Tag: illustration

Hi, friends, for the drawing plan 38, yesterday we went on a hike to Anthony’s nose. Towards the end of the slog, I realized that 8 miles are tough. Also, downhill everything is hilly and bumpy. During the trek, I tried my best to make friends because I don’t know any of them, and I want to have more friends. One of the hikers was a programmer like me and taught me a breathing technique. He mentioned that Americans breathe through the chest, but it’s better to use the belly. Anyhow, let’s try to rustle along to drawing plan 38.

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During the hike, I couldn’t do any drawing and had most of my focus speaking to people and moving uphill. After the hike, we drove to one of the lakes to call off. I can’t share too many pictures because I don’t think my friends would like that very much. I hope the ones I took give you an idea of what the place has to offer. Towards the end of the trip, we all went to Korea town in NJ, BCD Tofu House, and ate our dinner. The trip was fun, so let’s try to rustle along to the drawing plan 38.

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Hi, friends, for the drawing plan 37, yesterday, I spent some time speaking with a Norton specialist. He had me reinstall the software a few times and change a few settings. My goal was to get TimeMachine working. I think the tech managed to do that. He even set up another call for the feature to check in on my progress. I was left impressed and happy that things are finally falling into place. Anyhow, let’s try to sprinkle along to the drawing plan 37.

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Not much drawing happened yesterday, other than our live stream yesterday morning. Nobody showed up to the Aspiring Artists meetup, but I’m not surprised, people don’t know yet. But hopefully, after I let a few people know about it during Imaginative Illustrators meetup, more will show up. Also, the meetup is at 8:30 am, so it’s a severe sacrifice for the sake of learning to illustrate. However, it is the best time to do your most important task. Not in the end, but let’s try to dribble-dribble to the drawing plan 37.

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Hi, friends, for the drawing plan 36, yesterday, mostly usual items, but interestingly, I got my meetup started. Aspiring Artists of NYC meetup was born into this world. It’s a place to teach framework and structure to improve your drawing skills. Last night, I spent the evening setting up Zoom links and events for the meetups. It will run similar to my live streams. Anyhow, let’s try to pickle over to the drawing plan 36.

Last night, while talking to my girl, I realized that I’m not a teacher, more like a guide. I don’t know too much about art, but I’m excited about using Art DIET from Reuben Lara. Okay, enough about yesterday, let’s move the clatter and clap over to the drawing plan 36.

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Hi, friends, for the drawing plan 35, yesterday, I had the imaginative illustrators meetup, our topics were night owl, seaside ballet and vinyl records. I decided to go with night owl because I felt interested in drawing the creature. I went over to Pinterest to get a few ideas and started sketching out the primary forms of a bird. An excellent way to illustrate is to find silhouettes because they strip out the details and allow me to study the shape language. Anyhow, let’s try to ding over to drawing plan 35.

Nothing unusual happened in the morning, but in the evening, my good friend reached out to me, and we finally started a new Meetup. He surprised me because I didn’t have a new name for the meetup. However, I know that our goal is to speed up the learning process, using collaboration. Besides, I want to include and practice the art DIET during Meetup events. Before we write too much, let’s try to grunt over to the drawing plan 35.

The great thing about having a meetup is that it has enormous potential to bring likeminded individuals who also want to learn together. Okay, lets clang over to today’s plan.

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Hi, friends, for the drawing plan 34, yesterday I live-streamed rock duplication and tried to correct my TimeMachine issues on the MacBook Pro. Having more success during my live stream, I decided to keep thinking of ways to grow that community. For example, I can try bringing in interest through Eventbrite or set up an event on my blog to see if people are interested in RSVP over some other means. Anyhow, let’s try to fizzle to the drawing plan 34.

Last, the night I tried to stream on Twitch, but I got caught up working on my streaming heads up display. I got a little frustrated that I couldn’t move things around on Streamlabs using my Android phone. Every time I click-dragging some layer around, things would move to the back, and the camera layer would get screwed up. In any case, I wanted something simple, my bunny logo and name. Then people can look me up and visit my blog. What the splash bloop, let’s try to move along to the drawing plan 34.

However, I still feel I will have better success in building a community around Meetup.com and grow it the way I want. For example, I want people to have more focused on the topic of fundamentals and creativity. For instance, if I made the group about the DIET and building creativity, would it be a good start? I think so because its a start and the only way to find out for myself is to try it. Of course, if I can find an art DIET community, I would be interested in joining. Okay, let’s move splash over to the drawing plan 34.

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Hi, friends, for the drawing plan 33, yesterday I worked with Apple to further understand my backup issue on my MacBook Pro. It turns out that Norton Antivirus was blocking the TimeMachine from completing my backups. My next step is to reach out to them and find out what I can do to prevent that from happening. Also, I want to speak with Apple and let them know what the solution requires. Anyhow, let’s try to move on to the drawing plan 33.

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Hi, friends, for the drawing plan 32, yesterday, I started with the usual morning pages and publishing my blog post. Then, instead of going to draw, I went back to troubleshoot my cloud and save Amazon products to my Honey app. Do you see how week my resolve was yesterday?

I could go out and buy a new hard drive and purchase the items of Amazon at full price without waiting for a deal. Also, I need to contact apple today after I try to do another backup of my MacBook Pro on my cloud using the time machine. Anyhow, let’s rustle over and try to move to the drawing plan 32.

The Honey app is excellent if you want the money back or cashback or gift cards. Also, it keeps track of coupons and automatically inserts them into the shopping cart. It’s great because once you set it up, its free money, and you don’t need to spend time looking for deals. The catch is they spy on your shopping habits, so I have a love, hate relationship with them. You know nothing is free in this world.

You either work your butt off, or you take shortcuts so you can focus on what is an essential use of your time!

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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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