I have started my sketching for the piece that I mentioned in my last blog. (Haven't read my last blog...go, go now and read it, we'll wait.) Done reading? Okay, good. Now, where was I? Oh yes, I have an initial rough sketch digitally on my desktop...very rough, skeletal, even. It's the bones that will eventually make the piece...granted I'll be deleting that layer or "bones" because after I fill it in, there will be no need. I'm excited that the layer is there, waiting to be built upon. I spent an hour or so going through the programs mediums, experimenting and finding the perfect textures. I have one for sure, the others I have ideas for but they may change depending how everything progresses. That's the beauty of an idea...it can and often times will be changed, at least in the vast reality of art...now if we could just get that mentality in all facets of life, I think our planet would be much better off. That is all I am going to say about that. This is a FUN blog, not a sad, vein popping angry blog.
I've been sketching a lot in my sketchbook to get the monsters perfected, and the other goodies that are going to be in the piece just right. It is going to take awhile, that I can say for sure. I'll be working on other pieces while working on this piece...the great multi-tasking feat that every artist (I assume, or at least it is for me) dreads, but it's a necessary evil. I'm enjoying sketching, and being able to just experiment without holding back. Remember, I'm doing this piece two times, one will be pure digital, the other pure traditional. I'm really not sure which one will turn out better. They will be different, unless you are a robot, android, borg, cylon, I don't think you can reproduce exactly down to the smallest details of what you create. Well, I guess that isn't 100% true, as there are many artists that can reproduce and do the old works of the likes of Da Vinci, Monet, Dali, etc. Some for nefarious reasons, some for good. I am not one of those artists. I am not good at being a "copy" machine. Never have been, have no real desire to do it. I think like with everything, with practice I would be able to, but since I have no interest in doing that...I'll keep to my own ever-evolving style.
I did mention frostbite in my title, didn't I...yeah I got some mild frostbite on my hand during yesterday's outings...it was -22C with the windchill yesterday and the wind was gusty. On my dominant hand...it's not horrible...it looks uglier than it actually is. Just stings and burns a bit when I put the lotion on it. (I am a good girl I put the lotion on the hand so I don't get the hose. HA!) I was stupid, it was my own fault...and that being said I kind of feel like I deserved it. I hold myself accountable, no one to blame but myself. No blaming of anyone, or even the weather. I knew better...the price you pay for stupidity. I even knew it wasn't a good idea to take my glove off but addiction monster won (yes, I'm a smoker, yes, I know it's not good for me, enough said.) I paid the price. Needless to say, it hasn't affected me for drawing, it is extremely minor frostbite, I just have to make sure to wear rubber gloves when I am doing dishes...let it heal, keep it moist (isn't that just the most "ew" word...and it's completely innocent...but it just doesn't sound like it.)
Well I think my rambles are over. I am going to get back to my sketching, I feel like there may be some Don't Starve in my future...I've died plenty of times since I last typed about the game. Mostly spiders and snakes, or my own stupidity...well they had a mini-hidden patch and it's just got me giddy. The bet right now is Day 23 I will die according to the hubby, I said Day 26...it looks like we both may be wrong, I happened to get a very good random generated world this time. Unless I do something really stupid, which may happen, I think I may break a record...On that note, my lovely minions, I am off. If you are reading this in the cold areas stay warm, if you are in a warm climate, good for you and your warm weather...BLAH!