So today, the heat seems to be off in my apartment building. It’s usually quite cold in here during the winter as it is, but this was ridiculous. I decided to get started on my drawing, despite the cold, and then the power went out. I assume this is related to the heating issue though, so I guess they’re working on it. I was able to save what little work I had done because my laptop switched to the battery. The power continued to go on and off for the next hour, so I then decided to get out of the house. I took my laptop with me and worked on this painting for about an hour.

I added a lot of detail to make the buildings look even more deteriorated. The buildings on the left still need a lot of work though, so I’ll save that for tomorrow. I’m not sure how much time I’ll have to draw tomorrow, because I’ll be away for most of the day I think. I might have to get started on it pretty early in the day if I hope to get something done, let alone posted.

What is even happening in this scene anymore? I just went in a completely different direction with this today, and it was so much fun to make. It’s like when you’re talking to someone about the newest episode of Game of Thrones, and you go off on a tangent about how you couldn’t live in a world like that because they haven’t invented ice cream. That’s what I do when I’m drawing.

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I’m still working on this painting! For today I added some much needed detail to those windows. Even though I was originally going for an abstract feel, I’m attempting to make those windows a little more window-like, rather than just blobs of paint. So far, they’re turning out well. Ignore the fact that right now the windows are reflecting a decent amount of light even though the scene is during the night. What I’m thinking of doing is trying to find a way to make the object in the sky emit some light. Like you would expect a proper alien anomaly to produce. That’s the idea right now anyways.

I’ve also added some detail to the buildings there. It actually took a couple hours to do all that I did today, even though the results don’t look a whole lot different from the day before. Well, I just went and looked and I guess the differences are significant enough. Doing each one of those windows by hand took forever. By the time I was on to the last building, I was really forcing myself to take my time and make sure I did a good enough job, because I was really sick and tired of doing the windows at that point!

So next up is making that object in the sky brighter! I’ll perhaps even make it look completely different, because right now I’m not too sure if I’m committed to how it looks right now. What do you think? Change it up? It shouldn’t be a massive change, but I want it to be a bit more obvious when someone looks at this painting for the first time, what the heck that thing is! Right now, it’s pretty ambiguous, I think. I love the idea of a mysterious object in the sky, but I want it to feel like a big ball of energy that could perhaps be an alien spaceship. That’s the feeling I want to get across.

Today felt like a super productive day as I only painted for an hour or so, but it felt like a got a lot done overall. Usually I sit down to draw and spend an hour or two figuring out what I’m going to do, and then fail for a couple hours until I get a better idea. Today though, I found a comfortable way to use my drawing tablet and my laptop and still accurately paint with it. Usually I struggle, even after using these tools for a couple years now, with finding a proper way to sit comfortably and still use the tablet with any accuracy.

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I finally got around to putting that drawing I’ve been working on into Photoshop! It’s not completed yet as I would like to go over it all again and add a whole bunch of little details, but I feel like it’s coming along nicely so far. I’m not entirely sure what kind of details I would add exactly, but it would likely involve enhancing those windows on the buildings, as well as making that moon glow properly.

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I was hoping to get some Photoshopping done today, but that just wasn’t going to happen. So for today, I went to town on adding detail to this drawing on paper rather than doing the Photoshop thing. Lo and behold, it’s turning out pretty great.

I seem to be making a bit of a habit of getting started on my drawing pretty late in the day. Then when I go to post my drawing, it’s so late in the day it takes me forever to think of something I can properly put into words. Something might need to change.

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Late post tonight! I did my drawing early though, thankfully. I’ve had company all day and haven’t had an opportunity to get anything written yet. Until now, at least. Well, that being said, it’s now getting pretty late, and I’m not going to go too crazy on this post. I drew the rest of the starry sky, and if you look close I penciled out a bit of the building shapes.

I have some interesting plans for tomorrow. I really want to find the best way to get this picture uploaded into Photoshop so I can try painting it. I’m thinking up all kinds of different effects I can try, and I really need to get back into digital painting. Tomorrow’s another day, and that’s when I’ll get to it. Until then, I’m off!