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WEEK 18 OF A PIECE A WEEK
cotton candy skies
i was really busy this whole week that i didn't really have the time to do a piece until literally just now.
thankfully, i knew exactly what to do and how to do it, as i just got back from a daytrip and took some good pictures.
i've been spending a lot of time with a really close friend of mine, and i've been thinking about them a lot lately. i'm so thankful that we're as close as we are and that i can trust them with truly anything. they're always there for me and i feel so genuinely loved when i speak to them. i'm sure this isn't the last piece i'll make in thinking about them, technically it's not even the first, but i wanted to put out something that felt like it is with them: calm, open, colorful, and beautiful.
the name comes from this old song by this artist I See Colors, no clue if he or his music is still around but it was a song i loved back in 2020 and i just Had to make it the title.
wish there was more to add but finals week is kicking me down and laughing at me while i'm sobbing and throwing up on the floor so that's all for this week !
cotton candy skies
i was really busy this whole week that i didn't really have the time to do a piece until literally just now.
thankfully, i knew exactly what to do and how to do it, as i just got back from a daytrip and took some good pictures.
i've been spending a lot of time with a really close friend of mine, and i've been thinking about them a lot lately. i'm so thankful that we're as close as we are and that i can trust them with truly anything. they're always there for me and i feel so genuinely loved when i speak to them. i'm sure this isn't the last piece i'll make in thinking about them, technically it's not even the first, but i wanted to put out something that felt like it is with them: calm, open, colorful, and beautiful.
the name comes from this old song by this artist I See Colors, no clue if he or his music is still around but it was a song i loved back in 2020 and i just Had to make it the title.
wish there was more to add but finals week is kicking me down and laughing at me while i'm sobbing and throwing up on the floor so that's all for this week !
flatbeek !
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WEEK 18 OF A PIECE A WEEK
SPLINTER
i love my best friend
they watched me work on this piece the whole time (for like two days while i worked on it it's insane) and the title is based on a love song i really liked since high school (MYRNE - splinter (feat. salem ilese)) and given that i really really love my best friend i asked if they wanted to contribute to this piece with writings similar to how i did in the top left.
thats all im writing about i think this one largely says enough on its own with that info.
till next week <3
SPLINTER
i love my best friend
they watched me work on this piece the whole time (for like two days while i worked on it it's insane) and the title is based on a love song i really liked since high school (MYRNE - splinter (feat. salem ilese)) and given that i really really love my best friend i asked if they wanted to contribute to this piece with writings similar to how i did in the top left.
thats all im writing about i think this one largely says enough on its own with that info.
till next week <3
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typically i'll use things like blender to get the big abstract forms themselves, everything else is put together bit by bit in affinity (or if u go back far enough in the thread, photopea). there's a couple pieces--like SPLINTER or Forcing Inward--that i'll manually shade the form by hand after rendering it. i can never fully get the handdrawn look i'm going for with shaders in blender, so i'll often use clever editing on top of Actual Handdrawing with brush tool and a tablet to get the look i'm going for. i realistically could get that entirely with just editing it well, but i enjoy taking the extra time and putting the extra bit of effort into these pieces (even if, in a way, it's entirely pointless when there's a MUCH easier way).
