It's spring time! Here's a redraw/remake of a drawing I did in 2020, this time as mixed media (digital sketch, alcohol markers, colouring pencils and collage).
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Happy PI Day, 3/14! Yep, that weird way of writing the date with the month first - but without it we wouldn't have these creative celebrations, so I won't be ranting this time. 😉
I combined my fanart for this day with a March Mixed Media art challenge. After drawing a sketch on my tablet, I printed it, transferred it on a thicker paper and coloured it with alcohol markers and colouring pencils. Then I used black and white markers to add the lines that have become my style over last few years and finally cut it out with a craft scalpel. I took a photo of it and added my logo in CSP. So, is it enough to fall under the mixed media category? 😄
As for the pies, I didn't draw what we used to call Disney pies or Tom & Jerry pies, although it's their most recognizable form. We used to see them only in cartoons and couldn't figure out how they were even considered pies, but truth be told, almost anything can be a pie, it depends on different cultures. I drew my two favourite pies - the salty one is made of thin flaky dough and cheese (often with spinach) and the sweet, square one is an apple pie, but it can also be with sweetened cheese or cherries. I adore anything sweet and can't exactly choose my favourite filling. 🤷♂️
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Grogu: Revenge of the Freauggos
Freauggos are a semi-sentient carbon-based species. They're amphibians, but actually classified as aquatic because in Star Wars lore many lifeforms in this category often fit into other categories (they include creatures that can breathe water, air or both).
There are many subspecies within this species. They are predominantly green, but also brown, blue, red or purple creatures, usually with horns, especially in grown-up stages. They have a stout body, big protruding eyes, limbs folded underneath and no tail. Their skin is glandular, sometimes with toxic secretions. They can get quite big and although they mostly hop on all four limbs, there is evidence of somewhat humanoid forms.
The planet of origin hasn't been established yet. They can be found everywhere, especially the smaller subspecies, but the greatest concentration of species diversity is in tropical rainforests. Possible planets of origin include Felucia or Joralla and even Scarif.
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Through two seasons of The Mandalorian we've seen Grogu occasionally feasting on smaller Freauggos, so it would be interesting to see him meeting some of the bigger and more frightening members of the species.
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After so much time here's another version of Grace, a recurring character from video games played by Josh on his YouTube channel Let's Game It Out. This Grace is from his Parkasaurus video (13 Aug 2021).
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But who is Grace and why is she in a lot of his games? I don't actually remember the exact origin, although officially she first appeared in his Startup Company video from April 2019. The thing is that Josh sometimes names one of the characters Grace or there's already a Grace present in a game and then somehow he finds ways to make her a "star" of his videos and she usually ends up in unexpected situations. I've drawn five of them so far, with plans to draw more whenever I feel inspired.
It's not easy to explain Josh's playing style. He ignores the rules of a gameplay and tries to explore as many unbelievable solutions and glitches as possible, often breaking a game, which results in hilarious videos. It's not your average gaming video, it's comedy gold!
This Grace is an employee at the Parkasaurus and the same character appears in different roles. As you start building your park, she's the first character you meet - first she's a ticket seller, later she works at a fruit stand etc. She's supposed to be a background character because the goal of the game is to build a dinosaur park, but it's never the case when Josh gets his hands on a game. 😉
I usually add something from the games in my drawings to make them more interesting. The dino is a Wuerhosaurus (of course, Josh calls it a Warehousesaurus 😄), basically the only dino species for the most part of the video, and Grace is holding tickets and a dinosaur egg. The pose is from @theposearchives.
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No, this isn't a March of Robots post, I just drew my Robosona design in Ghostbusters logo style to write a little rant. 😉
What to say about AI "art" that hasn't been said these last few months? I'm not actually an artist and I don't earn anything from whatever I create here. It's just a hobby, but I still consider myself a member of this community and it's difficult to ignore this issue.
When it comes to everyday users who don't even think of any kind of art, it seems like it could be treated as any other filter - if you need a new profile picture etc., something as simple as that (although there are copyright isuess too). The main problem is when they try to make money off it, calling themselves artists and creating something they claim is theirs, without taking art theft implications into consideration.
Basically, it makes creating art look like a chore, something we're forced to do and they present this "solution" as a shortcut, an easy way out. There's difference between brainstorming, drawing ideas and sketches, perfecting your final piece as long as it takes or just typing prompts in an AI generator program. You draw because you like it and if you want (or if you're lucky enough) you can make money off your own talent and effort, not by stealing.
Obviously this kind of technology is here to stay and I guess it could have some useful applications if dealt properly, but not as an ultimate substitute for real artists or a means of infringing artists' rights. We need new laws or any other way to define or repurpose its use.
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Nonsense indeed. 😒
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