Uhh, does anyone know if something wonky happened while LJ was down yesterday? All of my icons are now showing only my default, at least on previous entries. o_oa

And also: congratulations to bookworm12890 for winning the help_haiti auction, and thanks for donating! :D Should be sending that fanart along soon. Also, if you wanted a piece from me but missed this auction, I think there should be a second round in about a month or so.

Speaking of Haiti, I've felt this strong urge to rant on politics lately, but I'm trying to avoid it...talking with dad doesn't help, because he's so good at giving me Biblical/religious backing for what I believe. |D

In other news, I've been a) watching a bunch of X-Files, and b) finishing a bunch of art. Here's the finished version of that pic from the other day:




This thing was definitely an experiment, and I'm not really certain it was a successful one, either. But not every experiment is, and at least I learned some new things.

For this painting, I went through kind of a crazy process: copied the perspective from an interesting photo, set up the drawing as a sketch in Sketchbook Pro, printed and then traced the final lines in ink onto mylar, created a color guide in Photoshop, then used the guide to paint the other side of the mylar in reverse, the way you do animation cels. So the final product is basically ink and acrylic paint on mylar.

Again, not certain if it was successful, since there was color bleed in places, the mylar was thick enough that it made everything way desaturated, and there may still be some perspective issues on the boy. :P But it was fun to do, and it's making me want to get back into more acrylics painting. XD Just gotta find stuff to paint on...


Drawing: Finished this stuff, character studies, now some more LG

Writing: Nothing

Consecutive Days Gone Spoiler-Free: 5