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  • Drawing Plan 12: Chug chug chug. Puff puff puff. Ding-dong.

    Drawing Plan 12: Chug chug chug. Puff puff puff. Ding-dong.

    Hi, friends, I want to talk about yesterday and then move to the drawing plan 12. I spent a bit more time writing out the drawing plan 11 because I got a few new ideas from my friend. Also, running on low sleep the other day’s morning pages took me longer to complete. I haven’t slept well in the past week. It’s because I let myself get away with watching too many shows. For example, I start preparing for bed around nine, but I don’t get to sleeping till 11 or twelve. Then I still need to wake up at 6 am. The solution is easy, but I can’t seem to let go.

    Can I let go of watching late-night shows? I guess the better solution is to limit them to once a week, or maybe that’s a bit harsh. Anyhow, let us move to the drawing plan 12.

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  • Drawing Plan 11: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Drawing Plan 11: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Hi, friends, starting up my drawing plan 11. Yesterday, I woke up later but forced myself to the writing-table. I starting penciling in my morning pages on the IPad, it took me about 40 minutes to finish writing my pages. I can’t say what I wrote because it too damn private for you to read. Mostly about my issues and complaints. It’s a way for me to unclog the pipe before I move on to the drawing plan 11 in this case.

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  • Drawing Plan Ten: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Drawing Plan Ten: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Hi, friends, starting up my drawing plan ten. Yesterday, I completed my 56-morning pages, Im impressed I lasted this long. The other day, I learned about numbering my values when I draw. It’s another way to get better at shading and showing forms. In the morning, drawing plan nine took longer to finish, and I remember not enough sleep that day. Today, I need to finish by 7:30 am because I want to go biking. The other day, I was supposed to visit my mom, but she fell ill for the weekend, so she told us to stay home. Anyhow, let us move on to drawing plan ten.

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  • Drawing Plan Nine: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Drawing Plan Nine: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Hi, friends, starting up my drawing plan nine. The other day, I finished up creating Trent’s gradients maps in Clip Studio. I hope that the riskiness of spending most of my time to finish it was worth it. Two days ago, I had to install a trial version of Photoshop to transfer all of the gradients. In other news, I was able to complete a few more drawing studies. Then, I focused my attention on learning about blending modes in Clip Studio. I’m creating a small piece of paper that I will post on the wall to remind me of what each mode purpose. Anyway, let us talk about drawing plan nine.

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  • Drawing Plan Eight: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Drawing Plan Eight: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Hi, friends, starting up my drawing plan eight. The other day I decided to import Trent’s gradient maps into Clip Studio. That was a pain. Halfway in, I lost a whole strip because I forgot to save. I must have spent the entire day on the task. My goal was to finish that up and report back to Trent. However, I can’t figure out how to give it to him. It seems the only way to share it is to publish it online with Clip Studio paint. You’re probably wondering what the heck is a gradient map. I found a tutorial as I was writing drawing plan eight, you might want to check it out.

    In summary, a gradient map maps your values to your colors, so if you have a range from light red to dark red. You can check out my DeviantArt page. I have an example where I put together all my art studies, and the underlying color has the gradient map applied. Anyhow, let us move over to today’s drawing plan eight.

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  • Drawing Plan Seven: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Drawing Plan Seven: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Hi, friends, starting up my drawing plan seven. I’m doing well with my morning pages, writing the 53rd set the other day. Yesterday, I spent the day on not streaming on IGTV, but mostly Trent’s Gumroad. His experience in drawing is exciting and how he grows as a concept artist. It moved me to continue doing my rock studies. Also, I reached out to him over Twitter to chat about his weird fingers in Olluf with the Moonkins concept art. Even though I had to do chores, feeding myself, and going to work eventually, I managed to squeeze in two to three studies. In the end, we need to move to illustrate plan six for today.

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  • Drawing Plan Six: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Drawing Plan Six: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Hi, friends, starting up my drawing plan six. I’m obsessed with a Bluetooth transmitter, and it all started yesterday. Do you know about the Bluetooth device? Anyway, I want to get better at world-building so I can get exciting drawings. Eventually, I want to move past the drawing studies and have something interesting to illustrate. Similar to my man Trent Kaniuga. He is a great concept artist. He is writing a short story called Twilight Monk and drawing his characters, like my friend Nenad. The other day, I posted a new banner on my Deviant art page; it was from my rock studies collection. It was a lot of work, but fun, no doubt. So, I need a plan for my drawing project six.

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  • Drawing Plan Five: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Drawing Plan Five: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Hi, friends, starting up my drawing plan five. What’s up with you? Yes, you? You may answer in the comments, as for me, I finished my post the other day on my fourth plan. Later, I wrote out my morning pages to get out all my issues so I can focus on today’s excitement. Yesterday, my girl’s father stayed over, and we got a fantastic dinner—fish with an eyeball, bean sprouts, and pork. I had to skip on the pig because of my acid reflex. For my art stuff, I managed to complete my art studies and finish up my study art book. So, I need to plan my day today.

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  • Drawing Plan Four: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Drawing Plan Four: Morning Half Hour Week Drawing Studies

    Hi, friends, going to start my drawing plan four, how are you doing? I finished my blog post the other day. Later, I wrote out my plan for the rest of the day. Then, I ended up doing a bike ride to central park and completed two rock studies. Also, I had to clean some of the bathrooms, regular boring with Trent in the background. Later that night, I had wished I had more time, but I managed to squeeze some time to work on Imaginative Illustrators piece. It was about red pandas. That is a wrap for yesterday, what is my plan for today?

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  • Drawing Plan Three: Morning Half Hour Weekend Drawing Studies

    Drawing Plan Three: Morning Half Hour Weekend Drawing Studies

    Hi, friends, going to start my drawing plan three, the other day I didn’t stream on IGTV, but I spent my morning writing my morning pages for Artist’s way. It’s a way to get all my thoughts and inhibitions out. Writing will resolve my complaints on the pages. In other words, I won’t be carrying the burden. However, it will sometimes carry over. It helps. Later that day, I got to do a few rock studies and even create a square brush for Clip Studio. I hope that wasn’t big random segway into my art obsession. Also, that day, I spent running around, going to the doctor to see if I have COV-19, and doing shopping at Whole Foods. Anyway, this morning is a brand new day, and I’m ready for my drawing plan three!

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  • Drawing Plan Two: Morning Half Hour Weekend Drawing Studies

    Drawing Plan Two: Morning Half Hour Weekend Drawing Studies

    Hi, friends, going to start my drawing plan two, yesterday, I had many ideas, some failed others went okay. I completed my 48 pages for the Artist way, I’m happy about that, and I plan on finishing my 49 pages today. I wish that I shared my morning pages, but it would be an endless stream of consciousness. You will probably be left confused and excited at the same time. So, I’m not sure if that is a good or bad thing. Do you write those morning pages? It takes me 30 minutes to write three pages. In other news, I don’t have any streams today, but you can still check out in the link at the end of the post.

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  • Drawing Plan One: Morning Half Hour Stream Drawing Bunnies

    Drawing Plan One: Morning Half Hour Stream Drawing Bunnies

    Hi, friends, going to start my drawing plan one, yesterday, I had an okay day. I wrote my morning pages. Now I’m up to 48. Each set consists of 3 pages. It’s similar to a previous story I wrote about the Artist way. I’m going to try to write out my plans for each day in a short post. I think it will be useful for me to do so because it will allow me to plan my day and keep a diary of what I prepared the other day. The other day I had done my IGTV stream on Instagram on tracing using the DIET plan from the Rueben Lara website as a guide. It went reasonably well. Then, I spent several minutes procrastinating if I should buy Trent’s Kaniuga tutorials. I think I spent like four hundred dollars or more of his stuff. Let’s jump into drawing plan one.

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