Thing of The Day Something a Little Different

Usually I say something serious stuff. But today I am going to do a sports thing.
Usually I don't do things like this day in history (so you can guess what is coming) Jose Canseco's most memorable "home run" was hit 23 years ago. Let's just say it is not in his statistics and it wasn't off his bat. Skip through the first 25 seconds  to get right to the moment Jose Canseco Boink
If you are not having a great idea I hope this makes you smile a little bit.

Some new drawings in my new style

So I decided to make some drawings with a new style. Most of them are similar to chibi drawings. But the thing I draw best are faces so I decided to make them larger
So the faces are not perfect but here they are

Nick Fury

Steve Rogers it is supposed to look like he, Chris Evans, is about to throw his shield

 Chadwick Boseman as black panther. With some of these they will probably look better once the hair is colored in. Also I messed up the feet a little but made it work

 Quick silver from Avengers age of ultron

Lastly Chris Prat or star lord. The gun is really off and so is the clothing but still this was a good start.

Some new drawings

So here are a few new drawings I have done

A really not good Phil Coulson

 A starlord mask

And a scarlet witch canvas. Her hands are a little low which inspired by next post.

Thing of The Day

Always keep trying. There is always something you can keep doing. Remember that everything is easier said than done but always keep trying nobody can get upset at you if you do and if they get upset well that is on them.

Canvases

So I have also done two canvases

I really liked the promo art for civil war. So I did Chadwick Boseman ( I think I am going to do all of them though) from one of the promos. As said there is a lot of cool art and I might try making some of my own

There were two new characters in Civil War. I always liked to do half heads. So this is half black panther half spiderman. All of black panther's lines are in silver so that you can see them.

Some more Drawings in the Superhero Sketchbook

Okay I have done a few drawings and here they are

Black Panther without the mask it is supposed to kind of look like Chadwick Boseman 

Nick FUry

A really weird Peggy Carter

A very not scaled Professor X

This is half shield have arc reactor

Lastly this is spiderman without the mask so it is supposed to look like Tom Holland

Why I Love Drawing Superheroes

So as everyone probably knows I love drawing superheroes. One quick thing first I will be mentioning the new captain America movie I am not giving away anything but I will be mentioning one fact.  Also the end of this article goes on a big of a tangent.
I draw superheroes in sketchbooks. On canvases. I draw them big and small and in every way possible. This is mindfulness to me.
Mindfulness is the ability to keep yourself distracted but also in the state of thinking about one thing and just what is going on in that moment. It is another one of those coping skills that is much easier said than done.
I tried everything. But, drawing is what is mindfulness but in particular superheroes and I am 96.6% sure I know why.
So a lot of kids who were bullied or don't have self esteem turn to superheroes. They are in a world that is very hard and they want to get out of it.
I did for sure. I will save the details but my family life was never easy. When I lived in Chicago (by the way I lived right near where the movie mean girls is based) there was a comic book store. I can remember going in there every weekend I could because it got me away from everything else.
It is no exception now. There have been times where I am literally just drawing superheroes and beep I hear my phone and I forgot it was even there. It is the greatest feeling in the world. It really is. I can go into a different world where none of my problems exsist and it's not avoiding them it is fighting back by ynot letting them get to me. If you are around your problems all the time life is even harder than usual.
But I think there is one other reason

This is Tom Holland. He is actually 19 but he plays Peter Parker aka Spiderman in the movie. Like in other comics he tries to hide his powers at first. I also hid a lot when I was younger. If you look at Holland he is not bachelor of the year or the macho man. 

That more than anything is what I love about superheroes. Both in real life and in the books they have problems just like everybody else. These superheroes aren't always popular or they are fighting for things. Heck in real life this is true. Robert Downey Jr, the poster boy for Marvel, had a lot of drug problems. Chris Evans suipports LGBT rights but he grew up Catholic so I am not if his family supports him on this. Mark Ruffalo is a huge advocate fot things particularly water supply that is healthy. My point is these people realize the world is not perfect and neither are they. But they are trying, 

That is what I am doing too. Sure I am not advocating to Barack Obama but I have troubles the world has troubles. I admit and I am trying to make them both a better place,

I understand that celebrities are big deals but I think we also need to see that they do normal things. Maybe they do them with a bigger influence but they still do them.