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I got myself a little Hobonichi book! I’ve seen others use these as a-page-a-day art journals and I thought I’d give it a try. I’m giving myself flexibility to not add to it every day, and am working through it front to back to avoid the pressure of filling the page with that days date. The goal is to add to it, in any capacity, most days. So far its been a mix of random drawings, or something I saw or read or heard that day. Here are my favourites from March (So far the paper has been surprising durable considering how thin it is!)

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#hobonichi 2024 #hobonichi techno #posca #posca pens #boo #pencil crayon

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Sketchbook spreads using cut out images from old National Geographics as reference

#sketchbook #national geographic #watercolour #gouache

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A character portrait, one of the series I gave as Christmas gifts to friends in 2023. This is Eroyn, our wizard who dabbled in necromancy.

#gouache #watercolour #d&d character #character portrait

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A character portrait, one of the series I gave as Christmas gifts to friends in 2023. This is Harmony, the tiefling bard.

#watercolour #gouache #d&d character

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A character portrait, one of the series I gave as Christmas gifts to friends in 2023. This is Narya, our party's sorcerer.

This one was an experiment in lighting effects. It was a battle, and one I'm not sure I won. Some of my favourite parts of this piece are the subtle textures, captured by using layers of sepia acrylic ink to establish values and then watercolours on top.

#dungeons and dragons #dnd #character portrait #character art

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A character portrait, one of the series I gave as Christmas gifts to friends in 2023. This is Arton, our party's ranger.

#dnd #character art #dungeons and dragons

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B*tch, my dark urge Baldur’s Gate 3 character. She is out for blood (literally)

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#character art #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 tav

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Bubbles the Bard!

#bg3 #bard #dragonborn #sketchbook

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In this house we ❤️ Lae'zel

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #lae'zel #laezel #githyanki #watercolour #sketchbook #character art

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Eshonai! My pink circle of the moon githyanki druid!

#she is romancing lae'zel #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #githyanki #character art #watercolour #sketchbook

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For anyone who stumbles across this blog: I've moved to sharing new stuff on my website's wordpress blog!

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Something a little different: Playing with pressed plants and my scanner! These are giving me funky ideas for prints and/or cards in the future 🌿

#photography #pressed plants

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Don't have a before picture of this, but it wasn't very pretty. Then I gave it a fresh paint job and now it sits over my work desk 🌞 ✨

#thriftstorecatchandrelease

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My question about all this is: And then? You rush through the writing, the researching, the watching, the listening, you’re done with it, you get it behind you — and what is in front of you? Well, death, for one thing. For the main thing. But in the more immediate future: you’re zipping through all these experiences in order to do what, exactly? Listen to another song at double-speed? Produce a bullet-point outline of another post that AI can finish for you? The whole attitude seems to be: Let me get through this thing I don’t especially enjoy so I can do another thing just like it, which I won’t enjoy either…. I say: If you’re trying to get through your work as quickly as you can, then maybe you should see if you can find a different line of work. —Alan Jacobs

While it saddens me that I have very limited time and energy for making art, I'm also often reassured and glad that I'm not dependant on making art for my income. This is a good reminder that I can slow down and enjoy the process. A reminder it's not all about the end result and the goal isn't to post a final piece on the internet.

#remember #quote #and not to dump on people who do rely on art making for their income #i think thats great #i just know if i did that with my art-making at this point in my life my insecurities would rule me #and making art would lose the fun and joy of it

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Some watercolour & gouache palettes just for fun + for future reference

#watercolour #gouches #palettes #colour palettes

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First! Ever! Blender! Creation!

Def a learning curve. I'm curious to keep exploring combining 2D and 3D elements to create an animation, so far I'm not very into the 3D modeling side of Blender (but maybe one day! who knows). It was my first time working in a 3D workspace, a tough adjustment when I'm used to using design and drawing tools that are only 2D.

#blender #animation #3D

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Buncha fast and rough figure studies I found and still like, circa 2018-2019

#figure drawing #figure studies #drawing