Lately, I've done very little, if any, of the above. Worse yet, I missed my weekly deadline to blog, so I'm making up for it this week by blogging at least two entries. I've frittered away time and energy, but now I choose to buckle down and make the most of both.
Anyway, as a product of another creative day with Laura, I completed my first digital art painting using a tutorial to turn a portrait into an anime-styled painting. Although anime styles are big in the Asian front, I didn't think my portrait looked all that anime, despite my Asian looks, but I think it comes down to honing a skill I have yet to develop. BTW, the Photoshop Creative tutorial I used was frustratingly vague, so I had to make trial and error adjustments, substituting some of the steps and tools with those I had a working knowledge of.
Writing ... Ah yes, writing :) LOVE ! Love to write ... love to read good writing! I will learn more about novel writing in particular, and intend to schedule a time slot once a week to swim in it.
Photography. Well that's the easiest in that I'm always inspired to snap a shot of something that moves me, which is a great deal of the time, because interest is where you find it :) The photo above was taken at Stork's on Valentine's Day, with my friend, Tammy as my Valentine for the day, lol.
Lastly, there's painting. I've had my new easel and paint set sitting in my art room ... and everytime I walk into the room I smile and tell the empty canvases, "please give me another day". Well many days have come and gone, and it's so neglectful not to use the tools in the manner for which they're made ... and a waste of time for not bringing life to that which which yearns to be created. Well I can tell you the culprit that delays my progress: an embarrasing dose of perfectionism. And as the quote by Anne Lamott goes, "Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor." So I shall seek to remedy that immediately :)
I love it! The finished piece is so beautiful. What a fun day we had! Yes, true you've been dormant creatively but I'm sure, those art tools are going to lure you in soon,lol.
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The place was dark and dusty and half-lost
ReplyDeleteIn tangles of old alleys near the quays,
Reeking of strange thing brought in from the seas,
And with queer curls of fog that west winds tossed,
Small lozenge panes obscured by smoke and frost,
Just showed the books, in piles like twisted trees,
Rotting from floor to roof-congeries
Of crumbling elder lore at little cost.
I entered, charmed, and from a cobwebbed heap
Took up the nearest tome and thumbed it through,
Trembling at curious words that seemed to keep
Some secret, monstrous if only one knew
Then, looking for some seller old in craft,
I could find nothing but a voice that laughed.
It's hard to put art and or writing on a schedule - you have to create when the mood hits. Lovely work, by the way. Even though the digital art didn't come out quite like actual anime, its very nice.
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