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A couple of streamer and Youtube ASMR artist, Frivvy.

 

ASMR artist Goodnight Moon.  I do like this sketch of Erin.  On the right is an attempt at sketching,  chess streamer Andrea Botez.  Not even close.

Moe Shida from the NM State Aggie Women's Basketball team and Romeo & Juliet actress, Olivia Hussey.  What an odd pairing.

Jisoo from Blackpink and chess streamer, Dina Belenkaya.

 Another sketch of streamer Dizzykitten.  

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Twitch streamer, Dizzykitten and her cosplaying as Asuka from Evangelion.

Streamer Livibee and Addie from Halocene.  I actually like that Addie sketch.

Race car driver Lindsey Brewer and streamer Seum.  I like this drawing of Sam a lot.

A Japanese model (which doesn't look Asian at all, as usual) and streamer Brittin.   (And I'm not doing her justice.  She's really beautiful.)

Another Japanese model and another sketch of Lindsey Brewer.

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Political commentator, Syrian Girl.

This was a model.  Well, I'll call this a nice try.

Actress Xochitl Gomez.

Twitch streamer Dizzykitten.

 Twitch streamer, Kerol.  

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Twitch streamer, Dizzykitten.  (She doesn't look anything like this.)

Mexican actress, Fer Urdapilleta, better known as Jenny the cheerleader on La CQ on the left.  Some Internet art on the right.

Twitch streamer, Shubble (Shelby Grace).

Two of Twitch streamer, Frivolous Fox (Youtube Frivvy, Lauren).

These are two thumbnail sketches.  That's a model on the left and supervillain Punchline on the right.  Punchline looks good, but isn't much of a character, frankly.

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More from the Jim Lee artbook.  Here's Black Canary.  This sketch is reasonable.

Wonder Girl Donna Troy (or whatever superhero name she was using).  Kind of cute, but static in pose and boring in coloring.

New Mexico State Soccer player, Bella Garcia.  I never got a chance to give her this.  Just as well, not that great.

ASMR artist and Twitch streamer Frivolous Fox (Youtube Frivvy or Lauren).  Neither of these look like her.

 Classic actress Gene Tierney.  

Sketch Dump: The Random Pad 1

I guess I threatened to do this.  I finally finished my previous sketchpad earlier this month . . . with great reluctance.  When I bought that Ilya Kuvshinov artbook in 2020, I started drawing again and was sketching every day for a couple of years.  Near the end of this sketchbook, I finally stopped because I got frustrated with drawing and had other things to do.  

Unlike other sketchbooks, I didn't take a picture of every page.  Some of those rejects were bad enough that they weren't even funny enough to mock.  This isn't to say that the "winners" are all that great.  I don't think I'll be be getting overly verbose in describing most of these sketches.

      

I was still drawing out of the Jim Lee artbook to start.  At the top left is Bliss (a character I don't know) and Phantom Girl from the Legion of Superheroes on the right.  (Ignore the rest.) 

Dream Girl in the top center and Saturn Girl in the bottom left from the Legion.  Miss Misely (again, I don't know her) on the right.

Saturn Girl on the top left.  Political commentator Lauren Chen on the top right and streamer, Alyssa Zhu on the bottom right.  Both of these girls are Asian and I can't draw Asians to save my life.

Christy Blaze (a Jim Lee character) on the left and Black Canary on the right.

On the left is Wonder Girl Cassie Sandsmark and on the right is Wonder Girl Yara Flor (this sketch I like).  These are based on Joelle Jones' art.  

The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History

Last week during the three-day weekend, dad wanted to take an overnight trip to Albuquerque to see his friend, Joe, and go to a museum.  I decided to go with him, but unfortunately, he chose Monday as the day to go.  This meant travelling back home on Tuesday and going to work in the evening for me which made for a very long day.  Dad is also, let us say, not a sound sleeper.  (Or perhaps, too much sound.)  I did not get a pleasant night's rest.  Also, he slept in that morning and got up "late" at 5:30am.  

It was a beautiful day for a trip.  We stopped at San Antonio (New Mexico) and had lunch at the famous Owl Café there.  Pulling into the Albuquerque, the first place we stopped was a convenience store for gas.  There was a homeless person pushing a full cart at the drive in and two police cars with their lights flashing.  Ah, the Welcome Wagon.  There was a large homeless encampment down the street from our hotel and homeless in general everywhere.  Albuquerque's poor reputation did not prepare me for reality.     

We met up with Joe.  Dad wanted to go to the Natural History Museum (he'd been before), but Joe suggested the Nuclear Museum. I was bit surprised by this.  I had a co-worker, who'd also suggested it when I told him about the trip.  Dad hadn't gone to the Nuclear Museum before, so there we went.   

First, the museum is a bit pricey.  There are discounts, like my dad was veteran, but I didn't get any except for being a New Mexico resident.  Joe had some kind of pass for all the museums.  I should have asked what that cost.  Second, I didn't take any pictures, but I grabbed some pics off their website.

This place is pretty big and detailed.  There are rotating exhibits, so you can go back and see new stuff.  There are several exhibits and demonstrations that are kid-oriented.  There's staff around that can give more detail on some of the exhibits.  You could really spend quite a bit of time here.  We were there for at least two hours and were there when it closed down.  That wasn't nearly enough time to really see everything.  Too many exhibits got skimmed over.

The Manhattan Project and the WWII atomic bombing flight exhibits are permanent and very interesting.  There are many relics on display.

Here's a pic from the Dark Cube exhibit.

Yes, there's DeLorean on display.

 

Okay, I admit I liked the Little Albert animated puppet display.  I was the only one there at the time.  Joe and dad were too cool to listen to the puppet.

Outside are a bunch of plane and rocket displays.  It was kind of cold.  It had snowed recently and melted, so the ground was a muddy slush.

B-29.

B-52.  Very impressive close up.

The sail from a nuclear sub.  Unfortunately, you can't go inside any of these displays.  Having been inside a B-17 once, I can tell you that nothing really brings these craft to life more than being inside one.  They should consider trying to figure out how to open these up.

Afterward, we went to a Mexican food restaurant in Old Town.  It was pretty good.  (I didn't have any of the Mexican food.  I had chicken strips.)  Then we were watching an NFL game at Joe's apartment.  We all got together for breakfast at Denny's in the morning before we left to return to Las Cruces.  (And that was the most expensive meal of the two days.)  It was also well below freezing when we left.  Thankfully, it warmed up a bit as we travelled south. 

Overall, I'd say it wasn't worth the sore lower back I got from travelling, but if you're in Albuquerque anyway with no other plans, the Nuclear Museum is well worth your time.  I only plan on going back to the Duke City for an Isotopes game someday and probably the Natural History Museum.  (Joe had given me an Isotopes t-shirt a couple of years ago.  I wore it for the trip.)