Light and shade.
Up early this morning to add some finishing touches.
I think I was overly ambitious to start my reintroduction to drawing by trying to do a portrait so I decided to go back to basics and draw some hands. I’m much happier with the result!
I have no idea what I’m doing.
Did my first sketch today, man I’m rusty AF! I need a LOT more practise! Part of me wants to kick off a drawing a day challenge, but realistically I know that I just genuinely need to get obsessed with making art again (like I used to as a kid all the way through to high school). It’ll come. I’m sure!
Needs more love but it’s a start!
2B is all I REALLY need!
Trolley.
One of my old pieces.
My main mission is to get back into making art, and whilst I do think I’d be most comfortable drawing and painting in the main lounge room I’ve decided to set up the spare room as a dedicated art studio (I suppose I can paint in both!).
I’ve brought over all of the art that I’ve decided to keep from Maroubra. I bought a trolley (so I can easily wheel art supplies around within the art room and even out to the lounge room) and a small (but deep) standing table and ergonomic stool from IKEA. What I really need though is art supplies.
I’ve been looking for art supplies online for the past few weeks. The RIOT! Art & Craft chain stores have shut down (there was one in Eastgardens which I had planned to drop into). There’s an Eckersley’s in Bondi Junction Westfield’s, but that place is a fucking nightmare. A few people on reddit suggested that Spotlight had some bargains so earlier today I checked out the Spotlight site and it turns out they were having a 30% off everything in-store until 8pm. Perfect!
In a rush to get out the door I locked myself out! I could break in to my old house in Maroubra, but there wasn’t any way I could break into my new apartment. Luckily for me I had my phone on me so I called the locksmith (Kevin Wong). Amazingly he was free! Better yet it only took him 15 minutes to get to me! Just as Kevin got to the building another tenant was entering the building so they let him in (the apartment fob to use the lift was obviously in my apartment!), all the luck!
He was done in 10 minutes. I headed off to Spotlight and bought another easel, a couple of canvases, an art pad, pencils, brushes and paint. I saved $130 with the sale, most of that went to Kevin the locksmith, but hey happy days!
Art by xBibaChan
My original photo.
Bruce Lee.
Had this image floating around in my mind for a while. Aussie actress Margot Robbie as The Countess from Forgotten Tower.
Original photo.
Just another fun photoshop for one of the most active players in our clan.
Just some photoshop fun of one of the Barbarians in our clan (Lozii).
“Get involved get INfront!”, “ask questions” and “have something to say”, these were bylines that my good friend Dom Bartolo developed for the Australian INfront design community and words I’ve lived by for so many years.
Selling my GT-R, and then my house, and at first looking for an apartment close to the beach, but now considering a place closer to the city, and taking on a role as community leader of my gaming clan, and now being invited to join a team of artists to help potentially shape the future of DeviantArt… I feel like something is clicking back into place, and I like it!
Here’s an email I got this week from the Marketing Manager and Head of Artist Relations at DeviantArt:
Hi Justin,
Happy Wednesday! I hope all is well.
I’m working on putting together a group of about 30 artists on DA who use DA Subscriptions to create kind of a community/focus group. There would be opportunities to meet with the DA team. give feedback on the product, get an inside look at some analytics and insight and socialize with other artists and photographers in the space on our Discord.
There’s no contract or pay or time commitment or anything too formal. We basically just want to form a DA Subscriptions Avengers team that we can promote and help succeed and collect feedback from.
I would love to have you in the group if you’re interested in working with us. Let me know!
Thank you
