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What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

What are you working on at the moment, nonnies? Big Bang, exchange challenge, comment fic? How is it going on?

Bonus question: what are you drinking? ^^

Me: DCBB, Reverse Bang, Kamikaze remix and I am in a middle of a porn fill for the kink meme. I am pretty excited by the Kamikaze Remix but I am afraid I am a bit too close to the original art and that the artist will be disappointed because it's not a real reinterpretation. At least, I LOVE the art and the pairing \o/

Drinking: Schweppes grape. Not bad at all :)

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

Wincestiel Big Bang and oddishly's Crossdressing comment fic meme.

I was planning on writing 5k for the BB today but was derailed by this comment fic. Will probably anonfail because of it, but this is my first time writing crossdressing of any sort and I've had a ball looking up what the boys will be dressed in.

Drinking: nothing, I haven't gotten up from bed all day. Rise and porn for me today!

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

ayrt - OP

Ho! Ho! Crossdressing is not that common in fandom and I love it! I didn't even know there was a "Crossdressing comment fic meme"!
Good luck to you nonnie :3

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

Yay! I'm so glad you're writing for her fest. So many good prompts. Crossdressingggg.

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

I'm thinking about writing something for hoodie-time's curtainfic challenge. I'm not drinking anything but might make some tea. I feel really yucky today and I'm not sure why.

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

I am not working on anything fannish but am teaching myself to draw. Or at least, just drawing stuff and assuming that if I keep doing it I will eventually learn how.

I bought oil pastels, because they are cheap and pretty.
I drew a ridiculous photo of Jared, and the orchid in my bedroom. I think the orchid drawing would have looked pretty OK if it didn't have white flowers. I should probably teach myself with a pencil first, but it's more fun to draw in colour.

I find it really soothing because I don't expect myself to be good at it. I do expect myself to be good at writing, so I tend to procrastinate it and not enjoy it. I'm trying to embrace the joy of sucking, no double entendre intended. I think I'll go to yoga tomorrow morning for a double dose of being crap at things!

Any advice from any art!nonnies about ways I can play with the oil pastels and learn?

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

ayrt - OP

Welcome to the wonderful world of art nonnie :)

I think what is important is not the medium you use but how you use it. First of all, you have to study boring things like shadows and highlights, volumes, anatomy, perspective a bit. You can do it by using oil pastels to sketch but you need to know how an image, a body, an object works before anything. Drawing from live models or photos is great but you need to do a bit of theory first if you think about becoming a bit more serious about drawing.
However, what you are doing, sketching what you have around you is a great way to practice. ♥

If you have a library near where you live and that you can borrow books about "How to draw [insert theme here]" in order to help you, it would be awesome. It can help you sketch and it won't prevent you from having fun with oil pastels.

You can also check out oil pastels tutorial on YouTube to see how you can blend colors and have tips from great artists.

Good luck to you \o/

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

I would never call myself an art!nonny, but I've been trying to learn to draw myself this year and working my way through various online tutorials. I think you might want to rethink starting with a pencil if you don't know how to draw, because you can't get very far without being able to break things down into shapes & lines. Colors & shading are kind of a distraction until you can get to that point.

That said, this video takes you through the absolute beginning basics of using oil pastels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPVJC32uYs8

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

Kink meme fill and a diet coke. The fill's going okay but not great, I'm having trouble recapturing the train of thought I had when I started (I was drunk at the time).

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

I love writing drunk.I think I question myself less and just keep going so even the terrible ideas are able to evolve into something not bad.

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

ayrt

I do too! Except I have a tendency to fall asleep before it's done and then I have to try and finish it in the harsh, sober light of day.

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

ayrt - OP

Good luck to you nonnie!
I admire people who can draw/write (= being creative) while being drunk. I usually start giggling stupidly at everything, I draw two strokes, go to Tumblr to watch cat photos, go back to my art and then I give up and go back to stupid web sites like Meme Base to have a look at some fail blogs and laugh some more because of the alcohol. ^o^

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

Mostly nothing, because I'm really supposed to be cleaning my bedroom. I went around yesterday cleaning up the rest of the apartment, but I think all I did was move most of the clutter into my bedroom.

I'm also distracting myself by trying to work on my tablet/digital art skills. They are somewhat lacking currently, but it's fun, even if photoshop and technology in general are a little overwhelming for me sometimes.

But if I get done, I'm going to write something for the kinkmeme to more or less kick my writing self in gear. I just have to choose only one prompt!

I'm drinking a DRY Rhubarb Soda. It's tasty, and not sweet at all, which is awesome.

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

ayrt - OP (let's say that I didn't anon fail...)

Good luck to you with digital art nonnie ^^
You have great tutorial on YouTube to explain you everything about PS, even the most "obvious" things. It's very convenient and I learned a lot there :3
I'm sure you can ask some advice on meme on the "End of the post random thread" to the meme artists. I am sure they will be there to help you ^^

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

SDMB (got my draft today, still have to read it), KamikazeRemix (have started sketching and collected reference), RBB, a kink drawing that is almost done, something for another challenge that is almost done, more kink, sketchy thing for the crossdressing meme. And I'd love to do curtain!art for hoodie-time.

Well, that sounds like a lot D:

Drinking: tap water, I just went running and am thirsty.

OP, staying close to the original is perfectly fine, it's already a remix if you just change the POV. Strong reinterpretations are not always the best option.

Re: What are you working on? (+ drinking)

[anonymous]

A Teen Wolf fic that was supposed to be short, but ate my life. I'm at 21k right now. Also a big bang in another fandom (rough draft done, working on the finer details), a sequel to a sort of kinky fic (and the sequel is, like, PG rated and contains lots of angst; people will be disappointed, lol). Not actually working on, but still on my mind: a Teen Wolf/SPN crossover.

Drinking...nothing.