Classical @ 05:50 pm CST
hey, it be mum's birthday. so like, happy 45th, mom.
(even though i am lame and didn't get her a present, oops.)
and it's the weekend. whoo yay.
i am working on artwork-related stuff. finally. i haven't done anything particularily arty in a while, so it is nice to break out the prismacolors and the brushes to do something. however, i had to take a break because my wrist is hurting like hell at the moment.
oh yeah, by the way, LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY. <3
pentel pocket brush!!! it happens to be the same tool craig thompson uses.
it cost me $30 because i had to order it from canada, but HOLY HELL, it is wonderful. i get texture with every stroke without sacrificing darkness. and it has the most fabulous tip. i can get such a variety of lines with it.
i was getting so fed up with micron and pitt brushpens. the micron pen was too flexible, so all my lines come out chunky and too similar, and the pitt pen looses its tip pretty fast. plus their inks are really grey.
so this is like the holy grail of all brushpens, man.
though i'm gonna have to come up with a totally new style of coloring if i want to use this on anything other than black-and-white works and doodles. i hear that wet mediums don't mix very well with it, and the way i use dry mediums, i go over my lines more than once. so...meh.
umm... yeah...
i'm kinda just killing time until my wrist feels better, so i can go back to work. i think that we're going out for dinner tonight to celebrate my mother's birthday and seeing a movie (pirates!! i haven't seen it yet) so i do want to try to get more done before then... but i dunno. i had to put on the brace thing. so it hurts pretty bad. ;m;
and, uhh, new layout for this thing is coming up next. i don't know what i'm going to do with it, but it's going to be a much simpler layout. i have to figure out how greymatter's config stuff works, though.
i'm thinking green.
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