Hamming It Up...

After careful deliberation, I've decided that I need to get back into some of my older hobbies, even at the expense dropping some of my current pursuits. It just feels like I've grown a lot more tense in the last few years and I can see myself starting to change in the way I interact with everyone-- including my friends. Too much work and no outlet is a bad policy...

So, I dusted off my art supplies and whipped out this little guy this afternoon in the lab. It's the red legged ham beetle, a creature I am doing some half hearted colonization experiments with between blowfly projects. I've got some work cut out for me, as you can see by the misplaced highlights and rough tone transisitons, but considering I haven't picked up a colored pencil since city college, not too shabby...