I draw pictures. Sometimes people even pay me for it. I have a number of projects rocking at once, and post development stuff here, as well as terrrible photos of sketchbook doodles, fan art, and other art-related ephemera. Questions about my work? email hello@veronicaguzzardi.com Ask Me Anything Tumblr (3.0; @blackunicorn)http://blackunicorn.org/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4pzl6bvP81qz6k7lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Not enough flight feathers. A quick Google image search suggests there are always at least five.</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/23916723605http://blackunicorn.org/post/23916723605Sun, 27 May 2012 23:34:17 -0700doodle<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hzl6ZeDw1qz6k7lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of these days I’m going to actually scan something and, I dunno, finish some artwork. Not today, apparently. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/23634086956http://blackunicorn.org/post/23634086956Wed, 23 May 2012 15:53:00 -0700star trekkirkspockdoodle<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m45kyl3oDf1qz6k7lo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://blackunicorn.org/post/23216899717http://blackunicorn.org/post/23216899717Wed, 16 May 2012 23:06:21 -0700hedgehogdoodle<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3osz5t21S1qz6k7lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I always use the first page of a new sketchbook to pledge to ruin the book. All those blank pages are intimidating. Sherlock thinks that’s idiotic. Shut up, Sherlock, it works for me! (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/22637734453http://blackunicorn.org/post/22637734453Mon, 07 May 2012 21:40:00 -0700invocationdoodlebbc sherlock<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3iy3bVT271qz6k7lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Went to a bbq place last night that was full of mounted heads. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/22414232136http://blackunicorn.org/post/22414232136Fri, 04 May 2012 17:45:11 -0700<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Av_Us6xHkUc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>From <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Vihart?feature=watch" target="_blank">Vi Hart’s Youtube channel</a>: <em><span>A visual and musical expression of mathematical symmetry groups. The transformations done to the video are equivalent to the transformations done to the notes.</span></em></p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/22328623696http://blackunicorn.org/post/22328623696Thu, 03 May 2012 11:02:16 -0700vihartmathmusicdoodleinggraphs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3fkll40JY1qz6k7lo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>That pug from the other day was originally done from life, but in Brushes. I will probably not finish this…</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/22306928091http://blackunicorn.org/post/22306928091Wed, 02 May 2012 22:00:57 -0700pugdoodlesblah<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QMhy0__K7PA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is actually one of the first things I did with Red Software’s Animation Creator for iPad, which is a really wonderful app, if you’re in to that sort of thing. You can export the animation as a video to your photo library and then edit the video in iMovie, which makes for some interesting future possibilities. I think at one point I re-did the whole thing all together and it was much smoother. Still needs more in between frames, though.</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/21916409027http://blackunicorn.org/post/21916409027Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:12:03 -0700rabbitrun cycleanimationcutedoodle<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33lptT1V41qz6k7lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Totoro totoro totoro (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/21856568879http://blackunicorn.org/post/21856568879Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:53:53 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m32r3asovm1qz6k7lo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve been playing with Pottermore a little, and I got sorted into Hufflepuff. Here is a little cartoon if me as my big-eared 11-year-old self in my house colors.</p> <p>From what I’ve seen on my dash, a lot of artists were sorted into Hufflepuff.</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/21850905294http://blackunicorn.org/post/21850905294Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:38:43 -0700pottermorehufflepuff<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m30prvGrsa1qz6k7lo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I’m liking the Sketchbook Pro app a whole lot. Here’s an owl I did using it.</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/21789607696http://blackunicorn.org/post/21789607696Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:21:25 -0700owlsketchbook pro<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3n7rwgAl1qhtl9zo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Some advice from someone who was Art Student Owl like ten years ago: Decide on a set of six things to draw when you don’t know what to draw, and number them. Roll a die, and draw the thing whose number comes up. If you need to be working, and you’re not, then subject matter is not your biggest problem.</p> <p>Don’t know what to have on your list of six things? Here’s mine:</p> <ol><li>Birds (owls, jays, etc)</li> <li>Fan Art of whatever show I’m into at the moment</li> <li>Still life at my desk</li> <li>Pugs</li> <li>Coffee Mugs or teacups</li> <li>Dragons</li> </ol><p>Art block is for the weak. Just get to work.</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/21767443245http://blackunicorn.org/post/21767443245Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:30:00 -0700unosolicited adviceart student owlold peopleart blockusually for me it's just lazysubmission<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2z1a9BN3h1qz6k7lo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Life on the run means blurry photos of drawings. Someday I will sit down in front of a scanner again. Till then, here is a blurry pug with an unfinished foot.</p> <p>I have decided to post something every day this week, even if it’s just a blurry photo of a doodle.</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/21726596476http://blackunicorn.org/post/21726596476Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:04:06 -0700pugdogdoodleink<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2rjhb6b9B1qz6k7lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>So I have this fancy camera (or at least, I have access to it courtesy of my lovely boyfriend). Maybe it’s time I learned how to use it for more than just snapshots. I’m in the “ISO? What does that do?” phase.</p> <p>Also I instagrammed it, so you have no idea how poor this attempt was :)</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/21424759401http://blackunicorn.org/post/21424759401Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:34:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2pp4f5xtW1qz6k7lo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://blackunicorn.org/post/21370068822http://blackunicorn.org/post/21370068822Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:41:03 -0700Doctor Whotenth doctordoodle<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m273z6Q4WC1qz6k7lo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Did some more work on this lady. Looking more like a finished piece now!</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/20763388966http://blackunicorn.org/post/20763388966Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:47:30 -0700anglerfishvectorinkpadcute<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1tsyxGHhO1qz6k7lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Colored that dragon from the other day.</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/20319888914http://blackunicorn.org/post/20319888914Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:20:00 -0700dragonasian dragoncartooncolor<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1m9gaQbR31qz6k7lo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Here are some bears</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/20083090078http://blackunicorn.org/post/20083090078Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:36:10 -0700bearcartooncutedead fish<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u-T5adSRznI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Here’s a very short thing involving a hedgehog.</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/20012160263http://blackunicorn.org/post/20012160263Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:31:16 -0700animationdoodlehedgehogcutevideo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ao64MtML1qz6k7lo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I have been hibernating, but I’m back now. Working on some new things.</p>http://blackunicorn.org/post/19734854981http://blackunicorn.org/post/19734854981Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:22:52 -0700wipdragonasian dragoncartoonink