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Just a few thumbnails for tonight. I tried exploring the lower left one, but it didn't really amount to much.

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I missed yesterday! ): I was exhausted after work, and though I did spend a couple hours drawing, I was too out of it to actually come up with anything. But anyways, I seemed to be back on track today. When I was doodling thumbnails at work (amongst all of my scribbly math and vector diagrams) I decided I kind of wanted to depict people worshipping someone. As I played with it, I started to come up with the idea of a group of people who worship what is basically a corpse. The person would have been alive initially, but in order to achieve some sort of divinity, was killed/sacrificed there (by having wet linen wrapped around his head, causing him to suffocate). Now, they try and mask the fact that he's a rotting corpse with incense (the stands in front of him), sweet smelling plants, etc. Pretty grim, but I like the concept.

What I don't like though is that silly super-foreground drape I stuck in the corner. Baah, bad decisions!

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I think I'll do these every evening for a while. I got a new tablet this evening! So I spent most of the night tinkering with the settings. Didn't plan on upgrading until December, but Black Friday sales have their sway. I was a bit worried about going down from my Intuos4 large to an Intuos5 medium (I'd initially regretted getting the large, but had since gotten used to it). I'm happy to say that I don't feel any issue with the medium's size, and the fact that I got it for $100 less than the regular price definitely sweetened the deal.

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Above all else, set design and all of the frustration it brings is the greatest challenge I've found when it comes to art. Coming up with a scene, figuring out the appropriate camera angle and perspective, coming up with architectural elements to fill up all of the stupid-empty-space-oh-god-i-hate-it, and whatever else it involves! IT'S ALL SO HARD. But I think I can conquer it. Maybe. Eventually.

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Do not ask questions.

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I would have liked to have spent more than a couple hours on this portrait of IU, but unfortunately, I have work tomorrow.