I keep a collection of dried dead bugs for drawing sources.
January 18, 2022
January 15, 2022
After lunch
A plate of residual corn cobs, husks, and silks after the seeds were eaten.
January 14, 2022
The curious case of a poisoned dog
Living with my grandparents during kindergarten, one day after school, we found the house broken in, with the dog dead on the ground, poisoned, and my grandfather’s books scattered all over the place.
I don’t remember the dog’s appearance, but his dead posture looks like this lying dog drawing by Johannes Tavenraat which I referenced.
January 12, 2022
Sitting belly
Depicting a pile of human flesh based on an intriguing character in Dune.
January 11, 2022
Pre-recorded video presentation
CHI 2022 provides this medium post about giving a remote presentation as well as different styles ranging from very simple to quite fancy:
- Slides with talking head
- Slides and voice over only
- Slides in a news like bubble
- Slides with a lot of post production
- Slides on VR presented in VR
Feel free to pick a style you like.
I would do voice over only as I try not to let people know what I look like, or even sound like via synthetic voice over.
But if you like people to know you and/or have the talk video better approximate an in-person conference presentation, consider showing your face.
January 9, 2022
French easel
My first standing French easel drawing was in front of a bathroom mirror, blocking the entrance.
January 8, 2022
Portrait sketches
I found that faces with clear features (such as wrinkles and contours) are the easiest to sketch.
I did these during a mysterious internet outage today.
January 5, 2022
Twisted red bell pepper
I drew this digital oil painting on an iPad supported by a (newly purchased) French easel, with which I plan to try physical (pencil, oil, and acrylic) medium next.