Testify, brothers and sisters! Pristine sketch pads are the devils toothpaste, or something equally silly. Draw a line, set that sketchpad free! After that you can improve, but while it's still pristine it's got that whole Vestal Virgin thing going for it. (Note to self - think about purchasing a sports team in Virginia and naming them the 'Vestal Virginians. Big money potential!)
I like the painting practice, there's really only one way to get better at this stuff. Likewise, mazel tov on all that nice framing! All y'all got it going on.
Sidebar - this comic caused me to buy something recently. A 'not really all that' accurate Gladius from a company called Cold Steel. They market it as a machete, and with that in mind - it's fine for hacking away at small treelimbs and so on. Anyway, I thought it was money well spent - one never knows when a bunch of punk Carthaginians may sail up the nearby creek and start trouble. https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Steel-Gladius-Machete-Black/dp/B004MMS0PE/ref=sr_1_3?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1483485718&sr=1-3&keywords=gladius+sword
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Date: 2017-01-03 11:27 pm (UTC)I like the painting practice, there's really only one way to get better at this stuff. Likewise, mazel tov on all that nice framing! All y'all got it going on.
Sidebar - this comic caused me to buy something recently. A 'not really all that' accurate Gladius from a company called Cold Steel. They market it as a machete, and with that in mind - it's fine for hacking away at small treelimbs and so on. Anyway, I thought it was money well spent - one never knows when a bunch of punk Carthaginians may sail up the nearby creek and start trouble. https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Steel-Gladius-Machete-Black/dp/B004MMS0PE/ref=sr_1_3?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1483485718&sr=1-3&keywords=gladius+sword