Sketch a Day

Sketch a Day, Day 112

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I’m still playing around with the sketching program on the iPad. Drawing larger is definitely making it easier, and I think I’m starting to get the hang of it. I even tried my hand at some shading to it, which I’m pretty pleased with. It’ll probably be awhile before I’m ready to do actual comics this way, but it’s definitely coming along.

I just hope my wife isn’t mad I drew her while she was on the phone.

Sketch a Day, Day 111

| xeyeti

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Today, I used some birthday money and some tutoring money and bought myself the new iPad. It’s a pretty amazing piece of technology, I must admit. I went ahead and downloaded a sketchbook program so I could try drawing stuff without pen and paper. I like it, though I don’t think it’ll be replacing my usual artistic methods anytime soon.

Sketch a Day, Day 108

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My wife's only comment was, 'Yes, you're very fancy, honey."

I decided I wanted a fountain pen. Sure, it’s a complete affectation, ’cause honestly there are much easier writing tools to use. Mostly, though, I wanted it to write in this:

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

Yes, it’s a Star Wars Moleskine journal! It’s one of the presents my wife got me for my birthday. It is, as you can see, pretty damn awesome.

Sketch a Day, Day 107

| xeyeti

Yup, I am hip to the times.

So over the weekend, I began playing the first Mass Effect game. It’s pretty cool so far, though I’m still not real good at shooting people in it. I also think I prefer the fighting system in Dragon Age II (which is basically the same game, only with dragons and swords and stuff instead of Mass Effect’s sci-fi elements). We’ll see if I have the energy and time to invest in completing all three Mass Effect games.

Sketch a Day, Day 106

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I don't think I quite got her face right here.

My birthday presents arrived today, apparently, even though my birthday isn’t until the end of March (the 27th, to be exact). My wife, though, was too excited for me open the presents and insisted I had to open them all today.

What she got me all turned out to be pretty damn awesome. First, she got me some Prismacolor markers (in actual colors, not my usual grayscale ones) and a blender marker (apparently the liquid in the blender marker helps to blend colors together or something. I’ll have to do some research on that one). She also got me a Star Wars Moleskine journal, which is pretty freakin’ awesome. So yeah, birthday is going pretty well so far, even if it is still two weeks and a bit away.