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Music: "Candyland"

Music: “Candyland”

https://soundcloud.com/naraaxxx/candyland “Candyland” by NARAAX, 2021. Created with FL Studio. I released another track on SoundCloud! This song, “Candyland,” has been in the works for a while now. I created the song a few months ago, but I had trouble coming up with cover art. Originally, my plan was to draw a stone path running through a candy forest with striped lollipops leading the way.…

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Art: "Mask Off"

Art: “Mask Off”

Mask Off by B. B. Paulson, 2021. Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. I love Mask Off! I made this piece a few months ago. When making this, I was focused on creating the illusion of depth. To do that, I tried making some of the lines smaller as they moved further away in space. The best example of this above are the purple lines. Those really create depth! Changing the line size to produce depth…

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Reflection: "Cool Constellation"

Reflection: “Cool Constellation”

Cool Constellation by B. B. Paulson, 2021. Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. While I love Washington a lot, living here right now is rather miserable. This heat wave absolutely sucks. One of the reasons I love Washington so much is because of the weather. I’m a huge fan of the rain. As a little kid, I would run outside and play whenever it started raining. The rain was always exciting and fun!…

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Music: "PAS DE DEUX"

Music: “PAS DE DEUX”

https://soundcloud.com/naraaxxx/pas-de-deux “PAS DE DEUX” by NARAAX, 2021. Created with FL Studio. I’m excited to share that I’ve posted a song on SoundCloud! I never expected to be interested in making music. As a kid, I played the piano for several years, but it was never a passion of mine. Nevertheless, I have appreciated music in other ways since then, both through listening and dancing. My…

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Art: "2020 Vision"

Art: “2020 Vision”

2020 Vision by B. B. Paulson, 2021. Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. Identity wasn’t something I thought about in the past. In fact, I didn’t give my identity a second thought during my adolescence. Looking back, I believe this was because I was too preoccupied. In high school especially, I had blinders on to practically everything except for my academics and martial arts. Academics were (and…

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Free Write: "Cuppa tea"

Free Write: “Cuppa tea”

Cuppa Tea by B. B. Paulson, 2021. Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. Here’s another free write inspired by today’s art! I used a photo that my partner took to draw this. Cuppa Tea was such a satisfying piece to finish. Enjoy the free write below! The relaxing music of my alarm slowly pulled me out of my sleep. I groaned in discontent. Unlike most nights, my dreams had a delightful adventure over…

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Cover Art: "REGRET!"

Cover Art: “REGRET!”

REGRET! (cover art) by B. B. Paulson and ADH.Dreaming. Inspired by and curated for ADH.Dreaming’s REGRET! Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. I really enjoy collaborating with other people on artistic ventures. I’ve been working with ADH.Dreaming (social media links below) quite a bit recently. Not only do I enjoy working with them, but it’s helping me develop skills in conceptualizing a product…

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Free Write: Dance Studio

Free Write: Dance Studio

Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. As a kid, I loved writing. I would spend all day in front of my mom’s ginormous laptop typing away, putting one idea after another into words. I don’t remember when I stopped writing, but at some point I did. A few times since then, I’ve tried to get back into the writer mindset only to be met with limited success. And yet, here I am, trying again. This is a…

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Art: "Tripping Envy"

Art: “Tripping Envy”

Tripping Envy by B. B. Paulson, 2021. Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. I haven’t got a lot to say today, but I do have a brief thought to share! I often forget how attached I am to the Internet and technology in general. Lately I feel though I spend less time on my phone and computer now than I used to. Given some thought, however, I think I probably spend more time on my phone nowadays. While…

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Story: Statistics Success

Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. I have an interesting relationship with math. As a kid, I hated math. It was only fun when I understood how to do the problems, but I really hated learning new concepts. Well, it wasn’t the learning that was the problem; instead, I believe my struggles came from having the wrong mindset. I recently learned about a concept in developmental psychology that was…

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Art: "May 9th"

Art: “May 9th”

May 9th by B. B. Paulson, 2021. Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. May 9th has a lot of meaning to me. The base image is a picture of my parents on their wedding day. This is one of the few pictures I have of them together. Because of my connection to the original photo, I really wanted to make something special. When I realized that my dad’s birthday and Mother’s Day would fall on the same day…

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Art: "Static Motion"

Art: “Static Motion”

Static Motion by B. B. Paulson, 2021. Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. Static Motion was one of the earliest pieces I drew on Autodesk Sketchbook. I wasn’t very familiar with the program, but at that point I had just begun to learn more. In fact, this was the first time that I moved objects around on the page and using color fill! Although I’ve gained many more skills on this app since making…

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Project: Behavior Change

Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. This spring I took a course at my college called Psychology of Learning. As a psychology major, I was pretty enthused to take any psychology course, but the part of this class that excited me the most was the lab portion. That, however, is another story that I plan on posting next month, so keep an eye out for that! This course focused on the concepts and…

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Art: "No Way Out"

Art: “No Way Out”

No Way Out by B. B. Paulson, 2021. Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. I made No Way Out almost two months ago at the end of March. To be honest, things were pretty rough at that point. Since then, however, I have done a lot of identity exploration and experimentation in several aspects of my life. One of the new additions to my life over the last few months has been real self-care. I’ve never…

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Art: "Eyeris"

Art: “Eyeris”

Eyeris by B. B. Paulson, 2021. Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. I’ve been gone for a minute, but I’m back! The academic semester is finally over. I’m so glad! This means that I’m officially a junior in college. It feels really strange to be at this point in life. I remember dreaming about the college experience as a kid. Funny how things turn out. I never would have guessed that there would be…

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Art: "Intersectionality"

Art: “Intersectionality”

Intersectionality by B. B. Paulson, 2021. Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. I’m having so much fun with my art. This image specifically was so much fun to make! It didn’t take me very long, probably less than an hour. I didn’t have much of a plan going into it, but I just played around on the app and tried the random ideas that I had! One of the courses I’m taking this semester revolves around…

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Reflection: Shaving My Head

Reflection: Shaving My Head

A New Reflection by B. B. Paulson, 2021. Created with Autodesk Sketchbook. I shaved my head for the very first time one month ago. It was a huge deal for me. My hair and I have never gotten along well. I’ve tried several hairstyles and struggling with all of them. I’ve never felt happy or comfortable with my hair. The daily maintenance is exhausting to me and I’m always terrified of the wind or…