Wonder Wednesday #3

Ugh, I'm sick.

Like, influenza, sick.

So I made some simple stuff for you, and I'm also going to add a new music video I found yesterday by Die Antwoord.

This is what I made:

It's me, laughing at your pathetic life.

Nah, I'm just kidding. Seriously though, this was fun, but kind of annoying. Annoying - because I had to watch myself make this... This is exactly the kind of pretentious crap I tend to moan over when I'm in museums. It's just some filters thrown around randomly... Okay, so the original painting (the one in the bottom left) was actually hard to make. But then it's just 'copy+paste' and GradientFilter and boom, you've got yourself some high-end artsy-partsy piece. "What does it mean???" It means I was bored and had never done this before. Now that I have, I don't want to do it ever again. But I'm probably going to... Damn you, artistic inspiration!

And finally, this:



I love these guys. Their style of music is very... specific. Enjoy!

I'll see you soon!

Mammal Monday #3

I wanted to record me drawing something. I've done it before, and it's very fun! I only managed to finish lining it though, as my computer decided to shut itself off halfway through. It couldn't take the strain of Photoshop and a Screen recorder at the same time. So, Photoshop promptly deleted my drawing, but at least I managed to recover the recording. 

Well, I tried.

Fickle Friday #2

So, I haven't really been writing as much as I could have on this blog. I've mostly let the images speak for themselves. Well I'm changing things up a bit! For this Fickle Friday, I am going to write a little about my experiences as an 'artist'.

I have made paintings and funny stick figures since I was 3 years old, and in elementary school I made my comic debut! The comic, featuring me and being about my life, now hangs proudly in my fathers tiny lavatory. Since then my tools have evolved from a pencil and a sheet of paper, to a tablet and Photoshop on a Mac. I've made countless posters for various productions, mostly because I was in them, and designed for yearbooks, papers, companies, schools and russ.

What happens when you're an artist though, is that you love what you do. And when you love what you do, people expect you to do it for free. For free? Do you know how much time it takes? Or how much time it has taken me to be able to do what you're asking me to do? People expect me to do things pro bono all the time! It seems that to them it doesn't really count as a job if you enjoy doing it! Remember people, if you're miserable when you work, you are doing it right.

It has mostly been enjoyable of course.

I'll leave you with this video about creativity, as I am about to fall asleep on my computer.