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Happy New Year - 2020
6 years ago
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2019 was quite an interesting year.
In RL we welcomed our third bundle, delt with some suprise family medical issues, moved to a new place and handled some new responsibilities at work.
In terms of art, I've completed and posted a number of written commissions, raffles and personal projects. I still have several stories left in the lurch, but I've been distracted by my foray into more visual art. Namely, digital drawing!
I started by drawing on my smartphone with a finger, then upgraded to a stylus, then decided to try a tablet. After chatting with several artists, who were super helpful, about their preferences I initially got a small Intuos and Clip Studio Paint. The Intuos was helpful to learn the Paint software a bit, but was restrictive in size and, coming from pencil and paper, I had a mental disconnect from drawing on the tablet while watching the screen. During these past holidays I was able to use a gift card and take advantage of a sale to get an XP-Pen Artist Pro 15.6! I've used it a few times so far and find it much more freeing than the Intuos.
I've submitted several inked works this year, and several more with simple coloring. I've also tried my hand at running a few streams over on Picarto. It's been fun thus far and I'm looking forward to doing more as time allows.
(And to think that 10 years ago I was still just lurking over on Transfur and CYOC.)
All in all 2019 was very eventful and I can't wait to see what 2020 and the coming decade hold in store!
Happy New Year Everyone!
In RL we welcomed our third bundle, delt with some suprise family medical issues, moved to a new place and handled some new responsibilities at work.
In terms of art, I've completed and posted a number of written commissions, raffles and personal projects. I still have several stories left in the lurch, but I've been distracted by my foray into more visual art. Namely, digital drawing!
I started by drawing on my smartphone with a finger, then upgraded to a stylus, then decided to try a tablet. After chatting with several artists, who were super helpful, about their preferences I initially got a small Intuos and Clip Studio Paint. The Intuos was helpful to learn the Paint software a bit, but was restrictive in size and, coming from pencil and paper, I had a mental disconnect from drawing on the tablet while watching the screen. During these past holidays I was able to use a gift card and take advantage of a sale to get an XP-Pen Artist Pro 15.6! I've used it a few times so far and find it much more freeing than the Intuos.
I've submitted several inked works this year, and several more with simple coloring. I've also tried my hand at running a few streams over on Picarto. It's been fun thus far and I'm looking forward to doing more as time allows.
(And to think that 10 years ago I was still just lurking over on Transfur and CYOC.)
All in all 2019 was very eventful and I can't wait to see what 2020 and the coming decade hold in store!
Happy New Year Everyone!
V.