I drew some ugly kid.
 

I don't know shit about art.

I used to love to smudge around oil pastels and make it look sort of like some of my friends.

I tried it again for the first time in many many years.

I smudged out some creepy/ugly kid.

I didn't make him up. But, I can't figure out who he is. Thanks for nothing, internet.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...m/Photo347.jpg

I kind of like it.

Is it ridiculous to be 27 years old and want to give your mom your scribbles for a birthday gift?

That's actually really cool. What the fuck are you talking about don't know shit? I couldn't do anything like that in a million years.

lol, not bad at all.

Thanks, you two. I want to start training my hands to do what I want them to do. In preparation for a future stroke.

One ugly smudged out face at a time.

Now do you think it would be an act of retardation to throw a bow on it and give it to my mom next weekend?

Or is that the equivalent of a popsicle stick and glitter picture frame with my report card in it?

"Here, Mum, Something for the fridge. Fuck you and your 47 years of life."

If I were your mother I'd LOVE a picture like that. I'd want one I could hang on my wall.

Yeah, but that'd be a regular mom.

We're talking about THUD'S mum here. She's probably sick and tired of all the atypical shit her daughter has been responsible for over her lifetime.

Just give her a fucking blender.

You're good, but I've learned that anyone who draws or plays with crafts has a lot to win from learning a bit on photography, not just for learning how to look at things and composition (not that I'm criticizing you for that or anything), but also for the reproduction of other mediums.
Try using a scanner for all small flat surfaces, and if you have to use a camera, try your best to keep the camera and the flat surface parallel to each other. It's also a good idea to get the white balance correct is you have a camera that's good enough for setting the white balance "manually" (all compact cameras and SLRs have that function), this keeps away the bluish, yellow or redish tint. It's also a good idea to make every drawing made in black and white, or monochrome picture grey scale or monochrome from editing, this can be done in GIMP and Paint.com by first removing all saturation, and then colorize it to whatever color you want if you want a "colored monochrome" like sepia or cyanotype. This has nothing to do with your artwork itself, but representing it well on a computer also has a lot to say.