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lillilahJoel has been working on putting the giant slate stones back in front of the door now that the door has been upgraded. He had to take them out, because the screen door wouldn't have worked with them. Now, he is digging down to install them, and it seems to be going okay. The neighbor's cat is "helping" too.
I've started painting a dragon. A lot of times, when I start painting something, it is hard to tell if it is going to work. The dragon is currently in that stage. Chances are he will at least mostly work. He is identifiable as a dragon. However, he is kind of just sitting on the background, as opposed to feeling like part of the scene. I think that is usually because of shadow issues. Also, there isn't a lot of stuff going on in the background or midground, so that doesn't help. I'm going to throw a ruined castle into the back, just about the same color as the background. Then, probably, I should add some rocks or maybe broken columns in the midground, which will allow me to have some shadows. Then, I'll have the dragon in the foreground. It isn't the world's best composition, but that's okay. It is what I have now. (Good! I finally got an AI art program to give me an example that looks like more or less what I want. I have heard of people imagining compositions in their heads, but I can't do that at all. This example will help me finish this thing.) Because I have never done much of anything with a dragon before, I just copied it from this D&D book. When I feel a bit more confident, I'll be able to make changes, but I'm not there yet.
I've started painting a dragon. A lot of times, when I start painting something, it is hard to tell if it is going to work. The dragon is currently in that stage. Chances are he will at least mostly work. He is identifiable as a dragon. However, he is kind of just sitting on the background, as opposed to feeling like part of the scene. I think that is usually because of shadow issues. Also, there isn't a lot of stuff going on in the background or midground, so that doesn't help. I'm going to throw a ruined castle into the back, just about the same color as the background. Then, probably, I should add some rocks or maybe broken columns in the midground, which will allow me to have some shadows. Then, I'll have the dragon in the foreground. It isn't the world's best composition, but that's okay. It is what I have now. (Good! I finally got an AI art program to give me an example that looks like more or less what I want. I have heard of people imagining compositions in their heads, but I can't do that at all. This example will help me finish this thing.) Because I have never done much of anything with a dragon before, I just copied it from this D&D book. When I feel a bit more confident, I'll be able to make changes, but I'm not there yet.
