Finally got around to importing some pics from the new digicam.
Two experiments in clay and acrylic. They're supposed to be pendants, or pins, or refrigerator magnets... something, I haven't decided yet.
I hope you don't mind if I show off my cats--
Peaches, the evil overlord. You should see him in real life. He manages to be fat, muscular, and sleek, all at the same time. He gets away with ordering me around, which is unfair, but he's so good at manipulating people I invariably let it slide.
Cream, the good twin. He's doubly adorable because he still acts like a kitten despite being eleven human years old. His meow is so heartmeltingly cute he gets whatever he wants without even trying.
An acrylic on illustration board piece I did tonight. The text order is a little wonky -- it's very easy to misread -- but I had to do it that way because otherwise the letters wouldn't fit. The poem is:
Is it true that the meteor
was a dove of amethyst? (Pablo Neruda)
I learned a couple of very important things while doing it, namely:
1) Marie brand acrylics suckkkk.
2) It's very very hard to do small, detailed calligraphy with acrylic and steel nibs. (Should look for silver ink.)
3) Calligraphy felt-tip markers go well with acrylic! I should do more calligraphy paintings :D The next one I'll do is "Be ahead of all parting" from a poem by Rilke.
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I have a new art tablet, but I'm not installing it tonight. I'm still a little high on paint fumes and I want to focus on the traditional media stuff I'm trying to finish. I'm a little frightened, too: a few days ago I tried drawing a certain character, but no matter how many times I sketched and re-sketched I could
not make the face look like his. The proportions were wrong, the eyes were wrong... it was upsetting, since I haven't written/drawn that character for years and he's someone I never want to forget. Ever since I got sick I've been slacking off on anatomy and sketchy stuff, so-- serves me right, I guess.
Ooh, but I'm excited. I'm almost done with
Phyllis! Can't wait to color it!
I'll also be installing an Oekaki board at likhain.net :D I'll post here when it's up. Come mess around with color!
