Category Archives: Abstract

This category is used reserved for my abstract drawings, painting, and sketches.

NHL Incoming: Day 56

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Haven

I’m still testing out these colored pencils today. Not a fan of using the black pencil instead of the pens I’ve been using lately. I still outlined some things in pen though. Filling in with the black colored pencil though, not going to be doing that again. Ugh.

Might finish this picture up tomorrow, even though I don’t like the black. But at the same time I want to move on to something else. I really like the random shapes at the bottom though!

Not a lot going on lately. It’s been a boring week. Hockey tonight though! Then the NHL season officially starts in approximately a week. Super excited! As I always am when hockey season comes around.

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Bleeding Through: Day 55

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Testing

Hello. Didn’t finish today’s work as I wasn’t all that fond of the way my new pens were operating. The ink was spreading out from where I started to color and was bleeding right through the paper. More of a marker than a felt tipped pen. Just thought I’d give it at try. Was only a few bucks anyways. Next time, I’ll stick with either pens, or try out the black pencil in the new colored pencil set I got today. I’m quite excited about these pencils. Even though I only used a few colors today, they went on really smoothly. Excited about trying them again tomorrow.

I also bought a proper pencil sharpener as the one I’ve been using was falling apart and was insistent on breaking all my pencils. It works great. The ruler I also bought came in handy today. I’ll probably use it again tomorrow.

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Welcome to October: Day 54

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Waves Complete

There we go, all finished. It turned out better than I initially thought it would. Still not really sure what it is exactly. But what else is new? At least this time I focused on specific color scheme. Red, purple, yellow, then blue and green.

It was sunny today so the photo I took turned out much brighter and more colorful than yesterday. Very little Photoshopping was necessary.

Still thinking about doing those NES title screens…

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Gloomy: Day 53

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Waves

I spent a few hours on this today and I decided to leave the rest of it until tomorrow. We’ll see what it turns into. I wanted a wave like shape and lots of blue and green throughout. I’m sure I’ll have some other colors in there as well.

I decided to leave it for now because it was taking so long to complete. I’m starting to get hungry and it’s already 6pm! I plan to finish it, however I really should take a break from the time consuming stuff and do a whole bunch of simpler drawings for a week or something. I’ve noticed that I start seriously thinking about one-upping my previous work each time I sit down to draw. Can’t be doing that. It’ll be way too much work and I start to stress a little about it.

So tomorrow I’ll likely be finishing up this piece. After that I’d like to just do some 30 minutes cartoon sketches or something to keep things simple and easy. For now though, I’m off to cook!

Another thing I noticed is that today my camera didn’t really capture the image too well. It’s a gloomy rainy day. So it will likely be difficult to take decent pictures this winter. We’ll see. Maybe during this winter I can stick to a lot more digital work.

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Downtempo Ambient: Day 52

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Galaxy

I barely did any Photoshop hue/brightness adjustments with today’s picture. I was able to capture the drawing in direct sunlight, and what a difference that made! Very noticeable increase in overall accuracy. Everything stands out nicely.

Now, my only inspiration for this picture was the most recent newsletter from Crystal Moody, a photo of a galaxy, and the downtempo ambient music I always listen to while I draw.

Crystal’s newsletter was all about the desire to become an artist. Runners run, writers write, and artists draw. Actions are the only way to make progress. Go do stuff, don’t just think/talk about it. “The only way to change your life is to change your day.” Good stuff!

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Pondering: Day 51

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Sun Container

Hello. Not sure what this is exactly. I just wanted to do something kinda similar to what I did yesterday. I also didn’t have a whole lot of time this afternoon as I have somewhere I need to be. So I made something that didn’t take a whole lot of time to do. A couple of orange orbs and some black goo. Sounded like a good idea. Guess it turned out pretty decent.

Anyways, that’s all for me today. Considering I did zilch for my 50th post, I should definitely figure something out for my 100th, eh? Probably a good idea. I’d also like to come up with something relatively clever to talk about in these posts before my 100th one. Something interesting and important. No idea what yet though. I’ll have to think about the idea some more. Something like that would certainly make these posts a lot more interesting for other people. Or at least a little more interesting…

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Possibly Radioactive: Day 50

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Sci-Fi Something

Not sure what this is, but it’s oozing. And possibly radioactive. Also not too sure why I decided to draw it at the top of the page. It looks pretty neat though! As always, it looks a bit better in real life than what the camera (and a little Photoshoping) creates digitally.

Nothing really happening today, so I’ll leave it nice and short. It’s been a slow relaxing weekend filled with lots of nothing. It’s nice after a busy week. I hope everyone has an excellent weekend.

I realize how boring this is for my 50th post! I’m totally cool with that.

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