawing of two stacks of books of varying dimensions, including The Chicago Manual of Style (14th edition), Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary (10th edition), Gardner’s Art Through the Ages vols. 1-2 (8th edition), Kiki Strike, Dress Codes for Small Towns, The House of Mirth, and The Golden Notebook, as well as a flower identification book by itself

pencil drawing of two adjacent scenes of a woman sitting on a couch cushion set on the floor in front of a couch; in the first she is leaning back with her shoulders against the couch, with wireless computer keyboard and mouse on a board in her lap; in the second she is stretching her back and looking up, while the board with the keyboard and mouse is beside her; there’s also a table lamp on the floor

pencil drawing of a masked woman squatting near a large, open box while a girl (whose torso will have to be digitally shortened) stands on tiptoes in front of her raising both hands dramatically and puffing out her cheeks

pencil drawing of a wide room showing curtains, pictures on the walls, and a distant couch on the left; a mid-ground chest of drawers in the middle; and a table with chairs in the foreground on the right

pencil drawing of a woman seen from behind standing and puncturing something (air packets used in packaging) with a screwdriver; to her right, on top of a large upright box with indistinguishable markings on the front, a book rests in an opened cardboard shipping wrapper next to a DVD box; beside the large box on the floor is a smaller, more cube-like opened box