I recently decided to give Morrowind another go - and it's been a fun journey so far. The side quests have been fairly ridiculous up until this point, I'm slowly getting the hang of the skill system (although I do keep dying at every other corner - overestimating myself much? Probably.), but well, I've only reached level 4 by now - after all, it's not like I had that much time at my disposal. Currently playing as a Wood Elf Rogue, works okay for me. ^^ I just wonder how long this game is goin
Drawn during maths.
See, today we were told that we'd get a new teacher in maths, because we had troubles with our former one, and today was the last lesson with her. But instead of being friendly and make a nice last lesson, she treated us like... well, what it said in my sketch. I mean, who does she think she is?
She came into the class, and asked us whether we wanted to learn something today. We, of course, said yes. And suddenly she said she wouldn't explain anything, because "she neve
... I tell myself as I take a ton of stupid pictures of myself with my tablet. Yep, totally for reference. No personal vanity here. Artistic reference all the way - wait, my eyes are pretty. Reference. Totally. (fun part: I do use those pics for reference at some point. ^^ Edit: also felt like pointing out that the above entry is not on the serious side. :>)
No, don't worry, I don't think so. ^^
I was just browsing the internet, looking for some songs by David Bowie (whom I've liked for maaany years ^^) and found the vid "Within you", a song from the movie "Labyrinth" and... well, I sketched something down:
This was done just for practise - I want to start drawing more realistic things again. =)
sorry for the inactivity (again?) - anyway, my sister's got a broken wrist since yesterday, and that's kinda more important than internet stuff. I just hope she'll get well soon.
... a CHIBI?!?!
What a terrible day...
Anyways, here she is, and for the first time ever it'S more than just lines - I even sketched the pose down before doodling her!
Are extreme fun. Which means I'll acquire more of them in the future... aaaand since my sis enjoys them too, we'll be having much fun. So... yay for ultra-feminine hobbies, I guess.
*typing happily* *suddenly something looks weird* *stares at the offending phrase for 5 minutes, ultimately decides to look it up* *phrase was perfectly alright all along* rinse, repeat. :>
Edit: 11/16/2013 bumped because may still be relevant :3 So here's the re-written suggestion for the BZPower Mafia Mentoring System. (or BZPMMS xD) For the moment I'd suggest we organize this via the blogs. If you find any errors or things that need yet to be clarified, just let me know! =3 If you are willing to participate in this as a mentor, plase leave a comment or throw me a pm. Congrats you've found the hidden secret!
So here's a typical thing I make instead of hanging around online for hours. This particular little guy was a gift for my sister, to accompany her to university and stuff (after all, I found out these things make perfect stress balls, and allow for perfectly silent fidgeting during lectures etc.)
I mean, I do have to prepare for a bunch of exams, but not having to leave the house every day is actually nice. Art-wise, today was even a good day, so hopefully thing will get better now? Ah well.
Writing that past entry brought some things into perspective for me, and after some thinking... I'm quitting that doctorate for good. Wasn't worth it, I never had any useful results and mostly just suffered? So, now the next scary thing will be finding a job. And when I say scary, I mean scary. At least I will still be working in my previous job until end of may or so.
... because my finger is still not alright again, and using coloured pencil just seems to straun that one joint so much it actually hurts. Regular drawing doesn't, though, and neither does painting. So I guess I'm doing that for now? Started working with gouache and watercolour, and that's so much different to my usual approach that it is rather intimidating. but hey, I still fill a sketchbook page per day, so that's a plus.
I guess the drawing says everything that there is to say. I am once again covered in work all the way up to my nose, it's annoying, but I guess it could have been avoided with better time management... still, blargh. At least I've sorta recovered art-wise, again. That's good. Though, paradoxically I think that the above sketch actually does look nice ("sketch" because freehand/I couldn't be bothered to do the whole guideline-approach. ^^) Ah well, tomorrow's still another day...
so far, this day has been pretty awful, I doubt it will get any better, and right now I have -zero- desire to actually meet up with friends even though we'd agreed on doing so today. And worst of all, it's been a long time since I've last felt so utterly, horribly alone.
Yesterday I finally filled the last page of my sketchbook, which is actually more of a notepad that I carry around with me everywhere I go... but yeah, after six months it's been done. Not all is drawings, obviously, a few pages were sacrificed for science (so to speak), however, that thing's done now. I used to fill them within 2-3 months' time, what happened. D: It is a milestone for me though, because it means I'm finally overcoming a dark period of not drawing regularly at all*. I am pro
DISCLAIMER: the following image may or may not be a bit scary. ^click the thumbnail or follow this link to view the whole pic :3 oh look, a watermark. Ah well. And of course, this may or may not have been inspired by the movie I last saw (=P), although I wouldn't see how...
aka simulations are fun! And surprisingly, Blender runs fairly well on my old netbook. Which is great, because that means I can actually do stuff when at university, too. Rendering takes forever, though. 140 frames in ~10 minutes is not a particularly awesome rate (4 seconds per frame), but then again, I've got some stuff to do, anyway. So it's a fun pastime. ^^
had so much work to do - but! I sorta started with working on my master thesis, so that's a plus? Still all weird and new, and of course the first thing I managed to do was accidentally hit myself in the face with some equipment. :> I'm a natural!
only 1 more presentation tomorrow, then there'll be winter holidays, 3 weeks of relaxing... or more like, 2 weeks because the first one will be entirely devoted to creating & obtaining all the christmas presents. ._. Yay me, I guess.