Happy Easter!

Sunday, April 20th, 2025 18:52
hermenoodle: Tzadkiel looking at the viewer with the star of Bethlehem shining beside them against the night sky. (Default)
 Happy Easter, everyone!  Christos anesti!  Glad to add a little drawing for the occasion. angel smiley with a halo and wings

A profile of Jesus Christ in the foreground with lilies around his right side. An angel sitting on top of an empty rock tomb raises their hands up towards Mary Magdalene, who is at the entrance of the tomb on the ground also raising her hands.
 
So, today is that day where Jesus got up with all power in his hands.  Also today, I was mainly working in the church kitchen making sure the breakfast biscuits were ready for people at church to feast upon for our big Easter brunch after service.  I enjoyed being with everyone after some stressful weeks I've had with a health issue, but I am staying positive about it until this week is finished.  Hopefully, I will see more positive results of it wearing off soon.  
 
Otherwise, a lot of stuff has happened since my last journal: my birthday happened (that was a fun outing), my mom's birthday happened (that's when I had my emergency, but she was okay with it), I was featured in my local magazine, and I've got some opportunities here to locally help out more, so I am in need to get in touch with people a bit more...which is good!  I look forward to these things.
 
Meanwhile, I haven't updated much to my things online.  Though, I've gotten into a soap opera lately called Beyond the Gates, which I've been enjoying a good bit with my mom.  I didn't think I'd get into one, but the subplots are genuinely interesting besides the whole “someone's in an affair with someone.”  Rather, you see the fallout of said affairs play out with those affected by it, and the way others react to it as a community.  Otherwise, my favorite subplot is that of the results of Ted's affair with Dana, also known as Leslie, and the supposed child that resulted: Eva, who now works as an assistant for Ted's wife, Nicole.  As much as Eva was in on Leslie's plan to expose Ted, her heart has softened towards Ted and Nicole to not harshly expose the truth to the community when it could cost her everything...and not just her alone.  Maybe I'll actually draw some fan art of Eva, since I also appreciate the makeup and styling of her clothing on the show.  The actress, Ambyr Michelle, does a phenomenal job as Eva Thomas, probably does better than most of the younger actors on there.


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Opportunity and Rest

Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 19:01
hermenoodle: Megumi, a young teenage girl, is dressed in a pink trench coat with a light blue turtleneck and dull pink hat, holding a magnifying glass upside down towards her chin and looking pensively towards the viewer's left. (megumi)
 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. a confused emoticon




Megumi, a young girl, is dressed with a veil crowned with roses and a robe with a pattern around her shoulder and wrist. She holds a small lamp that illuminates her face.
 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.
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Satisfying Progress, Now Finished!

Thursday, January 16th, 2025 14:42
hermenoodle: Leviticus looking at an EMF meter (leviticus)
 I'm pretty happy to share that I've gone back to a technique for shading that I used to make a really effective looking picture, mostly with better contrast than what I usually may put in an artwork (that always feels like the struggle I have).  Recently, I've been working on this sketch of Yona as a merwoman from last May that I hadn't finished, and finally, I put in some time to gently paint it.  I'm rather excited to get it done soon, hoping that I will use it as a commission example.



 





It may be a bit hard to believe I have some more to paint, but I am very happy with it so far!

Now, I'm happy to share the final result: 


 
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It's the Little Things that Count.

Tuesday, January 7th, 2025 11:07
hermenoodle: Yona, a middle aged dark skinned woman with some greying hairs on one side of her hair, smiles shyly & knowingly, looking towards the right of her. She wars a dark reddish purple clerical shirt and color. (yona)
 Finally finished this piece from last year.  I'm so relieved that I really took the time to fix things that I was a little too overwhelmed about, and took those head on to get it done.  Trying to be reasonably consistent in finishing some stuff from last year, though I need to take time with each part of the process instead of dancing around towards the little details I may miss.   

However, I'm pretty satisfied with this piece with Teresa (red-haired, left) and Rhoda (green-hair, right) on the way to school.  Teresa tends to to be more of the jokester versus Rhoda, but Rhoda has her place in their pranks and experiments together.  Though, she's a bit more self-controlled.


Teresa: Are you trying to be cute for someone today?
Rhoda: ...

Teresa jokes around with her hands on her hips while annoying her friend, Rhoda, while they're walking to school in their uniforms, carrying their bookbags on their shoulders, passing by an old antique shop with three posters advertising local events in their town.

 
No comment...maybe something else is on her mind.
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Happy New Year!

Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 11:22
hermenoodle: Tzadkiel looking at the viewer with the star of Bethlehem shining beside them against the night sky. (Default)
 A drawing of Johanna, a young woman dressed in a black 80s style suit with a long coat decorated with cheetah patterns inside, on cuffs, her bandanna, and the side of her pants, smiling at the viewer, holds her lavender guitar in the midst of pastel colored stars.

Happy New Year, Dreamwidth!  Glad I actually finished this today, though I wasn't feeling it much last night.

I was glad to draw a new picture of Johanna, an OC who plays in a band with three other women, who happen to have names from the Evangelists, the writers of the four Gospels.  I'll have to draw and share them soon.

 
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