day 34, 35, & 36

So i'm just gonna group together these 3 days cuz i spent the majority of these days doing roughly the same thing. On Thursday, my dude had his hernia surgery, and since then i've basically become an on call nurse (much respect). i've been sitting in this horrible thing i call a desk chair (its 45 years old and the back rest fell off 20 years ago, so its basically a hard, wood stool that gives me back problems), and doing photoshop tutorials i've found online.

so on friday i made this one:

i found the tutorial here. I started doing this one a while back (probably a year ago) and at the time i didnt have the time or patients to figure out all the steps (lay off PS nerds, im not as savvy cuz i took one class 5 years ago and i stopped editing photos a while back).

Now that i have all the time in the world and the creative mindset, i decided to try it again, it could've come out better, but i think i did a good job.

So if you read the tutorial, at the end, it talks about adding a line drawing to the halftone shaded picture, and the photo if it on there was cool. Now, did i know how to use a pen tool? of course not, that wasn't covered in the one class i took (or it could've, i just dont remember cuz it was so long ago!), so i had to try and figure it out.

I spent about 2 hours trying to figure it out (seriously), and i was getting fucking frustrated. Then my wireless mouse started to die and glitch, then my back was hurting, then i wanted to cry.

To make myself feel better, i made this little guy:

I just wanted something created and done, i was getting too mad.

Cut to maybe an hour later, and a video tutorial and BOOM! the light blub clicks on, and the pen tool is explained. You know what the other tutorials were lacking? HOLD DOWN "Alt". Seriously, that was my only problem...but anyway, here was the final line drawing:

I'm actually very proud of this one, i had a really hard time figuring it out and once i did, this thing was actually pretty easy. Plus, i think it looks really good.

So late last night into the early sunday morning (3am to be exact), i finally created when i set out to make, the halftone + line drawing piece:

I like the feel of it, but i think i could've shaded it better or something, something's off and I like the line drawing better. I dont know why i felt the need to finish this thing like it was an assignment i had due in the morning. Oh wait, yes i do, cuz i feel the need to finish things when i start them cuz  hate putting it down to finish later, im too impatient for that. Plus, ill be constantly thinking about how i could've finished it if i just stuck with it, and i fear i wont have the creative juices the next time i pick it up to do it...yea, i know, i'm weird.

anywho, when i went to bed this morning, my back gave out so today my dude bought me an early christmas present: a new desk chair! yay! its so comfy and theres back support and it leans back and theres arm rests, its magical!