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Wow, it’s been a while! I kind of let this blog slip my mind. Whoops! Well, at least I’m back now. Don’t mind the gap! Though it’s been a while since I’ve written much (besides private journals), I have still been drawing and painting, mostly on my iPad. I haven’t done much in the way
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After going through this year’s Inktober challenge and spending all of October making nothing but black and white drawings, I was craving colour. So I decided to do some free-form paintings using whatever colours my heart desired. I gravitate to purples and blues most, it seems, which makes sense. I do love those colours. Then,
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As with all of the previous segments of this challenge, I’m a bit late. October ended two weeks ago now. But, despite being late, I wanted to stick with it and see it through to the end. So here is the completion of this year’s collection of 31 Inktober drawings! #22 Scratchy I wasn’t super
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Happy Halloween, dear reader! Alas, I’m still behind on the prompts, but here at least is the third week of ink drawings! Interestingly, every single one of the drawings this week are some form of fan art. I decided to draw upon my interests for inspiration, and I think I got some cool results. #15
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I’m almost caught up now! Only two prompts behind, as I write this. I’m confident I’ll catch up and demolish this challenge now! #8 Toad This prompt felt pretty straightforward, and I happened to already have a photo of a toad that I took myself! I found this tiny little toad on the sidewalk and
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I may be a full two weeks behind posting about Inktober, but that isn’t to say that I’ve forgotten about it! I admittedly was quite stuck on the very first prompt and fell behind because of that. After I expressed my situation to my partner, he gave me an excellent suggestion, and I was able
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I’m gonna be honest. I haven’t even looked at the Improvement Hell prompt list in weeks. I don’t know if I’m going to be able to finish it. Why have I given up on this challenge? Well, I don’t feel like I have given up. I just have taken a break. A… long one. Okay,
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After a break that lasted longer than I expected, I’m back to working though the Improvement Hell drawing practice prompts – you can see the first post here, where I explain what it is in more detail. I took a break because I was feeling frustrated with the prompt, struggling to fill out my sheet
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Recently, I decided to try out a new art program on my iPad. I love Procreate, but it’s an Apple exclusive, and I’m looking to switch platforms. Also, this program is one that is used by professional artists that I follow, which makes me think it’s probably pretty good. The program I’m talking about is,
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Stress balls. Or, different kinds of crocheted fidget toys for people with sensory issues like me. I think those would probably feel better if I made them out of a mercerized cotton, or other kinds of silky yarn. Nothing fluffy! I dislike the feeling of fluffy yarn – unless it’s eyelash yarn, which is unfortunately
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It’s been a few weeks since my last update of the Improvement Hell drawing challenge that I’m working on. However, I am still working on it, though I’ve hit some art block with the current prompt. But, despite the unintentional hiatus, I will be returning to the challenge! I just have to kick myself in
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I’m still going! The challenge today was a hard one. I had to draw 20 of a body part I struggle to draw. That’s a lot, but that’s not all: I also had to make 5 of those 20 anatomical/muscular studies! I started by dividing my canvas into 20 blocks to contain each body part.
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Will is the mascot of my brand. They represent me through my logos, and there’s even a photo of my Will plushie on my business cards. So I decided to try and do some artwork of Will, to explore the character and figure out how I want to illustrate them. I started off basing my
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I’m still going! It’s not the exact day after the last one, but I’m still going to keep up with this challenge, even if I’m slow to get each challenge done. I’m going to be the tortoise that will beat the imaginary hare of my…self? I’m not sure where I was going with that. Regardless,
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Continuing on my art improvement journey, the second prompt from the challenge is a figure study from a reference. I found my reference on Pinterest, as that’s my main source of inspiration and images. For my version of the image, I decided to go with rough, sketchy lines and only minimal, pencil-like shading. I think
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As a form of structured self improvement, I’ve decided to take on a drawing challenge that I found online. It’s a list of specific tasks to complete for 30 days (though I’m not following the calendar so that I won’t quit) that are designed to help improve one’s art skills, in an intense gauntlet of
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My latest crochet projects have been a bit adult in nature. Nothing bad, but it does have to do with cannabis, so if that makes you uncomfortable then this isn’t the post for you, I’m sorry to say. Otherwise, let me take you on a tour of my recent creations! I was commissioned by a
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As you probably know, the month of June is known as Pride Month and is a time for celebrating LGBTQ+ identities. The month began with pride parades, and events are continuing throughout the month at various locations. It’s a time for standing up and being seen as a part of the community. And so, in
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My birthday was this last Thursday. I turned twenty-six. I tend to get reflective at this time of year, turning inward to compare where I am now to where I was last year, and this time I thought I’d share those thoughts as a blog post. Hopefully you’ll enjoy reading it! I went back and
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I officially finished designing a version of Will that I’m happy with! It took three and a half plushies to get to this point, but I can finally say I’m satisfied with the design. I’ll walk you through my design journey in this post. As I discussed in my previous post, I started out with
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The new branding for this website and business all include a cute aqua wolf pup, and so naturally I felt I wanted to crochet a plushie of it. I’ve decided it’ll be my sort of brand mascot, and I’ve named them Will the Wolf Pup! There have been multiple versions I’ve made so far as
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This is the first official post here on the new blog! Here to set the tone, introduce myself, and generally create some content. So, first things first, welcome and thank you for reading my first post! I’m not really new to blogging. I’ve had several blogs off-and-on for the last 15 years or so, but
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