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Spooky Season Reason for 110th Journal
10 years ago
This is my head.
Ah, the spooky season is upon us, my traditional favorite time of the year. This year is sure seemed to rush by extra fast. I barely blinked and most of the year already vanished. I barely did anything I wanted to get accomplished by now and don't have much time left before the year's end. O.O
I haven't even started on my ween of hallo costume yet and time is running out. I have a couple of ideas but nothing really sticking out. One idea is to reuse the vest I made for last year (I need to post pics of that, been lazy. sorry). and turn it into a biker's vest and call myself the WACkO Biker. That might be a bit too morbid for the contest at work especially if I do that head-shot makeup. But I might be able to pull it off before the deadline (hehe, dead) since there is not that much to it.
I could redo that cyborg getup I did years ago but that would take some work to bring it up to date. There is lots I could do to improved it especially since I did really finished it to the point I wanted back them. Plus I have to find all the old pieces, which could be anywhere from here to mars and such. Some of it could have been sucked into that black hole, which would really make it a pain to retrieve. So that idea is probably out.
Aside from those two, I am drawing a blank. I'll look around and see if something pops in my brain. I just hope it is not too late... like usual.
Some of you guys might have noticed I did some art of late. Not much, just some tests of my newish tablet and playing with some different software. I tried out Krita and MyPaint among a few others. Krita does play nice with my new tablet, using the side shortcut buttons right off the bat. My previous choice GIMP would use the tablet ok (a slight lag but usable) but would freak out if I use the side buttons. As soon as I press one, it would go into super lag mode, taking like 10 seconds to react to the brush stroke, making it pretty much unusable. Fortunately, both GIMP and Krita shares a file format that doesn't lose any features like if I saved in PS, so I can switch between the two if need be.
A word about Krita. I is designed to be a pure paint program and have tons of brush settings and features. In fact, it have multiple brush engines. I does make it a bit hard to get into at first. I been experimenting with the myriad of brushes and their settings and getting somewhat used to it though there is a lot more to get my head around. I figured out just enough to be dangerous as my latest art adventure can attest to so watch out. There could be more in the hopefully near future (though don't hold your breath).
Speaking of new arts, I noticed the watersport versions of my drawings seems to gather the most eyes. I guess that is my audience for you, am I right. *hears crickets* Aw, where is everybody? Anyone? Oh well, moving on. I might be able to pop out a few more drawing before the year out. I be meaning to restart the 3D stuff for a few years now but that seems to get pushed back farther and farther back. Maybe next year. I have so many big plans, getting to them is the problem.
I haven't update my journal in a long time indeed. If anyone still reading have any questions, now is a good time to ask. Also, if you have a costume idea or een something to improve mine, fire me a comment. I have ust a few more weeks to get something at least passable.
I haven't even started on my ween of hallo costume yet and time is running out. I have a couple of ideas but nothing really sticking out. One idea is to reuse the vest I made for last year (I need to post pics of that, been lazy. sorry). and turn it into a biker's vest and call myself the WACkO Biker. That might be a bit too morbid for the contest at work especially if I do that head-shot makeup. But I might be able to pull it off before the deadline (hehe, dead) since there is not that much to it.
I could redo that cyborg getup I did years ago but that would take some work to bring it up to date. There is lots I could do to improved it especially since I did really finished it to the point I wanted back them. Plus I have to find all the old pieces, which could be anywhere from here to mars and such. Some of it could have been sucked into that black hole, which would really make it a pain to retrieve. So that idea is probably out.
Aside from those two, I am drawing a blank. I'll look around and see if something pops in my brain. I just hope it is not too late... like usual.
Some of you guys might have noticed I did some art of late. Not much, just some tests of my newish tablet and playing with some different software. I tried out Krita and MyPaint among a few others. Krita does play nice with my new tablet, using the side shortcut buttons right off the bat. My previous choice GIMP would use the tablet ok (a slight lag but usable) but would freak out if I use the side buttons. As soon as I press one, it would go into super lag mode, taking like 10 seconds to react to the brush stroke, making it pretty much unusable. Fortunately, both GIMP and Krita shares a file format that doesn't lose any features like if I saved in PS, so I can switch between the two if need be.
A word about Krita. I is designed to be a pure paint program and have tons of brush settings and features. In fact, it have multiple brush engines. I does make it a bit hard to get into at first. I been experimenting with the myriad of brushes and their settings and getting somewhat used to it though there is a lot more to get my head around. I figured out just enough to be dangerous as my latest art adventure can attest to so watch out. There could be more in the hopefully near future (though don't hold your breath).
Speaking of new arts, I noticed the watersport versions of my drawings seems to gather the most eyes. I guess that is my audience for you, am I right. *hears crickets* Aw, where is everybody? Anyone? Oh well, moving on. I might be able to pop out a few more drawing before the year out. I be meaning to restart the 3D stuff for a few years now but that seems to get pushed back farther and farther back. Maybe next year. I have so many big plans, getting to them is the problem.
I haven't update my journal in a long time indeed. If anyone still reading have any questions, now is a good time to ask. Also, if you have a costume idea or een something to improve mine, fire me a comment. I have ust a few more weeks to get something at least passable.
Then I did my viking costume. Again I didn't get everything I wanted done. I did start on it way back in Spring but lost my way halfway through it and had to rush at the end. I am happy with what I got however. I tried to go for a more authentic take on a viking and didn't put the "traditional" horns on the helmet (not like I had time for it anyway). I really like the shield I made. Again without the paint design I planned but the overall structure I like. I even made the sword out of wood that looks like real viking ones. Didn't place with it at work. I think people are more familiar with the cartoony kind of viking than the more real one but oh well, that how it goes.
Last year... well, I haven't posted that as of yet (very soon though). I want people to guess though I do believe I told you back then so no letting out the secret. I went for that authentic look here also so hopefully someone will spot it out when I begin to throw it in my gallery.
As you can tell, I like to make my costumes instead of just buying them pre-made. I guess that is the engineering side of me peeking out. I find it more satisfying to do it on my own. I do sometimes take pre-made parts and modify them to fit. Last year as like that, took objects to add to the costume as well as making stuff from scratch.