Monday, June 19, 2017

A little catch-up


      I know it has been forever since I've posted here, but I'm kind of busy drawing on paper and I don't want to post it here before it's all finished, so I have been holding off on that. Thanks to my situation, I have been doing an effort to promote my Redbubble more since without money I can't replace that broken tablet pen, so Mondays and Fridays have become Redbubble promotion days. I have a little doodle for that today:


And thankfully there's a code for today to get some savings. I should know when these codes are active but I had another email account that I originally signed up for Redbubble with but I took it down, for the simple reason that I apparently can't make an email address featuring my birth year without some chick using it to create a Facebook in Spanish. Second time that happened to me. YOU CAN OPEN THESE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER NOW, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE STEALING PEOPLE'S EMAILS. Spanish translation: PUEDES USAR TU NUMERO DE TELELFONO PARA ABRIR UN PROFÍL, NO TIENES QUE ROBAR EL EMAIL DE NADIE.  Ugh. I'm typing this on a wonky keyboard and I have long nails so this is annoying actually. 

*Sigh* I did this by doodling on paper first then scanning it and touching up where I had difficulty drawing his eyes (hence the dot eyes with upper eyelid indication) and pasted my Hans and Marshmallow doodle that can be found here on Redbubble. (It's also on my blog here. I made it last December) I miss having a functioning drawing tablet and it makes me a little jealous to see other artists that are producing digital art and selling their art and to see people that can buy whatever t-shirt they like, and then there's me, spending a small portion of eternity on a piece of paper and broke. It's the sad kind of jealous that makes me wonder what exactly am I doing wrong? And there was a tiny bit of drama in my personal life in the past two weeks but I don't want to think too much about it because then I think of my personal life plans that have turned out and the years that I feel that I have wasted and that brings my depression back up to the surface and I don't want that. If I decided later on to rant about my really bad luck with men, then that will probably end up tossed in there but I'd rather not. Hope you guys are enjoying your summer. 

Friday, June 2, 2017

I'm stupid...


      Hello. Normally I'd be feeling somewhat happy because it's Friday or I've finally produced a doodle... First of all, I keep starting doodles and then leaving them halfway lately. And today, while doodling something for today's release of Wonder Woman (finally, a movie for Princess Diana!), I broke the tablet pen. Last year, my sister (the real owner of the tablet) dropped the pen and broke the nib. My guajiro dad glued the nib together and put it back in the pen. It worked, but the nib has worn down considerably (my sister doesn't believe in the paint bucket tool) and it has become annoying to draw with it, especially with the marker brush provided with my drawing program... so I got the bright idea to remove the nib and replace it... in the middle of drawing. The nib broke (again), left a piece inside, rendering it useless. Now I can't draw digitally. Here's some of the unfinished doodles stuck in limbo:


I have failed you, Diana and emo horse. Save the Doodles is coming back because now I need to get a new tablet. If you're interested in seeing digital doodles make a comeback, check out Redbubble. Even buying a sticker or greeting card would help me. Hope you have a better weekend.