Deer Diary

Hello. I have not written here in some time, mostly because I have been off uni for what feels like forever (actually more like four weeks). I'd love to say I have been very busy creating like a good artist but I have not. Mostly staying in bed all day, eating lots and occasionally drinking lots.

Not all is lost though, I got a moleskine for christmas which I am slowly fillying will illustrations. I have realised that the only thing I can really draw without too much effort is faces. Faces faces. I should become a portrait artist...

Over the last few days I have been working on a digital painting. I'm quite new to this, although I've been using photoshop and similar for years I've never really got round to mastering the art of painting. There are some really amazing things on youtube if you look up "Speed painting" but I am slightly sceptical (or jealous?) of them. Well anyway, here are some images from the creation of my painting. It's nowhere near finished but I'm feeling very positive about it, which is unusual for me, of late...



Also, a side note I suppose, I have been trying to "up my game" in photography. Partly because I want to get out there and get some gigs (even if they are unpaid) and chance to show off my work. I'm always slightly skeptical about using photoshop to such an extent, but one thing I try to remember is that in days of the darkroom they used plenty of techniques to make their photos better, it's just that nowadays we use computers.

That's my friend Emma and her brother Dave. I took those on Friday night in Oldham. There's more in my Flickr photostream if you're that way inclined. I like to think they're a step above standard "friday night" photos but that's superiority for you.

Back to uni next week, I can't say I'm excited (although I have sorta been missing Sainsbury's 9p noodles) but I have got a lot of ideas for new projects, I just need to wrap up the ghosts thing and work more efficiently than I have been. I'm thinking of doing commemorative plates. Stay tuned.