#nicecupoftea Great after a day spent pootling about doing...

#nicecupoftea Great after a day spent pootling about doing nothing.

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Christmas card from Studio Daniel

Christmas card from Studio Daniel

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Dino Toy Story #testpost

Dino Toy Story #testpost

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Much awesomeness. Thanks niece and nephew. Daniel will get it...

Much awesomeness. Thanks niece and nephew. Daniel will get it soon enough

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A more interesting cup of tea.

A more interesting cup of tea.

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The picture of the cat has no purpose I just thought the...

The picture of the cat has no purpose I just thought the internet didn’t have enough cat pictures. Today I was continuing to try to get he hang of perspective. Still very hard to actually draw what I see. I was fighting the urge to draw all the apples at roughly the same size almost constantly. Despite knowing about perspective.

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odditiesoflife: Anatomy of Mythological Creatures From the...

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Anatomy of Mythological Creatures

From the wickedly creative mind of artist and author E.B. Hudspeth comes a series of illustrations depicting mythological beasts in the meticulously labeled style of anatomy textbooks.

The images here are borrowed from Hudspeth’s The Resurrectionist , a two-part volume that includes The Codex Extinct Animalia, “a Gray’s Anatomy for mythological beasts, [including] dragons, centaurs, Pegasus, Cerberus” and others.

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This is brilliant!

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Need to work out how to do noses and lips. I know I should just...

Need to work out how to do noses and lips. I know I should just draw what I see but I think my brain keeps getting in the way. Also still need to work out how to do shading and make it look ‘right’ :)

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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain A very little bit of...

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

A very little bit of perspective. Based on my quick 5 minute sketches I do every day I have a *lot* of work to do.

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Drawing On The Right Side Now my eyes are slightly less bad than...

Drawing On The Right Side

Now my eyes are slightly less bad than at the beginning of the week I will practice noses and lips this week. Then on to the exciting world of ears. The next chapter in Drawing on the Right Side … is all about perspective. I am not looking forward to it as my ability to draw a straight line is not particularly good at all :(

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odditiesoflife: Incredible 3D Artwork These truly unique pieces...

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Incredible 3D Artwork

These truly unique pieces by Japanese artist Yuki Matsueda literally jump off their canvases toward the viewer. Escape seems to be the main theme of the sculptural work. The artist takes objects, signs, and items of everyday life, mounts them and then appears to deconstruct them by having an important or needed element fly off the image. The clear acrylic wrapping of the sculptures ultimately acts as a kind of barrier to the outside world, constraining them within a kind of impenetrable force field.

Matsueda appears to be making a comment on the desire for individuality and escape from societal rules and norms, with the clear acrylic acting as the inevitable reaction to the attempted escape, literally stopping the object in its tracks. The artwork also displays a sleekness similar to that of high-gloss ads. Matsueda has a background in design which clearly shows in these pieces.

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Drawing On The Right Side of the Brain Just got a brush pen...

Drawing On The Right Side of the Brain

Just got a brush pen (first ever) so thought I would give it a wee shot and see what ti was like. I think with some, a lot, of practice it will be very nice. I was working from two copies of the picture. A large low quality one and a smaller sharper one.

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Today eyes. Tomorrow lips? The eyes at the top re anohr attmp at...

Today eyes. Tomorrow lips? The eyes at the top re anohr attmp at Lovecraft’s eyes. Still need to practice more.

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Today I just doodled. About the only good thing to say is that...

Today I just doodled. About the only good thing to say is that it is slightly less bad than my earlier sketches.

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A vast improvement.

A vast improvement.

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Girl in Wicker Chair

Girl in Wicker Chair

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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Negative space exercises....

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Negative space exercises. Found using the viewfinder very annoying. Not helped by me cutting it out to the wrong size.

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Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain To I original source. The...

Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain

To I original source. The blind contour drawing. Followed by the modified contour drawing. Not brilliant but better. I seem to be doing the contour drawing better.

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Drawing On The Right Side of the Brain Neither of these were...

Drawing On The Right Side of the Brain

Neither of these were official exercises. I was just getting some practice in at doodling as quickly as humanly possible. With pen so there was not chance to undo my mistakes. At least it kept me busy.

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Modified Contour Drawing Well at least this time it is an actual...

Modified Contour Drawing

Well at least this time it is an actual contour drawing as opposed to whatever I was doing before. Time to do all the contour drawing exercises again.

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This was meant to be a contour drawing but after watching some...

This was meant to be a contour drawing but after watching some instructional videos on Youtube I see that I have been doing contour drawing in totally the wrong way. I eventually gave up as I just felt the whole thing getting away from me.

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