I started to write about the insane things that have gone on the past few months. It was depressing and full of self-pity. Then I paused and started looking at a very (decades) old sketchbook wherein I found some creatures I’d completely forgotten about. I kinda think they are annoyed with me for this. They don’t look like the type of creatures that forgive easily.
I like the feel of it and I like that it’s a tad unpredictable in how it presents each post. So, it looks like all is good. Now I just have to start making more art available (which means, making MORE art).
So I had to finally, now that my computer is newish and my eyes can see again (yay for cataract surgery), fix my long ignored art/blog site.
sorta…
You see, the new theme was supposed to automagically apply itself to the entire blog but it didn’t. It only converted the most recent posts, and not exactly perfectly. If I want all the posts to conform to this new look, I have to go into each one individually, convert it to blocks and then fix all the images to be the right size and placement. All the way back to 2004. It also seems to lack some very basic abilities, like selecting a section of type and being able to change that small selection to a different color or whatever.
sigh
This all has something to do with the “block” editor not understanding that things don’t all have to be the same within a block. Things can be different to convey different moods, ideas, styles, etc. Sorta like people but apparently block editors are kinda like authoritarian dictators.
I’ll figure it out and find a way to subvert this block boss. In the meantime, watch my sweet Tulip watching you.
Working on figuring out some musculature, wings, and general proportions.
Dragon wings are hard but I’m beginning to make sense of them.
This is rough with lots more to figure out. Probably a lot more to change when it strikes me that something just won’t work in real life (as it always does).
I’ve been poking and poking at the idea of dragons. Dragons in myth and folklore, dragons in art, dragons in literature, cultural differences between dragons, etc. A lot of dragons. And dragon anatomy. For some unknown reason except that maybe I’m a masochist, I went and made up a dragon for no good reason while I was teaching (poorly) myself how to work in Procreate.
anyway…
Turns out, this dragon will be my main dragon in the bestiary cuzz I kinda like him.
From here, I need to work out the little dude’s wing structure, his anatomy, some poses, diet, behavior, and whatever else I can think of that might be important to know about a Forest Dragon. Also need to work on other dragon types and hope I live long enough to get them all down. Eventually, he and the others will be rendered in graphite, ink and watercolor.