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It's Booster's birthday! \o/ (And Michelle's and Jeff Katz's.) Yaaay.
Hey, artsy fartsy folks of the f-list. I seek opinions on those little poseable wooden figures. Like this'n'. Are they really useful, is there a certain company I should be jonesing for more than others, is hip articulation a thing that exists, is Amazon a place I should be looking or am I better off finding a specialized store, other salient details? I've poked around Amazon and done some Googling, but reviews have been rare and the most use I got from them was "same amount of hip articulation as a Lego figure". So pretty much any info would be keen.
Also vaguely considering getting a new tablet. I've got a 10-year-old Wacom Graphire and it has served me well, but it tends to get a little fussy about certain places/positions (this is more than likely the fault of the pen tip than the tablet itself, but I wouldn't know the first thing about replacing it and find the idea slightly frightening). And, well. It's ten years old. In electronics terms, that is a fucking antique. The Wacom Bamboo looks really nice and if I go for the pen only version, it's just a little over the $50 I have on my giftcard. And if I go for the factory refurbished pen only version, it's a little under. :D (Yes I am totally cheap enough to get a refurbished tablet don't judge me.)
I've been kind of thinking about maybe opening myself up to commissions soonish lately, you see. I don't think I'm quite good enough to deserve monies for my services just yet, but I feel that I'm close and that I've really improved as of late and with a little extra push or two I can be good enough. And I know that a little wooden doll and a new tablet won't be that push in and of themselves, but they'll help. Especially the doll. I can't keep using myself as reference, I'm disproportionate!
I dunno, maybe my ego is just getting too big for its own good, but I try to keep a realistic view of myself and my skills, and I mostly think I've achieved that. It's not like I'm looking for regular work, just a few extra bucks in my pocket every now and then. ...Listen to me, feeling guilty for having some self-confidence and trying to justify it to myself. So pathetic.
Mostly I think it's because I have no talent. This is not an "OH GOD I'M SO HORRIBLE" thing, it's a statement of fact. I am not artistically talented. I do not have a natural feel for how lines should move or what looks good or any of those things that make arts artsy. I'm too technically minded for that (which gives me a wonderful natural talent for math, but that's neither here nor there). My art is the result of pure, honed skill. Maybe not bucketloads of it, but I've come a long, long way from the days when things like perspective and wrists were incredible revelations. (Seriously, I was fucking amazed when I realized wrists existed. Sad, but true.)
I have no idea where my point was here. I am not entirely sure I had one to begin with!
In other news, I am beginning to suspect that I am allergic to chocolate. This is incredibly depressing. :(
Hey, artsy fartsy folks of the f-list. I seek opinions on those little poseable wooden figures. Like this'n'. Are they really useful, is there a certain company I should be jonesing for more than others, is hip articulation a thing that exists, is Amazon a place I should be looking or am I better off finding a specialized store, other salient details? I've poked around Amazon and done some Googling, but reviews have been rare and the most use I got from them was "same amount of hip articulation as a Lego figure". So pretty much any info would be keen.
Also vaguely considering getting a new tablet. I've got a 10-year-old Wacom Graphire and it has served me well, but it tends to get a little fussy about certain places/positions (this is more than likely the fault of the pen tip than the tablet itself, but I wouldn't know the first thing about replacing it and find the idea slightly frightening). And, well. It's ten years old. In electronics terms, that is a fucking antique. The Wacom Bamboo looks really nice and if I go for the pen only version, it's just a little over the $50 I have on my giftcard. And if I go for the factory refurbished pen only version, it's a little under. :D (Yes I am totally cheap enough to get a refurbished tablet don't judge me.)
I've been kind of thinking about maybe opening myself up to commissions soonish lately, you see. I don't think I'm quite good enough to deserve monies for my services just yet, but I feel that I'm close and that I've really improved as of late and with a little extra push or two I can be good enough. And I know that a little wooden doll and a new tablet won't be that push in and of themselves, but they'll help. Especially the doll. I can't keep using myself as reference, I'm disproportionate!
I dunno, maybe my ego is just getting too big for its own good, but I try to keep a realistic view of myself and my skills, and I mostly think I've achieved that. It's not like I'm looking for regular work, just a few extra bucks in my pocket every now and then. ...Listen to me, feeling guilty for having some self-confidence and trying to justify it to myself. So pathetic.
Mostly I think it's because I have no talent. This is not an "OH GOD I'M SO HORRIBLE" thing, it's a statement of fact. I am not artistically talented. I do not have a natural feel for how lines should move or what looks good or any of those things that make arts artsy. I'm too technically minded for that (which gives me a wonderful natural talent for math, but that's neither here nor there). My art is the result of pure, honed skill. Maybe not bucketloads of it, but I've come a long, long way from the days when things like perspective and wrists were incredible revelations. (Seriously, I was fucking amazed when I realized wrists existed. Sad, but true.)
I have no idea where my point was here. I am not entirely sure I had one to begin with!
In other news, I am beginning to suspect that I am allergic to chocolate. This is incredibly depressing. :(