Since last summer ended, I haven't been reading many books that aren't for my classes or aren't about drawing and animation techniques. It's not only embarrassing (as an ex-English major), but also truly saddening. I used to pride myself on being that kid who gladly spends more time reading books than checking notifications on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and all the craziness that is the Internet. Well, those reading days are long gone. I enjoy the Internet very much and I should say I still read a lot when I'm online, from blog posts to news articles to never-ending rants about social justice on Tumblr, but I don't really get inspired by these things as much as I am by novels and poems. And I need inspiration now more than ever, because too often, I find myself not knowing what to draw or paint or do a storyboard of. So today I took a little time off my usual Netflix and Tumblr routine (which, by the way, I don't recommend to anyone who wants to feel alive) and biked around town, got some new books to read, found a spot near one of the fountains on campus and sat there to read and sketch. It was wonderful being outside for a change and feeling the wind on my face. I really need to do this more often.
Here's a quick afternoon sketch I did from where I sat this afternoon. I was in front of my university's pretty library and was reading
Little Women.
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