BallShapedMan

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[–] BallShapedMan 2 points 12 hours ago

Toyota 2000gt resto mod.

[–] BallShapedMan 14 points 17 hours ago

Good advice! πŸ˜‚

[–] BallShapedMan 51 points 17 hours ago (5 children)

This is going on the suggestion box at work.

[–] BallShapedMan 3 points 1 day ago

Thank you, I just see everything wrong with them when it comes to the likeness. But I'm having fun with it!

[–] BallShapedMan 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I aspire to be as good as you. I'll get there eventually!

[–] BallShapedMan 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The brush work is fantastic!

[–] BallShapedMan 2 points 2 days ago

Without a doubt! Who knows when I'll come back to reality once I'm gone.

[–] BallShapedMan 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's the ticket! Webinars too. So many use 12 words even 4 words would have been enough. Not that I'm better when I'm hosting but when I'm listening I want just the meat.

[–] BallShapedMan 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

True enough πŸ˜‚

[–] BallShapedMan 2 points 2 days ago

Some of em painfully slow! The readers of Fredrik Backman books I swear are in slow motion!

[–] BallShapedMan 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I had no idea. I mostly just look at reviews and the play time of those reviews. If there aren't people with a lot of play time who completely love the game it's probably a pass for me.

[–] BallShapedMan 32 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I like this!

 

I know YouTube links get about as many down votes as up votes. And I love this car!

I was lucky enough to drive a 650s through the mountains at very casual speeds and nothing has been as engaging as that. My Corvette feels so disconnected even in track mode in comparison. The steering in particular is night and day.

It's not worth half a million dollars for the steering but if I could figure out a way to get McLaren steering into my Corvette I'd probably do it.

 

No, not yet. It's a good likeness but I can't get the badass kindness in his expression. Mine is just too intense and I'm not sure why. Plus the eyes are too big and a few other proportional things. What else am I missing?

I feel like the painting looks more like my brother than Mr. Jackson.

 

No, not yet. But I think I'm getting closer.

The advice I've gotten has helped a ton, and I've watched so many YouTube videos on how to do it. Not happy yet but this is better than day 2 for sure.

 

No, not yet.

I think yesterday's was better.

 

No, not yet.

I'm learning how to paint faces using his face almost exclusively in one hour sessions. This is attempt number one.

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I participated in my first ever live model session. I'll be going again for sure!

The title image is my favorite.

We had several 1 minute poses, two 5 minute poses, two 10 minute poses, one 20 minute pose, and one 40 minute pose.

The title image is how I painted the 40 minute pose with a monochrome mask.

Here is the full color version which I don't like as much.

The next is the rest of the sessions left to right. For the last image the model was laying down on a large pillow where I could only see the top of her head, an elbow, a breast, and a knee. I painted the most interesting of those choices. But for the final pose people moved to her a better view. Wish I would have thought of that, next time.

I'm going to look for tutorials for painting live models and quickly. I plan to go back in two weeks (this will be one pose for two hours and the subject will likely be in a costume). If you have suggestions or links that helped you I'd love it if you share!

I went on nervous as hell and that people would figure out I don't belong. I know, at my age as a grandfather it's silly but still. When I did the first 10 minute pose I started to feel comfortable and just focus on the art. By the end I felt great and couldn't wait to go back.

Lastly my favorite is the second to last sketch or the last 10 minute speed painting. I thought I really captured her elbow quite well and really like the colors and shading.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24899249

Explaining in good detail why people should care about how modern cars have become a privacy nightmare. From Regular Car Reviews.

 

As Dainar prepared to plant Eryndra into the lifeless earth, her glowing roots suddenly tightened around his hand, her voice trembling, β€œWait… they’re here.” Turning slowly, he saw the silhouettes of massive, ancient figures emerging from the trees, their eyes glowing the same ethereal light as Eryndra’s, watching in solemn anticipation.

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Werewolf (lemmy.world)
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I was really excited for the werewolf movie that's coming out. With weak reviews I probably won't watch it until it's free online, but I started this in excitement for the movie.

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Green Eyes (lemmy.world)
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A thing of beauty (youtube.com)
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Oops (lemmy.world)
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