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At it again.

At it again. So I got myself a cintiq and I've been practicing irregularly with it. Here's the latest thing I did.

So I got myself a cintiq and I’ve been practicing irregularly with it. Here’s the latest thing I did. Honestly it feels a little too smooth and the drawing tools in PS feel a little… off. After wrestling with Procreate and the various Adobe apps on the iPad, I figured that this would be a treat, but it wasn’t really. I haven’t given up, but I’m wondering how to get used to it in a way that’s…

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Not going anywhere yet.

Not going anywhere yet.

I’m getting back into the swing of this.

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We still here... kind of.

We still here… kind of.

Are we back? Like back back? I don’t know for sure, but I bought myself an iPad last year and I’ve been doing some sketching whilst I familiarize myself with it and work my way up to maybe painting something, so I figured it would be rude not to share.

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Going through a bit of a rough patch. “I’ve been really dragging ( tried to come up with a better word and failed, b/c it actually describes how I feel) lately, and it’s been showing. This isn’t supposed to be work.”

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I tried to come up with a good pun but I couldn't. At least I did an interesting face. Not a lot to say tonight, because I'm tired. I tried to come up with a good pun but I couldn't. At least I did an interesting face: Click to Enlarge.

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Punky.

Someone asked me if I'd ever done a mechanical or steampunk dragon. I have.

“I’m a steampunk pixie, that’s who I am, I fry my frogs in a brass frying pan…” -“Steampunk Pixie,” Frenchy and the Punk

Someone asked me if I’d ever done a mechanical or steampunk dragon. I have. But tonight I didn’t know what to draw, so I did this:

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In a perfect world it would be a mechanical dragon wearing a top hat with goggles on it, but I didn’t have the time or…

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Pokey.

At one point today I started thinking that these line drawings were too simplistic.

At one point today I started thinking that these line drawings were too simplistic. After really thinking about it, I decided that my first thought was wrong- they are very deliberate, and in fact in a majority of cases I don’t do any erasing- just plot lines and try to control my hands so that everything lines up.

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The fact that it’s “easier” when I’m uninspired or tired…

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Growr. I'm not a fan of the most recent WordPress update- it keeps pulling the image information and trying to make it into captions. It's quite annoying.

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The Chronicles of Stick Dragon, Part II. I did wonder a bit whether or not this dragon lived in a stick figure world with other stick figures or if it was unique in its stickfigureness.

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The Chronicles of Stick Dragon, Part I. I thought it might be interesting to keep playing around with the stick figure dragon from yesterday.

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Sticks and Stones.

It was a pretty hectic day of Family Emergencies, but everyone is okay. The Fiancee said I was “her rock” due to my unflappability in a crisis, so it seems reasonable that I would draw a stick figure:

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In hindsight, I probably should have put some stick horns/fins on this dragon, but I was a little more concerned with the question of does a stick figure dragon have a circular…

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Dragon-A-Day, the Resurrection, Day 31: Curfew. I don't know why the visual shorthand for all-out running involves the arms stuck straight out, but it sells it. Anyhow, I need some sleep.

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Dragon-A-Day, the Resurrection, Day 30: Fabulous Prizes, or “Happy Birthday, Geniese.” I don't know if I'll ever get that backlog posted, but I'm going to try to post regularly again. There's a lot of birthdays in May lately, and my lady's is today. I made a fuss over her.

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Dragon-A-Day: The Resurrection: Day 22: From (way) Behind.

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Dragon-A-Day: The Resurrection: Day 12: Past Our Bedtime. After what felt like the longest game of Commander ever I came home and, while not exactly inspired, I found this sleeping dragon curled up in the page:

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Dragon-A-Day Online: The Resurrection: Day 11: ______. I should have tried working at my desk- I think I concentrate better there. But instead I sat on the couch and tried to draw through episodes of Cheers.

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Dragon-A-Day, The Resurrection: Day 11: Pinup.

Dragon-A-Day, The Resurrection: Day 11: Pinup.

Working from home later than I should have found me uninspired and sleepy. A couple flicks of the random word generator had the unsuitable word “silage,” the interesting word “evildoer,” and the winning word “pinup.”

Problem was, I needed to look up poses, because they are a thing, even going so far as to say something about your personality based on your favorite(I couldn’t decide). There was…