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Opportunity and Rest
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 19:01 So, I'm glad to say that I've got an opportunity through a friend. I'm praying that this falls through in a good way, and I look forward to really proving myself with this. I'm also a little afraid of asking so much, but an illustrator's gotta make money, right? So, I'm trying not to overthink it.
Otherwise, I struggled trying to paint a picture I wanted to do for my Carrd page. However, I used an old picture that I updated here of an old OC, Megumi, from yeeeearrs ago. I am rather surprised how quickly I finished it in a good two days in trying a different technique from a tutorial online to use an underpainting first, which is a good sign of me adapting. Also I'm becoming very fond of using texture brushes these days, so I hope to use that more in the future for more artwork to be more expressive this way. I still feel like I don't challenge myself more with line art, so I need to work on construction and movement.
But I am glad I worked on this little piece to not make myself struggle unnecessarily on something larger. That makes me think that I could have a different approach to it when it come back to that piece. Maybe my brain needed to sleep (from me being tired) and a break from something a bit more challenging? Or I just wanted a smaller one to work with after I was finished with merwoman!Yona.
Megumi here is dressed up (cosplaying, I suppose) as one of the five wise virgins from Matthew 25. I think that parable is a very useful one to note among a lot of Christians who claim faith these days, but they aren't watchful of what the Lord will do. I pray to be watchful and have a faith of my own, which is why I won't let anyone sway me easily.
Otherwise, I struggled trying to paint a picture I wanted to do for my Carrd page. However, I used an old picture that I updated here of an old OC, Megumi, from yeeeearrs ago. I am rather surprised how quickly I finished it in a good two days in trying a different technique from a tutorial online to use an underpainting first, which is a good sign of me adapting. Also I'm becoming very fond of using texture brushes these days, so I hope to use that more in the future for more artwork to be more expressive this way. I still feel like I don't challenge myself more with line art, so I need to work on construction and movement.
But I am glad I worked on this little piece to not make myself struggle unnecessarily on something larger. That makes me think that I could have a different approach to it when it come back to that piece. Maybe my brain needed to sleep (from me being tired) and a break from something a bit more challenging? Or I just wanted a smaller one to work with after I was finished with merwoman!Yona.
Megumi here is dressed up (cosplaying, I suppose) as one of the five wise virgins from Matthew 25. I think that parable is a very useful one to note among a lot of Christians who claim faith these days, but they aren't watchful of what the Lord will do. I pray to be watchful and have a faith of my own, which is why I won't let anyone sway me easily.
