Admin Post: Community Check-In for November 2020

[goss]

Tomorrow's the last day of November, and we'd love to have you check in and chat with us. How have things been with you this past month?

Did you sign up for or take part in any fandom activities in November, or have you been working on any personal art projects? Are you currently trying to meet a deadline? Feel free to share upcoming challenges that have got you excited, any frustrations you've been experiencing, possible goals for the next month, and so on. :)

Comments

[yhlee]

I did a still life for the first time and learned so much from the exercise!

...and then my iPad Pro, which I use for digital art, stopped charging. T_T I can't tell whether the charger died, the port died, the battery died, or something else entirely. I've ordered a new charger and I hope that fixes the issue, but we'll see. I really don't want to have to buy a new iPad. This is doubly frustrating because I was hoping to do some holiday art for people, and while I do still have my watercolors, things like "jewel tones" are harder to pull off with the techniques I know. :/

[mekare]

Argh I hate tech trouble like this. My iPad‘s battery is just slowly going crazy (showing 40% and then crashing after five minutes). Hope you get your issue fixed!

What was the still life? Did you post it in your journal?

[yhlee]

It's here - I posted it locked in my journal (now unlocked) because it was my first attempt at a still life (I did it on my iPad - God knows I've never achieved blacks that deep with a real pencil!) and I was embarrassed by it. :3

I'm just waiting for my new charger to arrive so I can see if that fixes the issue, thanks!

[kiki_miserychic]

Good vibes for the charger to work.

[yhlee]

Thank you!

[mific]

Oh noes with the iPad. Damn technology!
I guess the more transparent watercolours, unmixed, would work better for jewel tones.

[yhlee]

Inorite??

I'm just nervous about using watercolors straight from the tube when I don't have experience with that technique-wise! But I suppose eventually I should give it a try.