#practie

[wiirocku]

1 John 3:4 (ESV) - Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.

[magicmetalblog]

I’m still alive

I’ve started this as a side blog to post art and musings off my main comics tumblr. 

I was making comics and for a few years but stopped because my life suddenly became very turbulent. My work-life balance has been a nightmare for the past few years but I’ve been gradually getting back into art-making.

Here’s a betta WIP I’ve been working on.

I’m thinking about documenting my trial and error journey to whatever form of artistic rehabilitation this has been. I’ve noticed that a lot of it has become reprogramming myself to fade old habits into new ones through a sort of gradual replacement process.

Learning to sit down and just do the thing has been a process. It’s strange because it used to be almost as though my life revolved around art-making in the past. What happened? Learning to be kind to myself in getting back to it has also been a process.

I’ve also been working on a larger-scale painting. Here it is in progress.

It’s a lot easier for me to be a consumer than a creator despite every fibre of my being pushing me to make things. I need to emote. I need to express. I’m overflowing with things I want to talk about, stores I want to tell, reactions, commentary, etc.

I’ve gotten a new digital imaging program. I was formally trained on Adobe programs but they decided to become landlords who charge monthly rent instead of letting you buy your software the way they used to. I pay to power my saw or sander but I don’t pay a monthly fee to rent them. I paid for my tools. This has been especially demoralizing because digital post-production is a part of my process. It’s been a tremendous hurdle in sharing my work. Learning how to use the new software is also a hurdle I’m learning to overcome. I keep sitting here thinking, “omg, am I old?? Please let this be because it’s completely backward and not because I’m becoming some Tech Grandparent.” I learn best by doing and by being able to ask questions. Forums make the uptake difficult. I’m working hard regardless. Again, the emphasis is being kind to myself.

I still have a job that has me working 60 hour weeks. Between generational poverty, student debt, and the cost of living, changing jobs isn’t feasible right now. The best I can do is find time when I can find time so that I can do what I need to do to take care of my mental health.

Twitter is collapsing right now and that was probably the catalyst I’ve needed. Social media is designed to be addictive. I like the idea of a slower internet.

[venrin]

Shrine of the Lake Sprit. 

Had some time today to finish this small excercise that started out as a sketch a while back. It was very relaxing, I really like isometry :)

[otholvin]

Practice - Random 5

Practice – Random 5

Been a while since I sat with my guitar. Felt like a day where I needed to and I’m glad I did.

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[onibri]

Trying more complicated poses. :)

[ssseneca]

Day 9

Practiced Alternate Picking for an hour in midday 

This session was very good an gave me lots of ideas to train out and test out for left hand fretting and pick alternation, while also helping some of my clumsy left hand problems.

Different left hand Motions using alternating string

R58 motion for alternate picking.

The first point is so flexible, it can be used to practice a lot of motions with left hand, and if you use only three finges, it makes the alternate picking a bit more challening, so it trains both hands simultaneously.

[anna-toman]

[backingjamtracks-blog]

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