Author: Steven

  • 20230216

    20230216

    Experiments using Photoshops Blur & Threshold filters.

  • Hunan and the temple beast

    Todays writing practice is once again a very short pulpy story. Reading time ~9min. Hunan Jag’s footsteps sounded out loudly around him. Despite his best efforts, his impressive physique just was not suitable for quiet movement. It couldn’t be helped; it was just one of the costs one had to pay when one wanted to…

  • 20230214

    20230214

    Monday is always the slowest day of the week currently. Got a doctor’s appointment which takes a 2-3h chunk out of the day. On Mondays, I thus focus I focus on chill learning and (attempts at) writing.

  • 20230213

    20230213

    Last week I spent a couple of hours learning about Affinity Designer, trying and playing with it. I actively watched ~1h of an Udemy course on Design Thinking. I actively engaged with other people’s art for a couple of hours, I did one larger illustration, which included a little bit of experimentation, I experimented with…

  • Music I like: Cicada

    Fantastic instrumental music. I just sat here with a blanket, a warm-water bottle, my eyes closed, listening to this album and letting myself be carried away after a less-than-optimal night. https://cicada.bandcamp.com/album/seeking-the-sources-of-streams-2

  • 20230206

    20230206

  • 20230201 – Recap of January

    20230201 – Recap of January

    January is over, which means my experiment has come to an end. In January, I indulged myself, deciding on a whim what I’d work on that day without regard to the future or past. That was the idea, at least. Of course, mentally, it wasn’t that simple, and there’s quite a bit of backstory to…

  • 20230131

    20230131

    Two less complex experiments using noise/texture to break up the digital feel. This one I consider a fail. The idea was to have a man kneel in front of a woman, head resting on her legs. I was attempting to convey solemnity, solitude, loss, and hopelessness. I wanted the darkness to creep in, the outside…

  • 20230130

    20230130

    This image started with me not knowing what to draw. Like many artists, I have folders upon folders of inspiration saved on my hard drives. Some are artist-specific, some are themed, and some are just random images I found and liked but was too lazy to sort. This image started by looking through one of…

  • Stuff I like: Comic – Betty Boob

    Betty Boob is a comic told with almost no words. The drawings are expressive, sometimes a lot of fun, sometimes conveying heart-crushing sadness – beautifully written by Véro Cazot, and illustrated by Julie Rocheleau. Betty Boob is the protagonist of the comic; she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer and lost her hair and her left…