Blabberings Of A Taciturn

Phew! It's been weeks since I last posted here... I guess I was busy playing Ragna. ^_^ Got me self some priest, soul linker, sniper and creator.

I was getting bored playing since I can't kill most of the MVP's and I can't find any party.

Oh well, here I am wondering what I'm suppose to do. I've put cooking aside since I have many expenses and payments to prioritize. I was also thinking of photography as a hobby, that will surely keep me busy, interested and create a lot of ideas to keep me out of boredom. But the only problem is I don't have a camera. So, currently I'm saving for a digital camera. I'm researching Canon cameras but I'm still open for other brands.

That leaves me with nothing.. Hmmm, I do scribbles and sketches occasionally. And I thought I'm going to keep this up.. I'm not really good in drawing but I'll do my best and hope I can improve it.

Here's a (somewhat) cartoony-caricature of me.. @_@ (done with The GIMP)












It's not finished yet though. I'm kind of preoccupied at work. So check it out soon if I can finish it and hopefully make it a lot better. Read the full story

The other day, I tried creating vector art. It was nice and simple since I'm not really an artist. However, I'm leaning towards that path. I find creating graphics exciting and interesting.

I learned from several masters namely James Alocelja and Kiev Basaca. But, I'm not yet totally satisfied with what I've done. They looked flat and boring. So I searched for several techniques on the Internet. One tutorial I found was polishing vector arts.

As they said, it's true that vector arts tend to be flat and somewhat lifeless. By polishing vector arts, you create emotions and depth on the art. This really brings out the beauty on vector and raster graphics alike.

So I tried those techniques on what I've done and this is what I got.


The first one is the vector art I made using Inkscape and the other is the same image polished in The GIMP.

I really need to practice more in the field of Graphics Designer/Web Designer areas. Hmm.. I got to find myself some more mentors. Read the full story

Here are 2 examples of my work using GIMP.



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