January 10th, 2011
I woke up this morning feeling kind of grimy from sleeping on a sofa at work. I was woken up by my co-workers arriving. I got up and cleaned myself up a little, picked up some coffee and headed off to set.
Today was another crazy press day. The last of the three heavy press days until sometime later this month. I was able to get out a little earlier and spend some fun time with June before it was her bedtime. It was nice to see my wonderful family after being away at work for so long.
I tucked Jenny into bed, except this time I set my alarm for 11:45pm. I knew it was inevitable I would fall asleep tucking her in. The alarm rang and I got up.
I knew exactly what I wanted to do because I’d been thinking about it for a while. On Day 306 I had my first experience with a dip-pen. I attempted to make a cluster of cubes but didn’t really create the kind of image that I wanted to. So tonight I gave it another go and this time I got closer to what I had initially envisioned. I used a still from my video on Day 114 as a reference.
While I still think it looks a bit amateur I enjoy using the dip pen quite a bit. I really want to get the hang of it.
Comments
2 responses to “Day 310 / Another Cube Cluster”
after seeing the few of these that you’ve done, i think i like the first one best. i like how messy/organic it is. kind of reminiscent of ralph steadman.
Thanks man. I meant to add some splatter to this one as well but I got too tired. I get what your saying but I think this one is closest i’ve come to actually realizing what I meant to create. I think it still needs more shading and splatter. The two drops of black in there now are actual accidents.
Thanks for the comment, Jared.