Will This Pay Off? Day 253

"Colored Leafy" pen/pencil drawing by Robert Chapman

I haven’t had a whole lot to talk about in this space lately, and I think that’s mainly been because how I’ve been feeling. I’m not entirely sure what the catalyst was, but I’ve been a little sad lately. Maybe it’s more of a frustrating feeling, actually. I want to just suddenly be successful. I want to find that special “thing” that puts me over the top and gets me some positive attention. Even though I feel that there’s nothing that could ever keep me away from producing my artwork and posting about it, like I’ve been doing all this time, I can’t help but occasionally feel that it might take me the rest of my life to get to where I’d like to be.

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Relaxing: Day 252

"Colored Leafy" pen/pencil drawing by Robert Chapman

So, it looks like I’m about half way done the background details. I find it’s quite relaxing working on minuscule details like these. It probably has something to do with doing a repetitive task that you don’t have to think too much about, while working towards the end-goal of filling up the page.

There’s nothing special going on today, so there’s nothing new to report. Lots of playoff NHL hockey, new Star Wars trailers are out, and The Witcher 3 is about a month away. Other than those things I’ve just been commenting on other artists work.

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Chinese Water Dragon: Day 251

Water Dragon Oily by Robert Chapman

I was originally going to have the continuation of yesterday’s drawing be the front image for today, however I also put some fun paint effects on this photo of a water dragon and I think it’s worth showing off. I would still like to actually paint my own version of this sometime, rather than adding Photoshop effects, but I’m still toying with different ideas. I think I want to go completely abstract with it and perhaps make it full of swirly colorful bits.

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Having Patience: Day 250

"Colored Leafy" pen/pencil drawing by Robert Chapman

I’m not sure if this drawing will turn out as good as I’m hoping, but I do love jumping into a project with no guarantees. I may regret making it so colorful in the end, but perhaps I should just go all out with the colors so it all fits into a specific mood or theme. I just need to stay patient, and keep working. The leafy looking bits in the background are killing my wrist, but I know they’ll look good when it’s all finished.

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Why Create Art? Day 248

Axiom Verge fan art drawn by Robert Chapman

I photographed this a little poorly. There’s just too much contrast so it ended up a bit too bright. I was going to go back and redo it, but it doesn’t really matter. I’ll be finished with this piece tomorrow and so I’ll make sure the finalized photograph is as high in quality as possible. However, no matter how well I photograph my drawings, they always just look a lot better when viewed in person. I keep hearing that from people, at least.

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Looking Ahead: Day 247

Axiom Verge fan art drawn by Robert Chapman

Here’s a brief update from me for today. I have company over so I’m not really able to concentrate enough to write anything significantly awesome. So, here’s how far I’ve got on my Axiom Verge fan art. The color you see here is the only color that’s going to be in this picture. So all I have left to do is continue to fill in all of the background with black ink.

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Axiom Verge Hard Mode: Day 246

Axiom Verge fan art drawn by Robert Chapman

Hard modes in video games, do you jump to the highest difficulty on your first play through the game? I know some people that have done that. Personally, I play the game on normal for my first time through. However, if after beating it I feel that the game deserves more of my time, for one reason or another, then I’ll likely try a harder difficulty at that point. Honestly though, if trophies weren’t involved, I’m not sure I would bother more often than not. There’s just something about having proof attached to your account that you finished something.

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