About To Make Some Art, Wish Me Luck Lads

About to make some art, wish me luck lads

Got out of bed before 14:00 today, I expect a standing ovation and at least two medals for this incredible feat. You can leave it at my incredibly cluttered, yet meticulously organized desk.

In the meantime, I will be busy on a call with both the king and the prime minister.

Hello again!

I've been quite busy today (doing absolutely nothing. Nothing-time is very important), but I figured I'd fit a quick post in before bed since I want to try to make this a regular thing :]

In my last (and first) post, I shared a closer look at my profile picture. This time, I figured I'd give my header the same love!

It is -quite obviously- not a painting, as much as I wish I could paint with such high precision TTvTT.

It is, however, a photograph! I took it at an aquarium/butterfly enclosure a little while back. (along with several other pictures of course, no one leaves a photography session with less than 100 pictures lmao)

This picture is actually part of a bunch that were taken before I realised, to my horror, that the camera settings were completely scrambled, and not at all appropriate for the lighting and environment around me. I was using my parents' camera, so I was (and still am) very unfamiliar with the settings, the button placement, and how everything works in general.

When I inserted the memory card into the computer at home and opened the folder, my heart immediately dropped. Every picture I initially saw was almost completely dark due to the bad exposure settings :'D

As distraught as I was over my predicament, I am nothing if not stubborn. This, and my love for photo-editing, kept me busy for the next two hours or so. I opened and edited each under-exposed photograph with the -very limited- software I had access to on our pre-historic stationary computer, and I actually managed to save most of them! :D

It's far from an amazing photograph, especially when compared to the ones I took while in photography class during first year of high school (all of which I foolishly deleted before handing in my computer :']), but I still really like it! I'm glad I didn't just delete all of the photos that looked unsalvageable at first glance, because then I wouldn't be able to share this cute little guy with all of the internet!

So, very long story out of the way, I hope this miraculous shrimp-photograph gives someone a little bit of dopamine tonight ^-^

yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

I said I would make art, and by god did I do just that (for once)

Here's a little armadillo friend!! I don't know why my mind was immediately set on armadillos when I was looking for something to sketch, but I do know better than to question - t h e m i n d - *insert ominous music*

Now that I think about it, it's probably because we just got armadillos in minecraft lmao

I think he turned out pretty cute! The paws were really fun to put on paper, lots of big, swoopy lines which I love :]

I'm trying to build up some more confidence when it comes to inking, so I forced myself to ignore my anxiety and actually picked up my fineliner for once, instead of just leaving it as a pencil sketch lol

It was really satisfying to see the scales start to pop out from the page, and adding all of the final details in white gel will always be the best part of any art-session (especially all the little hairs on this dude's shell, that was so gratifying) 😌👌

I'll definetly be turning to armadillos more often in the future when I'm looking for sketch material, these funky little guys have so many fun textures, and their cuteness-levels are through the roof TT^TT<3

With all that said, I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! ^-^

Yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

THERE WAS NO HONEY PLBGBTJRBR

I have been betrayed by the one I trust most, my own flesh and blood, my kin

Me, staring into the void in a headache-induced haze: I hate existing

My sibling (@lukas6246), looking up from the loaf of bread they're slicing and starting the kettle: You could hate it with coffee

I'm absolutely feral for this art style, the vibes are vibing