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Aughost - Week 1

Week one of #Aughost - enjoying creating my sillly little ghosties and sharing for fun :) Thanks for the prompts @TheRealAuGHOST #Aughost #Week1 #MondayBlogs

Aughost is upon us and I am loving seeing Twitter scattered with little ghosties of all shapes and sizes as @TheRealAuGHOST encourages one and all to take on the fun of joining in whatever their skill level …. now that’s a challenge that me and my silly doodles can take on! 😀 #Aughost Prompts Day – PatienceDay 2 – RedDay 3 – CharcoalDay 4 – LighthouseDay 5 – WoodworkDay 6 – DiceDay 7 –…

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All the Small Things

All the Small Things #amwriting #blogging #random #Sundaythoughts

So JaNEWary has been and gone and we were already a fair amount through February before I blinked! Or at least it feels this way. So what did you get up to? Did you try anything NEW or stick to a resolution? I do hope all is going well over at Excessive & Composed with the 2019 walking challenge.

For myself there wasn’t anything too life altering going on yet I’m feeling in a positive place right…

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JaNEWary is here!

My JaNEWary is here! #NewYears2019 ##Resolution2019 #JaNEWary

So I have never really been one of those people that begins the New Year spouting about how it’s going to be a ‘new year new me’. Mostly because I know I am terrible at keeping resolutions anyhow, so why would I purposely be putting myself under extra stress trying not to fail at some ridiculous notion of exercising and dieting….it’s just not gonna happen.

But perhaps this year I can at least…

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The Blog Post With No Name

The Blog Post With No Name #amblogginofsorts

Ok, I’m doing this ..

*taps at keys a little while before holding down the delete button and sighing

No .. nope..hmm

So I would like to make a blog post, or at least feel like I should especially after all the lovely shout outs I’ve been getting on twitter from @nic_calaverabut I feel like at a bit of a loss for it because I haven’t really done anything interesting of late so I haven’t really got…

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Inktober: Week 2

Inktober: Week 2 #Inktober #Inktober2018 ##MondayBlogs

My inky contributions for Inktober

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Inktober - Only for Artists?

Inktober - Only for Artists? #Inktober2018 #Inktober #MondayBlog #Blogging #NoobArt #Doodles

I want to stamp a big fat ‘NO!’ on this right at the start, yet this year I have to say I’m feeling a little on my own out there for being someone who just likes to draw rather than can draw.

  Perhaps I was just in a different place in my head last year or maybe I just follow a lot more actual artists on Twitter this year, or maybe it’s because I put more time into Inktober stuff last year.…

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A Day of Loss

A Day of Loss #Warcraft #ForTheQuietGamer #ThursdayThoughts

This has been a day of great shock, great sadness and general disbelief.

Yes this should be another post about the heartache of Teldrassil being lost, yet instead hope was lost in the form of wiped out quest logs and the lack of regard towards this fact.

Today we lost the ‘Crown of the Earth’ in game and yet I didn’t give up hope, even after the tearful quest that brought the futility and…

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CB&W: Toys for adults ... Oh, OK & Children

Toys for adults ... Oh, OK, & Children #Blogging #Photo #Challenge

I thought my first post of the New Year should be something fun and creative, so I joined in with –

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Toys for Children or Adults

Nightmare Before Christmas Moomins

  Darth Vader

I’m not sure if that last one has too much colour, but I liked it!

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Goodbye Inktober, Hello NaNoWriMo

Goodbye Inktober, Hello NaNoWriMo

Well I had a lot of fun joining in with Mythical Inktober, and am pleased to have actually done something creative throughout October: the incentive of a goal really help me. Thanks to Frenone for supplying the prompts as I probably would have faltered on the original Inktober ones, but the mythical ones made the task far more fun and I now feel more confident sharing my artwork even when it…

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I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date!

Here are my late Mythical Inktober offerings

Day 16: Treant

Day 17: Wyvern

Day 18: Pixie

Day 19: Werewolf

Day 20: Gryphon

Day 21: Centaur

And now to catch up with the rest 😉

Late October scribbles #MythicalInktober #Inktober2017 I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date! Here are my late Mythical Inktober offerings

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Novel Ideas: Opinions Please

Novel Ideas: Opinions Please #NaNoWriMo #amwriting #prose #fiction

I’m still trying to work out what style of writing is going to keep me going for NaNoWriMo next month. So I was hoping that maybe some feedback might help me choose. If you have the time to read through these snippets and let me know if you enjoy any or dislike any, or think something sticks out as interesting, then please let me know.

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Ok I’m running late so I’ll pin these up and hope nobody notices *grins

Day 8: Gargoyle – I’m still not sure which colour I actually prefer on these.

Day 9: Pegasus – I went for cutesy / My Little Pony style on this one and this might be my favourite one so far 🙂

Day 10: Satyr or Faun – I started off with the idea of copying some Blizzard art but it turns out my eyes were just going crosseyed on the chest>arm

    So I tried another Warcraft Satyr based on the in game image: graphics are not so good to copy from! His horns were a little bent out of shape but I’m putting that down to him being a bit feisty.

              Day 11: Faerie – This one was just a quick felt drawn one after a long day

      Day 12: Wendigo – I actually didn’t know what this was except for having an image in mind from Warcraft. I also drew it in green ink which I really didn’t like but now, thanks to @Ashpah_ I can say this is a Greench 😀

Day 13: Sea Serpent – I was happy with this little doodle as it was just freestyle which isn’t something I can often do.

Day 14: Dragon – So I haven’t completely finished the colouring on this one to where I want but I’m keenly aware that I have a tendency to over do things. So I need to work out if I’m going to continue practicing shading with biro or just leave future offerings with just the outline.

  My first week can be seen HERE

Week 2 of Mythical Inktober (I'm running late) #MythicalInktober #Inktober2017 #Inktober Ok I'm running late so I'll pin these up and hope nobody notices *grins Day 8: Gargoyle - I'm still not sure which colour I actually prefer on these.

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November is Coming!

November is Coming! #NaNoWriMo #Planning

Yes, I know, I know, it’s still October and I’m already days behind on my Inktober offerings but I am going to catch up … honest.

But I haven’t been at home over the weekend, and while I couldn’t be drawing then my thoughts turned to fear because November is almost here. And I wanted to have some kind of vague plan for NaNoWriMo this time, in hopes this will help me actually cross the finishing…

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Well I said I was going to join in for Inktober and I’m happy to say that I have actually got through the first week without giving up in frustration, and I’ve shared drawings in public that I really wasn’t comfortable with the standard of.

So I call this a good start.

I do have to admit that I got a tad sidetracked from the original mission though, and now instead of using the #Inktober prompts, I’ve switched tracks and joined in with Frenone and #mythicalInktober. Well her prompts just seemed such fun and appealed to my fantasy side.

And here are my doodles so far

Day 1: Moonbunny

Day 2: Dryad – I was a little annoyed that I didn’t start a fresh page for this one as I like it.

Day 3: Valkyrie: Hiding the arms because anatomy isn’t my strong point

Day 4: Cactus Cat: I knew I would like this one even without shading

Day 5: Siren: This was a case of too much adjustment: I decided to adjust the mouth afterwards as it looked like an angry pout, but I really wish I’d left it alone.

Day 6: Direwolf – I used a different type of pen for this one and it flowed more ink that I was expecting so the nose wrinkles got lost.

Day 7: Banshee – This made me see how differently things looked depending on the lighting for the photograph, though I’m still not sure which I prefer.

  Well so far I’m having a lot of fun, even if some of the prompts are tricky for me to draw. If you decide you want to join in then here are the prompts for the rest of #MythicalInktober and I urge you to go visit Frenone’s Twitter page  HERE to have a look at all her awesome pieces of artwork.

  One Week of Noob Art #mythicalinktober #Inktober #MondayBlogs #Doodles Well I said I was going to join in for Inktober and I'm happy to say that I have actually got through the first week without giving up in frustration, and I've shared drawings in public that I really wasn't comfortable with the standard of.

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Art Noob October

Art Noob October #Inktober #Intober2017 #NoobArt

For a while now I’ve seen posts advertising Inktober on Twitter, and reading some of controversy surrounding it, and I have to say that I sit here feeling rather confused; sometimes a little bemused too. From what I understand, an artist called Jake Parkerdecided to start up Inktober as a way to encourage people to try or improve their art work using ink. For some people it’s not easy, or…

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Gotta poke a Pepe or two..

My blogging may have been idle but me, not so much. I thought it was about time to show you a few bits of the geeky themed felting, I have...

Felting with #Warcraft and #Overwatch influences.

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The Little Things

The Little Things #TuesdayThoughts #life

For two days now, I’ve woke naturally at 7:30am and then had porridge and orange juice for breakfast – this is the longest voluntary routine I’ve had in years.

But this is not an achievement I hear you say, this is normal life; I hear your pleas but I’m going to congratulate myself on it anyway. For me, this is a step in the right direction, especially if you compare this with the usual, no…

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