Sketchfest Happened!
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wyld_dandelyonThis was a hard week; I was sick and dragged through things. I was just starting to feel better on Friday, and I do try to do sketchfest every month. I don't want my art skills to rust away, I want them to get better, and sketchfest is good for that.
But Friday night I was too tired to do more than start to clear space and look at the prompts. I did get my "angry tree" finally scanned, from last month's sketchfest. So now, in it's belated world premier appearance, my angry tree:
Oh, hey--LJ changed their rich text editor, and now there's no easy way to set pictures to the right of the text--or to edit their size! *sigh* Time to learn more html.
That was my only sketch last month, and I was too busy and tired to even scan it. So, I guess despite being sick, I'm getting more adapted to the new day job. Because this month I managed three sketches:s
The first two you see on the easel, before they dried. They're both too large to fit on my little printer/scanner in any case, so you're stuck with photographs.
Will You Trust What the Wind Tells You?
The next one was inspired by the prompt, "Is that a spaceship or a castle?" This is definitely the one that suffers most from being "just a sketch"--all of the ideas this prompt inspired were complex and fiddly with dozens of details, and sketchfest limits you to an hour per sketch. 'll have to find time to finish it later, I think it has a lot of promise.
Gothic Castle for an Astral Elf Princess
And finally, Mutant Dandelyon:
Now, more house cleaning and I've got to do some writing!
Next weekend: Muse Fusion!
But Friday night I was too tired to do more than start to clear space and look at the prompts. I did get my "angry tree" finally scanned, from last month's sketchfest. So now, in it's belated world premier appearance, my angry tree:
Oh, hey--LJ changed their rich text editor, and now there's no easy way to set pictures to the right of the text--or to edit their size! *sigh* Time to learn more html.
That was my only sketch last month, and I was too busy and tired to even scan it. So, I guess despite being sick, I'm getting more adapted to the new day job. Because this month I managed three sketches:s
The first two you see on the easel, before they dried. They're both too large to fit on my little printer/scanner in any case, so you're stuck with photographs.
Will You Trust What the Wind Tells You?
The next one was inspired by the prompt, "Is that a spaceship or a castle?" This is definitely the one that suffers most from being "just a sketch"--all of the ideas this prompt inspired were complex and fiddly with dozens of details, and sketchfest limits you to an hour per sketch. 'll have to find time to finish it later, I think it has a lot of promise.
Gothic Castle for an Astral Elf Princess
And finally, Mutant Dandelyon:
Now, more house cleaning and I've got to do some writing!
Next weekend: Muse Fusion!
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Date: 2011-08-21 11:05 pm (UTC)unless it tells,
of tiles blown from the roof
and ripping sails,
and driving rain
that may cause some distress -
and, OH! It's telling me
my hair's a mess!
Oh!
Date: 2011-08-21 11:11 pm (UTC)And it's too true, about the hair.
Re: Oh!
Date: 2011-08-21 11:31 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-08-21 11:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-08-21 11:21 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-08-22 02:51 am (UTC)I especially love the WIND.
Oh, cool!
Date: 2011-08-23 02:41 am (UTC)I'm very pleased with the wind, too. Thank you!
Over at the sketchfest site. I have an offer to make just one icon for someone, for $5 split between me and EMG graphics. It's not quite my personality, but I think it would work well for someone.
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Date: 2011-08-22 08:15 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-08-23 02:31 am (UTC)I love the spaceship idea, but it needs a lot more time so it doesn't look like just a silhouette (or worse, a stylized trilobyte)!
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Date: 2011-08-22 10:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-08-23 02:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-08-22 11:56 am (UTC)That wind is clearly not trustworthy. And londonbard's poem is delightful.
A very belated "Happy Birthday" to you. Sorry my month's been so discombobulated that I missed your special day. I hope you had a super time.
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Date: 2011-08-23 02:27 am (UTC)Thank you for the comments on the tree and the wind as well. Halloween? Already? I'm not ready for summer to be over!
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Date: 2011-09-18 08:26 am (UTC)The wind one is my second favorite.
Thanks!
Date: 2011-09-21 04:05 am (UTC)I like the wind one too.