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04 August 2009 @ 05:28 pm
02 August 2009 @ 01:45 am
02 August 2009 @ 01:11 am
... that I've collected this year. I still have a huge backlog of photos I'm sorting through.
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accomplished21 April 2009 @ 09:52 pm
An arab, and it's a present. :) Getting back into the swing of drawing again.
He's going to be a dapple grey. I burnt the sketch quite a lot so it would show up here.
( Wip, Refs and 100% detail ... )
He's going to be a dapple grey. I burnt the sketch quite a lot so it would show up here.
( Wip, Refs and 100% detail ... )
Current Mood: 
tired
tired20 April 2009 @ 09:04 pm
On the way home from Canberra after seeing the Degas exhibition at the National Gallery, mid-March.
... and one by my brother.
12 March 2009 @ 11:01 pm
Current Mood: 
bored
bored17 November 2008 @ 11:11 pm
Yesterday, my dad and I drove up to Glenworth Vallley for a three-hour ride, as a birthday present. The main attraction of this place is that once the staff have seen that you're experienced and in control, they let you go off on your own. Another refreshing change was that the staff are genuinely welcoming and friendly. We started off with a standard trail riding group, but the guide left us after half an hour, since the whole group were riders.
As expected, I'm much improved since last time I rode, four very long years ago (I had about twelve years' experience before that). We weren't allowed to bring a bag with us, so I couldn't get any photos on the trail ... no![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
ridercritique for me this time. I do know that my biggest problems - sticking out elbows and toes, have disappeared. I'll have to see about my lower leg position over a jump sometime, that's the next priority.
I was on this part-arab named Sahara:
( More behind the cut... )
As expected, I'm much improved since last time I rode, four very long years ago (I had about twelve years' experience before that). We weren't allowed to bring a bag with us, so I couldn't get any photos on the trail ... no
ridercritique for me this time. I do know that my biggest problems - sticking out elbows and toes, have disappeared. I'll have to see about my lower leg position over a jump sometime, that's the next priority.I was on this part-arab named Sahara:
( More behind the cut... )
27 September 2008 @ 05:18 pm
Going back to photoshop, to see if I can still use it, and figuring out a way to paint grass. (I used a corner of a photo I took for reference.)
Steps I followed:
1. Paint in some blobby shadows to show where the patch of grass will go.
2. Midtones - some bits of grass coming out toward you, and some at back and sides, going over the edges of the shadow.
3. Smudge the edges of the blades of grass if you pressed too hard and the end isn't tapered off nicely.
4. Highlights.
5. Shadows again, so the blades of grass don't look like they're stuck on or floating, but appear to be coming from the center of a clump.
100%
33%, how it's meant to be seen.
I'm happy with that for now.
Steps I followed:
1. Paint in some blobby shadows to show where the patch of grass will go.
2. Midtones - some bits of grass coming out toward you, and some at back and sides, going over the edges of the shadow.
3. Smudge the edges of the blades of grass if you pressed too hard and the end isn't tapered off nicely.
4. Highlights.
5. Shadows again, so the blades of grass don't look like they're stuck on or floating, but appear to be coming from the center of a clump.
100%
33%, how it's meant to be seen.
I'm happy with that for now.