Tag: art

Hi, friends, let us talk about yesterday and then move to the drawing plan 31. The other day, we went upstate to push a bunch of bags of little pebbles uphill. It took us two hours on a bus from port authority to get the cottage. The house is on top of a hill with rocks set as the steps. At the top, we met the parents and ate a few snacks before we started moving the loads. Let’s keep plopping along to the drawing plan 31.

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At the base of the hill, we set up the pushcarts with bungee ropes and tested different paths to go up the mountain. The most natural route was up left and up and around through the forest hill. Her dad would meet us at the base and mid-hill to help us push the carts or put the ropes on the carts. I think we moved around 20 bags of pebbles uphill. By the end of the experience, we got a great workout and learned about ropes. Anyhow, let us bustle over to the drawing plan 31.

On the way back home, I got to draw a little bit on the bus. I was watching Sami Jen illustrate hair on her original character because I was drawing a novice. A novice is a playable character in Ragnarok. It’s the first-class you start with when you join the game. Some time back, I sketched the drawing on paper, while on the bus, I took a picture of it. My goal is to color it in and make it look fabulous because I want to get that feeling of starting fresh in a game. Clang-clink, let us move to today’s drawing plan 31.

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Hi, friends, let us talk about yesterday and then move to the drawing plan 30. Yesterday, I spent most of my day troubleshooting my cloud. Also, it’s a hard drive connected to the router, making it a personal cloud. After using it for a few months, I discovered that it is corrupting my Mac backups. I decided to reach out to both Apple and Western Digital. Hopefully, my drive will work as expected shortly. Anyhow, let us keep chirping along to the drawing plan 30.

During dinner, we watched a movie called Extinction, “a science fiction film directed by Ben Young and written by Spenser Cohen and Brad Kane. The film is about a father who has recurring dreams/visions about the loss of his family while witnessing a force bent on destruction.” After watching it, I was thrilled to draw sci-fi-like characters, but then I realized that I have chores before I go to bed, so I focused on a 12 minute of rocks. Alas, let us move to the drawing plan 30.

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Hi, friends, let us talk about yesterday and then move to the drawing plan 29. Yesterday, I worked on my usual items, but interestingly what is bothering me is people not responding to emails. I sent out two emails to essential artists in my life, but they stay silent. I almost ignored my muse and silenced it, but I’m reading that its best to reflect and let those things out. I’m worried about the path I choose, and I hope I’m not going to get into trouble. Let’s try to make our way to the drawing plan 29.

Yesterday, I spoke to my friend about starting a new meetup to replace my live streaming. My goal is to find more collaboration using DIET so that I can improve my art and help others. However, my live stream channel hasn’t gotten any of that. Also, it is not like I did a few episodes and gave up, I did 45 of them, and I’m not getting the results I want to see. Therefore, I need to start a new venture, and I think using the Meetup platform will help. Anyhow, let us move to the drawing plan 29.

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Hi, friends, let us talk about yesterday and then move to the drawing plan 28. Man, the other day, was rough, what started as a peaceful workday, then transformed in to make room for a new washing machine. The machine conveyor belt broke a few days ago and began to smell like rubber. I don’t even want to start to describe, nor would I know how to explain all the crap we found under the unit. If anybody licked the underside of the floor, it was sitting on they would go to the hospital. Man, I’m going to try to move to the drawing plan 28.

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Hi, friends, let us talk about yesterday and then move to the drawing plan 27. The other day, we did the usual chores. You know making food throughout and watching TV. Interestingly, a show on Netflix about hoarding caught my eye because I am curious about what solutions people offer to put a stop to that type of behavior. Also, this type of thing puts a significant burden on a family. In the end, let’s keep moving to the drawing plan 27.

The other day, I didn’t get to draw that much. However, I was able to do a single study for about an hour during my live stream at 8:30 am. We focused on Table Leg Rock in Dalian, China. Also, we practiced techniques from Reuben Lara using Duplication. Moreover, I was impressed with the results and how much I grew over the few months that I practiced the techniques. Anyhow, let’s move on to the drawing plan 27.

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Hi, friends, let us talk about yesterday and then move to the drawing plan 26. The other day, I reviewed the possibility of live streaming on Twitch. Also, my brother suggested I use an app called Iriun to capture live video from my phone and feed it to my open broadcaster software. Then, after setting it up, my MacBook Pro was running slow. I will need to find a better way to live stream. Anyhow, let’s try to push towards the drawing plan 26.

Last night, I had tried to think about building a Twitch layout for live streaming. However, nothing exciting came from my doodles. It wasn’t until this morning that I realized that I need to go online and get some inspiration. Then, I will probably get better ideas for the UI or look and feel. If you’re still confused, I’ll try to explain in the next paragraph as we try to make our way to the drawing plan 26.

When using open broadcaster softer or OBS for short, you can customize your live stream. What that means is that you can put borders, colors, and images on top of each other to create an appealing look for your live stream. Also, it is sort of similar to going to a store. The store has a banner with pretty colors and decorations to catch your attention. I hope that gives you an idea of what I mean by UI, so let us move to the drawing plan 26.

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Hi, friends, let’s talk about yesterday and then move to the drawing plan 25. The other day was mostly about chores and cooking Russian borscht. I made the bathrooms sparkle. Then after lunch, we started chopping up veggies and boiling beats. Also, I don’t see why it takes us two hours to make it. Our mom makes it under an hour. It must be all the years of experience. Let us try to move to the drawing plan 25.

Oh and by the way, our washer broke yesterday. Then, it started to tumble and make crazy sounds. We checked it out, and it smelled like burning rubber. Man, I was telling myself how much I love going downstairs and dragging along wet laundry. Anyhow, lets keeping going until we reach the end of the drawing plan 25.

I didn’t get to draw, but I setup Clip Studio Paint on my iPad. Further, I recall that on Saturday, it was a pain in the butt. I couldn’t find the tools I needed to do simple things on a small screen. I want on YouTube and followed a tutorial until I had something working. Then, I ran out of time, and it was time to eat dinner. Okay, let us move away from yesterday.

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Hi, friends, let us talk about yesterday and then move to the drawing plan 24. The other day was mostly about wrapping birthday presents and celebrations. Even our bike ride to Central Park involved us going to a secret location to buy a gift. We had so much food at the table and took many pictures. I feel a bit odd, sharing my family pictures on WordPress. So I will save myself the excitement, but i can tell you it was a traditional Russian dinner. Let me try to write a bit more before I move on to drawing plan 24.

During my commute to my mom’s the other day, I tried to draw for my rock studies. Then, I completed a single drawing of a rock. It felt painful, especially on the train. After 12 minutes of that, I finished it. However, right after, I started doodling and did something fun. To my surprise, I started drawing a bunny rabbit with a human figure. Man, I’m excited, so before I reach drawing plan 24, I want to finish talking about the experience.

The human bunny rabbit started with sketchy lines, then made its way to color flats. For the color flats, I choose gray colors of different values. The reason I draw this way is that the next step is to add a gradient map. Then I can quickly cycle between colors and move on to rendering more of the image. Anyhow, that is interesting to me, I want to build a more reliable workflow. Let us move to the drawing plan 24.

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Hi, friends, let us talk about yesterday and then move to the drawing plan 23. Did you ever have a dreary Friday where its mostly about work that you had to do for somebody? Then later, you realized that you didn’t get to do what you wanted? Friday, was all work and a little bit of fun. We watch The Patriot with Mel Gibson over lunch and dinner. Then rest were mostly chores.

After chores, I thought about working on the live streaming landing page. Also, I wanted to draw four more pictures to depict the art DIET plan. Hopefully, this weekend, I can illustrate those pictures and stick the landing page on the menu for people to discover. Let us try to move on to drawing plan 23.

Before, drawing plan 23, I recall watching a video on the BioSphere is located in Oracle, Arizona. Also, the YouTube video mentioned that they were trying to replicate earth in a box. The group of scientists working at the place said it was losing oxygen due to the soil and concrete in the building. However, the issue is corrected, and the BioSphere is sustaining life. Anyhow, let us move to the drawing plan 23.

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Hi, friends, let us talk about yesterday and then I’ll try to move to the drawing plan 22. I worked on my usual items, morning pages, then pushed out my daily drawing plan. However, I got myself to create a new page for the blog, and it is a landing page for my DIET live stream. I want to create a central location where I explain all the details about why and what I’m doing with the DIET live stream. It hasn’t been linked in the menu yet, but for my faithful followers, go ahead and check it out and give me your thoughts on the idea (at the end of the blog post).

I will continue working on it, but the page will remain open, and I will start replacing all the links on these dailies. My goal is to move to a different live streaming platform. Also, since I care about you all, I don’t want to leave you confused with the dead-end art community. Anyhow, let us try to move to the drawing plan 22.

I started doing the cover artwork for the page too, and it is going to be simple drawing. Also, I don’t want to scare away people. I aim to help people starting. Besides, I don’t want to spend too much time on the cover because I will never begin. Moreover, I need to start replacing the links so that when I move, everything will be ready. Okay, let us move to the drawing plan 22!

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Hi, friends, let us talk about yesterday and then move to the drawing plan 21. Yesterday, I worked on my morning pages, drawing plan 20, and a few rock drawing studies. However, most of my effort went into thinking about moving to the Twitch live streaming platform. Also, I used it a long time ago, and now everything looks and feels different. Then, my brother and I exchanged a few calls to set up the platform. Do you use it for anything?

I’m hesitating to start drawing plan 21 because the other day has a lot of juicy stories. For instance, my brother and I had exchanged many texted in the afternoon and later in the evening. It’s also a new project for me, and I bet he is excited to share it with me. Setting up Twitch is hard at first, then it will be easier to stream. For example, I need to create a few new graphics. I have a few ideas on how to start, but I need to relearn how to use Open Broadcaster Software or OBS for short.

Still hesitating on starting up the drawing plan 21, but let us finish talking about yesterday. I’m curious if I can adjust my imported images in OBS without moving them around. I plan to try to edit them a little bit and see if the changes will reflect in my stream. Then, I’m going to draw them in Clip Studio Paint. I want the interface to look like I’m inside a museum or some attractive location. Anyhow, let us move to the drawing plan 21.

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Hi, friends, let us talk about yesterday and then move to the drawing plan 20. Yesterday, I spent the morning live streaming and writing the morning pages. During the event, we were learning how to draw bunnies from various teachers. Also, the advantage of doing it that way is essential because you will notice better ways to illustrate that you wouldn’t have known otherwise. Also, if you see something you did before, that it’s a telling truth that you’re on the right track. Anyhow, let us try to move to the drawing plan 20.

Before I move us to the drawing plan 20, I found an exciting artist that I want to share with you. Interestingly, the other day, I started watching a few interviews with Brom. He is famous for his oil paintings of the weird, monstrous, and the beautiful. Also, I got inspired by Trent, who mentioned that he studied his artwork or techniques in his work. So, I figured let me try to understand who is Brom. Towards the end of the journey, I realized that he is writing a few dark illustrative non-children novels. Then, I thought about my friend Nenad. He is an artist who writes stories too. See the connection? Haha

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