Spending lots of time with Cinnamon Cooney lately; many hours of video. Been having blending issues with thirsty paper, so tested a few prep methods.
Month: August 2023
is done enough; I don’t feel like running the power all the way to the end. I have one dud LED in the second row
Making progress on the LED tower. The template is…interesting. Started off pretty sus but a little blue-tac steadied things enough to get the rings built.
More practice via YouTube. Large flat brush blending. Tints and shades, wet on wet, dry on dry, stipple, overlay, sponge, spatter, palette knife. How to
I’ve been feeling the pull of a new project, something cyberpunk with LEDs. The Zig used LED strips, which seriously limited my control over the
This one drove home the point. So. much. to. learn. Acrylic is not watercolor, and 3d acrylic is not 2d acrylic. Next stop blending and
Struggling with this course; hopefully its just boredom with the early stuff. I think digital art has enormous potential, but right now I would rather
Bored with assassins and didn’t feel like drawing; picked a random YT tutorial and followed along. It’s clumsy and chunky AF, but not terrible for
Brought up the midtones and edge highlighted leathers on everyone with a cloak. Still two non-cloaked figures that need highlighting, including my mall rat stand-in,
While I understand the point of the exercise, I wasn’t a huge fan. I feel like I have more confidence in what I’m drawing, more
First round of highlighting on the teal of the cloak. Lots to blend and smooth. Probably another round of teal, then another round of purple
Before drawing – supposed to be a quick sketch of a favorite animal. Definitely quick, definitely sketchy. Should have warmed up graphite and ink, but