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Graphic novelist and comic artist Mike Holmes is producing a series of illustrations he calls "Mikenesses." They are self-portraits (sometimes with his cat) in the style of well known artists.
I don't think I'm ready for this sort of thing, but it looks like a ton of fun.
I don't think I'm ready for this sort of thing, but it looks like a ton of fun.
A worthy Kickstarter, the Miira View Frame
This is a pretty cool tool for checking perspective, foreshortening, proportions, or anything else affecting the shape and composition of your paintings.
They're almost to their goal and have less than 12 hours left. I wish I'd learned about it sooner.
Check it out, and think about giving them a few bucks.
The Miira View Frame.
Workshopping my novel first draft
So, I'm posting my first draft of my novel at WritersCafe. It's slow going - I have about 3 times as much written as posted.
However, if you'd like to check it out and give me some feedback (here or at WC) I'd appreciate it.
You can find the posted chapters here.
As this is the first draft, I'm not particularly concerned with punctuation or spelling errors. I'm far more interested in your thoughts on pacing, story progression, characters, etc.
I have already noticed that my first few chapters had an excessive amount of passive voice. That will definitely be getting fixed.
Spent some time with Rembrandt this week
My family and I went to this exhibition of Rembrandt works owned in America at the Minneapolis Museum of Arts.
They have some really great ones, including a pair of full size portraits. There were also a lot of imitations in the museum for comparison. Works created by Rembrandt's students and admirers were often attributed to Rembrandt by over-eager curators in the 19th century.
They also had an audio tour, which included free access to the files via wifi on a mobile device. I thought that was a nice touch, and very helpful.
Technolust ruins word count.
Yesterday's writing work was mostly plotting. Coming up with events I am sure will happen, and putting them in relative order by timeframe. Possibly not in actual book order.
Yesterday's "this is tangentially related to writing and will make me feel like I'm accomplishing something" work was scour the internet for timeline management tools, which turned into finding secondary writing suites that happen to have timeline and plotline management in them. And you know what? I didn't even find anything that I liked better than Celtx anyway. :P
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