naarmamo | NaArMaMo 2021

It is now the 3rd of August in my timezone. Day Three of NaArMaMo! Don't worry, if you haven't done something for Day Two yet, you can catch up, and post it in Day Two's post. This here is the post for Day Three.
(Suffering from insomnia again, I've been awake since 3AM, ugh. So I'm doing this post now (at 6AM) and then going back to bed and hopefully sleeping.)

You have all day to do this. You can do this! You can MAKE ART!

Post your pictures from 3rd August as comments to this thread, or just describe what you made.

Current Mood: cold

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kerravonsen

I had a plan. The only part of the plan that I stuck to was having a logarithmic spiral as a background. I hadn't known one could generate logarithmic spirals in Gimp, but there it is, under Filters -> Render -> Patterns -> Spiral. So, hey, logarithmic spirals FTW! The other parts of the plan were to play around with my tablet, use the pen, draw something freehand on top of the spiral. I started, but hated how crappy it was, so I erased it and played with Bezier curves instead. (I am a coward)
Still, logarithmic spirals and curves are nice.
And of course my favourite, a spiral gradient with a difference filter.

From:

feng_shui_house

Cthulhu fhtagn! *cthulhu is waiting*

From:

kerravonsen

Ha!

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pocketcosmic

I love the copper and that shade of blue.

From:

kerravonsen

8-)

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scaratch

There is something hypnotic about spirals. Very pretty colours you've used.

From:

kerravonsen

Spirals are cool.
Thank you.

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vera_j

My first thought was - wow, what a decorative tentacle!:-) I really like the colours.

From:

kerravonsen

8-)

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feng_shui_house

Digitally mouse-drawn using the on line drawing tool, Harmony.

https://mrdoob.com/projects/harmony

From:

scaratch

Ooh, he's cute. Thank you for the link too, I will definitely give it a try.

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feng_shui_house

Thanks!

It's a very simple drawing 'toy' with a few drawbacks. The only way I can save is by screenshot. (there's a save button which just gives me a blank page- try it anyway, it might work for a different device/browser than mine.)

Also, there's no eraser, BUT if you click on the background while holding the 'alt' key (option on Mac) you can change the color to match the background and paint over.

It is fun, though, and easy to figure out.

From:

scaratch

Thanks for the tip! :)

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kerravonsen

Oh wow, I could never get Harmony to do anything that realistic.

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feng_shui_house

Thanks. It's slow, which is kinda good, gives me time to stop before totally goofing up. :^)

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pocketcosmic

Wow! This is a neat tool and what an impressive result.

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scaratch

So I can't manage an artwork everyday, but my son and I were drawing creatures using shapes today. Admittedly, we were copying them from a book, but I thought at least it's something I can share here... So here is my dragonfly... I wish the wings were bigger though.

Edited Date: 2021-08-03 07:56 pm (UTC)

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feng_shui_house

I can't see the image- it tells me 'not authorized'-- I don't know what's wrong.

According to this FAQ it could be that it's got an 'access-only' setting, and if that's the problem you can go to the Manage Images page and change it to allow public viewing.

https://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=248

Edited Date: 2021-08-03 08:12 pm (UTC)

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scaratch

Sorry, it was marked as access only... I've changed it to public. Fingers crossed it shows up now.

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feng_shui_house

Oh, now I can see it! yay. It's adorable. Having little wings and a big head makes it look like a baby.

From:

scaratch

Aw thanks!

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feng_shui_house

That's weird. I clicked on something that said 'reply' and instead it posted my email. OOPs.

Oh, well. Computer. sigh They do what they want.

Edited Date: 2021-08-03 08:20 pm (UTC)

From:

scaratch

I wondered what that was about :D... No worries, now it is gone!

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feng_shui_house

Yep. I was watching a DVD, and it popped up with the email notification. Normally I ignore them because they're usually ads so I didn't know that clicking 'reply' would do that. Live and learn! :^)

Ok, back to Hopalong Cassidy (I freely admit I'm watching it for the horses.)

From:

scaratch

Hehe

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kerravonsen

Oh that is so cute.

From:

scaratch

Thank you!

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pocketcosmic

Aw it's Cute! That face

From:

scaratch

Thank you!

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secretlondon

Went for a walk. Saw a playground through a hole in the wooden fence. Remembered that Wikimedia is having a competition about playgrounds as well as photographing into the light. I like photographing things through holes in fences. It looks over exposed - oh well.

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feng_shui_house

I think the exposure is fine- you have detail in the lighter areas, and the angle is dramatic. Very nice photo!

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kerravonsen

It looks good. Go you!

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pocketcosmic

I really like it. The texture of the wood and grass is really sharp

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scaratch

I really like the sky colours. I once took a photo of the sky every day for a year... Well most of the year, I didn't finish it.

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pocketcosmic

I got the sketch done for my kink bingo fill, John Walker as capwolf (captain america werewolf) Battlestar is with him

Ok link didn't work but let me know if something like this would need to be hidden

Edited Date: 2021-08-04 05:37 am (UTC)

From:

kerravonsen

Oh my gosh, is he eating Bucky's arm?

From:

pocketcosmic

Yep

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scaratch

Ohh, now I get it. Fantastic sketch!

From:

squirmelia

My mum was once barred from a pub in the village for rolling pickled onions along the floor.

To commemorate this occasion, I imagined a giant marble run where you could roll picked onions and they'd roll through the pub. It may well get barred.

Here's a sketch: