I have finally overcome the 'self-induced art block' I'd been suffering from for the past year or so. (actually more than a year, maybe 2 1/2, but that's depressing to think about) Something that helped tremendously, and is so obvious that I should not have to state it here because really, is drawing something every day. Every. Single. Day. Seriously. I brought a horrible decline of art-skills onto myself with the beginning of university, for I allowed my self-pity to keep me from what is
I guess I am sort of done. One or two small checks, then I'll send the whole thing to my supervisor. I just hope she's fast enough with the corrections so that I can re-revise it for one more time before handing it in. C: And that it's not completely horrible. We'll see. Now there's only the second thing left to write. Woot.
Very work. Collapse. Have to finish my thesis (this weekend), since final, be-all end-all deadline is the 25th of November. Which I know since yesterday. Because of legislation changes they did not manage to inform us about last semeser?? And I only found out about that because I asked a professor, since the web page linked to in the email I received on thursday only mentions September, 30th as deadline? And yet they failed to inform us that in cases like mine there is an extra deadline? In th
Getting rid of them is surprisingly hard. So is changing eating habits. :/ Something of the sort is necessary though, because at the current rate of developments I can see the destination of the travel, and that's.... not where I'd like to be. In more clear words: I really need to lose weight. Got a plan figured out though, and I'm sticking to it. Still, it's a bit of an annoying topic for me. I mean no, I don't think I'm ugly or anything, and yes, I've always been on the heavier side, but this
aka I've been terribly inactive around here since the beginning of september obviously the reason is the same as always: university. At some point I will hopefully learn that if I delay an exam for an entire semester, I might as well take the corresponding course again. Even if I studied a month (aka, september). Apart from failing said exam, nothing much has happened. Drawn some stuff, worried a bit too much about things I can't change anyway, edged away from most social contacts (including
Occasionally you have to remind yourself how to draw things (like hands). What normally helps me is doing the following exercise: 1. draw it as you 'nomally' would, look for most prominent errors 2. draw from life, then look for symmetries and shapes -> fit a skeleton inside 3. try to re-create with the newly-found lines (as you can see I re-created a bunch of mistakes in the last hand, especially the size of the thumb...) - and remember, practise makes perfect!
Yesterday I finally saw Alice Cooper live. How awesome was that? :] (hint: very awesome.) My first Open Air concert as well. Marvellous. Absolutely marvellous. Loved it.
Does anyone else experience this, that one day drawing works very well, or at least okay, and on the next day you are wondering how you were ever able to produce a straight line, let alone something with proper proportions? Today it happened to me again, and I hate it. So have a sketch from yesterday instead (which ties in nicely with my latest thing in GA. ^^) (click for larger version! )
For some odd reasons whenever I need a Captain of the Guard (for world-building) they are usually female. I mean, it doesn't make much of a difference when it comes to armour design, anyway. The nose is a bit off-center, but apart from that I am super happy with the outcome - and that I finally had time to finish a piece again. :3
You have to clean them. All. The. Time. Every other day, almost. Or you wait for weeks until they are so covered in dust that your vision is somewhat obstructed, then marvel at the freshly cleaned vision, then forget again. Either way, it's far from perfect. :3
What is your favourite physics branch and why? (if you don't like physics, feel free to replace that with science in general =D) As for me, it has to be material physics, or in general anything that involves low-dimensional stuff like graphene and carbon nanotubes, for the potential technical applications are super interesting (flexible, transparent electrodes! Awesome.) and I find the methods cool (strain experiments in material physics, for example).
Turned 21 today. Which obviously isn't very different from 20. Obviously because over here one is a legal adult at 18 already. As far as I know, at least. =D Edit: forgot the obligatory "I feel old" xD
Whilst going through older blog entries in search for a blogging inspiration it hit me how much has changed - I remember thinking I was so mature, but looking back my older entries they all seem somewhat... silly. Or at least way too cheerful. I don't remember being that cheerful! D: So, what happened? Did university/the end of school really make me so much less cheerful/positive/funny than before? (Hint: the answer is veery likely to be yes) Have you noticed any such drastic changes about y
You just sent a sort of important email and are sure you completely messed up everything and come across as super weird, thus go into totally justified panic-mode. :3 Not pretty. ('though it probably wasn't even that important. Still, I hate doing that.) ~~ Also, a friendly reminder for dark days: don't let the sadness get between you and the things and people you love. Don't shove everything that could make things better away because you "don't deserve it". You do.
So last week I was fairly inactive and fell out of the loop with stuff around here - sorry 'bout that. The thing is, I was quite busy with working on the two protocols for the practical course I attended in february. I was kinda stressed out. :< But things should be better now that most of the work is done (and it's easter break. That's at least something). But enough about me, how have you all been?
I've never, ever done one of these things in all the time I've been a member of this site. Always wanted to, though. So, now. Ask and ye shall receive (answers).
guess who's computer refused to access the harddisk from the operating system designed for work. Mine. Guess who forgot to back up the data and stuff for the protocol to write. Me. Thankfully I found a temporary way around this. So yeah, back up your stuff if you haven't already.
especially when you need some quick reference for how a cylinder with a hole behaves in perspective. Yay for blender, that really helps with the protocol xD Apart from that I'm definitely going to render some more stuff that is actually going into the protocol later. After all it's a lot of work, so I might as well do it in a way that I can enjoy it.
So. My voice is still only half there (sounds kinda funny, but speaking up is hard. So hard. :[ ), but I'm generally getting better, I guess. At least thinking is not that much of a pain in the head anymore. :3 And thanks for all your get-well wishes.
I've been ill for about a week now, and there's no end in sight... D: Mostly just a sore throat and general unwell-ness, but it's just so tiring and annoying. :< Thus the reduced activity at the moment.
Link Another tutorial! This time on how I normally colour hair. Maybe it's useful. If anything's odd, or confusing, feel free to ask! I'm also happy about any other kind of feedback. :3
Since majhost is down I re-uploaded the art tutorials into their own brickshelf folder (for future reference). And because it might take a bit 'till the folder is public, all the individual bits of "wisdom" are linked here: Old figure tutorial (2009) Colouring guide (2012) Quick hair guide (2014) Hand reference (2014) Yo. Maybe they're useful. And if you want to marvel at the amazing manga-like drawing skills I possessed back in 2009, check out this thing. (so glad I improved xD it's kinda c
didn't get chosen for the practical exam. That's okay, though. I kinda guessed so. In the end they chose 17 people out of all those that handed in their portfolios - which I estimate to have been around 100, since I was the 48th to apply and that was at the beginning of day 2. It's said to be rare that people make it on the first try, anyway.
