TannieSpace (Posts about drawing)

Throwing some ink at some drawings.

Tanja — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 00:39:18 GMT

Having a lovely drawing session with my new Kuru Toga mechanical pencil.

Tanja — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:22:06 GMT

Heard about it on @Pen_Addict podcast. <3

Drawing on my thingy.

Tanja — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:31:49 GMT

Whatever you call that thing. Works well for drawing.

All done!

Tanja — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:59:53 GMT

No more drawing this week, taking a break for the weekend.

Colours...

Tanja — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:09:46 GMT

Michael the Zombie

Tanja — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:12:22 GMT

While updating some of my inkblobs I listened to Michael's podcast in which he -- several times -- mentioned feeling like a zombie. I had to wait for my ink to dry and I couldn't help myself.

Had to draw Michael the Zombie with his teapot and trusty timer...

Drawing on the other side

Tanja — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:14:57 GMT

I recently had to quit my RA-meds, again. The side-effects (loss of appetite, moodswings, headache, and extra hairloss) got so bad that I couldn‚Äôt take it anymore. My doctor and I discussed it and we decided to take a break from medication and see how that goes.

So far, not as fabulous as I hoped. Pains and swellings have returned, minor ones so far. This did however gave me an incentive to train my other hand some more. I‚Äôve done this off and on the past few years and decided to make a bigger effort now. I have cooked (mostly) with the other hand, even chopping veggies, and I did some sketches for my Inkblobs. They don't look very well but they also don't look too bad. I can't seem to draw circles yet, and my 'straight' lines look like bacon strips.

It'll take a while ;)

More drawings from / with the Inkling

Tanja — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:06:48 GMT

This afternoon I made some drawings with the Inkling. I sketched some drawings on paper and then transferred them to my computer. I had to figure out how Inkscape works again, but in general, it went smooth and fast.

I think it will help in more easily converting sketches to digital drawings. I like!

Stop! Project-time!

Tanja — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:29:56 GMT

November awaits just around the corner of this week, and traditionally, in November I do Nanowrimo. Okay, not every year, most years since 2001 or so. This year I decided to participate again and I have not started anything yet. I'll see where it takes me.

I've also registered for the Sketchbookproject 2012 and hopefully this year I'll get the notebook in time so I can do a little bit often and fill the whole thing up :)

Looking forward to both projects.

Drawing with the Inkling

Tanja — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:54:25 GMT

I've played around with the Inkling a bit today. It requires a little bit getting used to (I tend to hold my pens low, it appears, and this interferes with the Inkling-signal).

These images show the difference between the drawing on paper (first image) and the vector-image that came from the Inkling device. It looked slightly wobbly, so I simplified the paths, resulting in the third image.

I normally don't draw with ballpoint pens so that required some adaptation on my side. I tried some handwriting and that seemed to go well (image 4). I did notice a slight misalignment every once in a while, usually if I removed the pen from the paper too far. I dotted the flower roughly at the same distance everywhere but it looks off in the Inkling-export. All in all it works pretty well, but I will have to get a hang of the quirks.