Getting my paint on…

     It has been a busy week, which means I haven’t had much opportunity to continue working with some of my digital art projects. Tonight though, I made a little time to sit down and work on some stuff I’ve been wanting to get back to. I don’t see any reason to drag this out, so the first picture is a digi-painting in the early stages. As in, this is where I left off last time I got to use my tablet:

     This next one is how far I’ve gotten this evening. A lot of the changes are either subtle or blatantly obvious. Anyway, here goes:

     Welp, I hope my progress meets expectations. Haha. I do really enjoy using my Bamboo tablet though. I find it very fluid and natural to use. Which is very nice.

 

Just messing around…

     Last week I ordered a Wacom Bamboo Tablet (a relatively impulse buy after a frustrating week) and it finally came today via UPS. Once I got home and got settled, relaxed for a few minutes, goofed around with my pup Princess, I was ready to rip open that box (which was way too big for this tablet) and unearth my new toy. It is certainly thinner and smaller than I imagined….not in a bad way though. I don’t really have a whole lot of desk room, what with my messy habits and all, so small and lightweight works for me. Anyway, I began fiddling with the tablet (after going through their tutorial) and opened up a painting program in order to start “painting”. This is why I got the tablet after all. I love traditional art and if I was intensely serious about my art, I would bust those paints out everyday or leave my art area set up constantly, but, sadly, I’m not. So, in general, pulling out my paints or pastels or anything can be a real hassel in the midst of day to day bustle. I generally also only have one day a week off, and I usually end up fairly lethargic and lazy on that day off. So, at this time in my life, it just isn’t practical for me to be all dedicated artsy…

     My way of compromising between traditional art (which is a lot of work and I admire those who make the time for it no matter what is going on in life) and no art whatsoever, was this tablet. While the extravagant side of me would love a huge, kick ass Intuos series tablet, it’s way too expensive and way too pro for me. I just wanted something that would be decent. So, back to the Bamboo… Why I am really posting was just to share a couple of initial drawings that I did for practice and getting the feel for the tablet and pen. One drawing is the initial sketch and the other is a partially colored in variant of the sketch. Obviously, I am not completely familiar with all the functions and tools of the painting program, but I think for 40 minutes of drawing, I got along nicely. Anyway, here are my “paintings” (don’t laugh, these were both done in a span of 40 minutes and are extremely rough):

     

     I’ve always wanted to share more of my dabblings in artwork here on Lit Bit, but my workings are so far and few between, that there is rarely an occasion of creation for me to share with you all. I’m hoping with this new lil’ tablet I’ll get around to doing more artwork, even if it is just casual.

 

Neglectful

I’ve been feeling a bit guilty and deprived in regards to my blog lately. I haven’t been around to post since school has begun and though I want to, I can’t seem to find anything to blog about. Not seriouslly anyway. I know, I know, I try to remind myself that this is just a blog and doesn’t have to be literary journal content all the time, but I have really wanted a place for myself to express this repressed literary angle of my life. Today though, as I was reading through the blogs of some of my friends, I found myself missing my own, sad, little, neglected blog as of late. I really want to pump some life back into it and I know toward the end of this month and into October I will have a lot coming up to write about, but for now I’m a bit stagnant…or more distracted. Sometimes I would just love to hang up the necessities of life on the coat rack that doesn’t exist in my apartment and focus on the aspects of life I really love. Like my family, friends (also my roommates), my dog (and my rommates’ dogs), the books I read, writing, artwork, learning (without the pressure of grades and unreasonable parental expectations), and stuff like that. But that will have to wait and as for now, I will make an effort to come around more often here on Lit Bit and at the very least entertain everyone (or no one) with the mundane details of my life.

 

Painting Pics

I remembered one of the last times that I painted to take some pictures of my set-up. If you click on the pic below it will show you a few more pictures on my picasa web album. Please don’t mind the actual painting, seeing as that it is still in the very early stages of being done and is not proportionate.

 

I had this plan…

My other hobbies aside from reading and writing are painting, drawing, knitting, crocheting, stitching and other stuff. The other day I was setting up my new pretty easel that I had bought about a month ago (and had yet to use) in order to start a painting of my niece for my mom. Well I had this kick ass set up going and everything was looking real nice so my roomie and friend Skunkie told me to take pictures and post a blog about it. Well here is the blog, but like a total dumbass, I accidentally deleted the pics from my camera. I know…what a dumb. So that is the story. I am now waiting for the paint to dry so I can continue with other layers (I’m using oil paints) and when I set up again to continue on I will take more pictures, NOT erase them, and then post them here for all you wonderful people to see.