Well, I am still practicing. I’m not sure it’s any better but it’s something. Here is the second Ohuhu marker piece.
It’s pretty forgettable. Just trying things out. Trying to figure what colors to shade with. Believe it or not I DID pay attention in Color Theory class. I’m still adding Verithins over top. I sort of can’t seem to stop. I am also discovering that its been so long since I've worked consistently that a lot of my Microns are caput :( Which cheeses me off since they are something you end up buying in the way that you are at the art supply store- KNOW you need a certain size, can’t remember what it is, pick up two and then inevitably get home and realized it should have been a 05 or something. I am thinking of just getting the Ohuhu pens designed to work with their alcohol markers.
Things I watched: Big Vape; The Rise and Fall of JUUL, very good and super interesting! Mike Flanagan’s latest opus, The Fall of the House of Usher, I’m not done yet but this one might not actually rip my heart out like very other show/movie of his. My blob Flanagan can make you cry. But Usher has one of the most brutal monologues about capitalism I have ever seen, delivered with a gravitas only Bruce Greenwood is capable of. The entirety of The House of Usher is a commentary on late stage capitalism and environmental collapse- how kicking the can down the road has literally doomed the next generation. How short term profits are paid in advance buy your children. The Andy Warhol Diaries another docuseries on Netflix covering his life including excepts from his published diary and interviews with people who knew him.
New Clover Singing finally responded to my email about the wrong doll and they said they’d talk to the studio. THEY must have been the ones to mark the box incorrectly or something. But now I wonder what will happen. I don’t want to have to mail it back to China- that’s going to cost a good bit. I’m worried if it gets lost in the mail or if they ship another doll and that gets lost. I received my Doll Family -H head for my tall ass Loongsoul girl body and I’m afraid the head it too small for the body. And this is the second head I’ve bought and I can’t afford to keep sinking money into a “free” body which has turned out to be not very free at all.
I still want to get Mildred Hubble in doll form! But I’m afraid to spend any money right now. I’m not even doing badly. I’m doing better than I have in years! I haven’t had consistent money since back when I was writing localizations for Tokyopop. I really loved that job! When they went down the toilet (though they are back like a fucking zombie that won’t die), I wrote myself a resume and took a nice folder of materials and handed it out at Yaoi Con hoping to get more jobs writing the localizations. It looked so professional too!! Its not hard, the translator does the big job But there was editing involved and something you’d have to work on an idiom or finesse a few lines. Anyway I HAVE to get that Sabbat book on R20.
I hope you’re all doing well! Anyone doing NaNoWriMo? If you are good luck! Have fun! I was hoping to edit this year but I have no motivation.
I like the Ohuhu marker piece. The pastel colors are pretty and she’s still a bold presence even though the values are pretty high-key.
Interesting about the House of Usher. I’ve been hearing good things about it, but haven’t watched it yet.