2nd Class Party

Sometimes a writer, other times a drawer. I make what I am feeling like ... for the most part. Minors DNI | He/Him | sometimes risque?

[2ndclassparty]

Here goes the next string of words for May!

Last month was only animals and the month prior was monochrome March, so I am more than a bit burned out on sticking to specifics. So I am glad to again tackle stuff with open interpretation again (at least for the most part).

Are there any words you're looking forward to?

Are you interested in taking part in these prompts with me?

Lemme know and hopefully we can keep this streak through May.

[2ndclassparty]

GENIUS, showing or suggesting great cleverness, skill, or originality.

What's genius is making a month full of all sorts of requests, making them all monochrome in color palette, and then making the primary focus be on things that I - as an artist - feel insecure or out of touch with.

Drawing faces is hard, even with a visual right in front of me. I think my greatest bit of trouble is the transition between "cartoonish" and "realistic" and I can only continue to hammer away and see if I can pull off something well enough with it. in due time.

But yeah, I could only think of the "Roll Safe" meme photo when I was recommended genius, and thus here we are.

[2ndclassparty]

SMOKING, it's bad, okay?

I had recently watched Constantine (2005) with buddies and lemme tell ya- it is an awesome film. I have always kinda loosely followed a lot of Constantine stories because while magic and fantasy are not always my cup of tea - the gritty kinda noir fiction that can come with it ABSOLUTELY is.

When it came to the piece itself, this was in part me trying to learn how to use Clip Studio Paint as well as practicing depth for things like roads. Not necessarily a massive success but certainly a chance to improve.

That said, I do find it amusing how when working with a bright color, I tend to shift it towards its darker hues more often than not, as opposed to its lighter ones.

[only-cat-memes]

[2ndclassparty]

CAMCORDER, a small portable combined camera and video recording device.

A bit sloppy, but it's what I gotta do.

I got a new drawing tablet and a new application to better optimize using said tablet - I really wanna make sure that this stuff functions properly. So the new loadout is a Kamvas Pro 16 and Clip Studio Paint to dick around with for the next 7 or so months.

Hopefully by the end of this I will be an expert at what I'm working with. Who knows? I may even start doing drawing streams in the meantime.

[memeuplift]

[mossspores]

life if comes fucks me

[2ndclassparty]

SUN, hey can we go on land?

Okay, so for the past five days it have been queued up and hopefully if the trip goes well and nothing completely insane happens, I should be home by now or by tomorrow.

This is the first submission of the new chain of words and prompts for the month so if all goes well, we can have another month of me getting weird and adventurous with my work.

I have only recently started using larger canvases, as my usual stuff is only in the 400x400 to 1600x1600 range. I figure I can get more intricate details without needing to be super tight with my brush strokes and hopefully this can allow me to further expand into different styles beyond my "kinda pixelated kinda not" that I've got going for me.

As for the piece itself, I just did a simple circle for the sun and made a second copy on a separate layer that I then ran the smudge tool back and forth across and - I'm stalling, I have to prepare my suitcase and get ready for bed. Buh-bye!

[dailycatsblog]

[2ndclassparty]

REGRET, sorrow aroused by circumstances beyond one's control / power to repair.

I had a bath where I lingered until the water was no longer warm. When my skin pruned and ached, I drained it. My trance broke as my skin tingled with a cold reality. Fantasy after fantasy faded from my mind, leaving me to only the ruins of a life once loved. I broke down with bitter tears. Long after, I sluggishly got to my feet, fully dry.

For the tub I used a gradient tool and mirroring to accomplish a look of depth to the tub and keep things symmetrical. I then lightly blended the bottom and lip of the tub with a smudge tool to the gradient. The drain and water line were simple and I tried adding subtle droplets along the walls and floor leading to the drain.

[taurzza]

And now I'm reaching out with every note I sing and I hope it gets to you on some pacific wind wraps itself around you and whispers in your ear tells you that I miss you and I wish that you were here

[alleesaur]

the productivity creatures

[shenoego]

GET BACK HERE

[2ndclassparty]

SERENE, marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude.

Doing this was surprisingly easy, and for the keen eyed it makes a lot of sense. For the less keen eyed - I just drew an average row of these wheat stalks in the middle and then placed a bunch of shrunken ones on a separate layer.

I did a soft edge erasure of the bottom of the stalks and then did a layer on top of it that was slightly larger / closer. Rinse and repeat. There was enough stalks in the original lineup that when I made them bigger, I could just arrange different sections to act as the forefront - thereby adding more "variety".

Make the trees and wheat in the distance blurry to imply depth for added effect and to avoid repeating the rows too much. Lastly, for the clouds I just did a rough shape and lightly erased the bits from the middle and bottom and I had a simple glow setting on the brush for doing the sun.

Overall I believe this took 45 minutes? Funnily enough for a word like "Serene" this is probably one of my most clinical and examinations of the artistic process on a piece so far.

Aside from that, I have no major ramble tonight. I've just been hammering away at my backlog in the meantime because I have a multi-day trip coming up on Thursday that's gonna go until Sunday. (I am writing this on Wednesday, for reference.)

[2ndclassparty]

VALOR, strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness.

If I had a nickel any time I'd drawn something on fire for the word Valor, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much, but it's a bit on the nose if it happened twice.

I really respect firefighters, I think them and EMTs are people that go above and beyond in a time of need. Ironically, a lot of my family are Cops - so this is basically heresy that I'm speaking.

Anyway, I won't have many opportunities to draw up anything while on the road to Philly, but I'll be home on Sunday or early Monday, so until then just enjoy the queue.

[2ndclassparty]

AGOG, full of wonder or surprise.

Attached is the OG intention before I fixed it up this morning.

I definitely limp dicked this one and the next out, primarily to just practice the new brush I tried and to experiment a little more with layering using these brushes.

I had a lot of concepts swimming around - from doing a portrait of a child opening a present to a young girl fawning over some literature or something or other, but ultimately I went with rollercoasters.

I actually really like riding rollercoasters and have an awesome time at amusement parks more often than not, but those places have gotten so damn expensive, I don't see myself attending one for a hot minute (especially alone).

[2ndclassparty]

LUNAR, of, relating to, or resembling the moon.

It seems as though the gentleman we met back on Day 121 has finally bit off more than he could chew.

I wound up using the charcoal brushes on my sketchpad app and the sketch I was making turned out pretty good so I went with it. Similarly, I was not particularly keen on the art for 121, so consider this spiritual successor to be my apology (mostly to myself).

This has also allowed me to start up my backlog now, so hopefully I can get 2 or 3 more days lined up in order to ensure good pieces for you all and SLEEP for me.

[2ndclassparty]

PROPHET, one gifted with more than ordinary spiritual and moral insight.

For this I was originally going to try a depiction akin to early Orthodox Icons. I still have the WIP currently, but I am unsure as to whether I should go forth and finish it.

I ended up instead going with a sort of love child between the Amygdala from Bloodborne (art by Wero Gallo), sea anemones, the missing texture from Garry's Mod.

I like the notion of something so otherworldly that we can only try interpreting it through our limited scope as something else. Giant translucent creature with "wing like" facial features, countless eyes, and a blinding light? Sure, that's an "angel" (art by Dan Hillier). I can only begin to imagine what was going through the minds of the scholars in depicting such things and calling them angels.

For some of you keen eyed folks, you may recognize this poor prophet as depicted in Day 57's piece. It seems as though through prayer, he is now being given a responsibility seemingly beyond his current means. We're rooting for ya, buddy.

[mrlovenstein]

Secret Panel HERE 😌 tinyview.com/mrlovenstein/2026/05/20/the-mom-bomb