2nd time around

Hi there! Things finally got going again at my place! My "Creature" Moly has completed its first round and will travel on tomorrow. I've also started drawing in Natalie's "Music" Moly and I think I can take it to the post office by the end of this week.

Hi !!!!!

Hey everybody,

Hopefully everyone is doing well. I'm just checking in to see where we are at. No chatter for a month. I know school started again for Suzanne and I sent two books to Diana that took forever because I wrote the address backwards . And Natalie was swamped at work. I'm just really excited to see more cool drawings. More drawings , yeah , more drawings :) talk to you soon.

-Joey


-Joey

Suzanne's Moly

Suzanne's Moly made it's long trip from Germany and successfully arrived at my house yesterday. It looks beautiful so far.

FYI, I may be a little later with my entry than usual for this one. Half the design department, at my company, quit over that last few weeks and until we hire a new designer, I'll be doing the work of three people. So, I'm a tad busy at the moment. :-)

I am looking forward to adding to the book. I'm thinking of a few ideas already.

Suzanne's Moly

Soooo, I finally got going with Suzanne's Moly and added a few guys to Joey's caveman... The book will travel on tomorrow and will complete its first round soon.

2 books in one package

Okay Diana, I really sent them today. 2 Molys , Natalie's Music Moly and your Creature Moly. You should see them soon. I hate to have sent 2 Molys in one package but because I forgot to send the music moly I backed myself into a corner. Hope they have a safe trip.


-Joey

Location:47th Ave SW,Seattle,United States

What Was One, Now Is Two!

So I started and finished Diana's Monster Moly. This one was fun (like all of them) I decided to put a head on the Serpent Monster and introduce 2 new monsters. I kept it to just 2 pages in this one ( which was kinda tough ) since everyone else had just done 2 pages. I went with an Asian motif . But the monster head is part feline, part fish, with a snake tongue . I wonder if this monster exists yet in the mythologies of the world. I'm sure it does somewhere. Then I started the 2 other monsters out as dragons with a lot of scales. I used a metallic green watercolor on the 2 dragons that doesn't photograph well but looks awesome in person. After drawing this I feel like I should play some magic the gathering or wizards and warlocks or something (2 games I've actually never played in my life) it just has such a fantasy art feel to it.

Well Diana , sorry I have 2 books coming to you on the next shipment. I just realized I never sent Natalie's Music Moly. So you will be getting both of these together. I should be able to send them next week. I hope you guys like it.







-Joey

Location:Shilshole Ave NW,Seattle,United States

Creature on it's way! (Ooops!)

So . . . for the last couple of weeks I have been seeing this view as I work in my studio and look to the left. Every time I look over I see the next Moly and my practice Moly where I am trying to work out my distain and frustrations for the paper. Well this morning I was sketching some ideas for Joey's moly, intending to work on it today between binding a couple of sketchbooks, so pulled it over to look again at everyone else's work and to my shock and surprise - it is Diana's finished and un-mailed Creature moly! Sorry . . .

Here is my addition to Diana's Creature Moly. I was so excited to work on the actual Moly paper this time! My drawing is in Sharpie pen with the gears colored in with metallic markers. I kept wanting to add color but none of my "colored added" tests ever looked right, so I just left it mostly black and white. I also wanted the items inside the monster to look scared or uncomfortable, but I am wildly unsuccessful at making those sorts of anguished faces it turns out. So, as my daughter put it - "guess you settle for mystery rather than startling".

At one point while working on my drawing, I decided to add on some small robotic style creatures to my section of the larger creature, but they never seemed to work their way onto the page smoothly. I have left this trio in the pocket at the back of Diana's moly if someone else would like to use one or more - feel free.

Here is the entire length of the Creature so far.

I can't wait to get this one back; after finishing my drawing I had so many different ideas for what I could have added instead. I guess I had artist's remorse, which makes it feel unfinished to me.

It is on it's way Joey - for real this time!