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Maybe someday I’ll settle on a style. This still life practice is heavily simplified from a super lovely photo from alenadanko on instagram. If you dig still life photography with a lot of atmosphere, elegance, vintage and shabby-chic styling, check her stuff out. A lot of her work has really evocative lighting and reflections!

Okay let’s look at the goals I set for myself. Making a “finished” drawing every day. Be drawing a heck of a lot of hornedworms. upload these drawings every day, or at least once a week. tweet about these drawings every day, or at least once a week. So I fell short of my goal…

The things I will be physically doing for Inktober: Making a “finished” drawing every day. Be drawing a heck of a lot of hornedworms. trying to upload these drawings every day, or at least once a week. tweeting about these drawings every day, or at least once a week. The thing I’m hoping to get…

Well it’s been 9 days, and I’ve learned some things. A- Don’t expect a new habit to take on the first try when you are starting it in the middle of moving and right before a week of house-guests. B- Avocado toast has a lot of shapes. C- Cold toast is not as good as…

Good morning! Or at least, it’s good now that I’ve eaten my sweet millennial avocado toast. ;) Today I’ve started a week long art project. I’ve never really pressed myself to draw or paint in time limit. As a result I’ve always felt insecure about how long it takes me to produce my art. I’ve…

Or more informatively: “Gee, Briana, where have you been?” I’m gonna reduce the cheeky “I bet you’ve been wondering where I went” down to that subtitle and this sentence. Instead lets’s get down to what I’ve been up to! SQL & Scripting Yes you read that right. I’ve gone and learned SQL. It’s worse than…

You’ve seen the belt, the mantle, and the over robes. Now it’s time for the final piece to my masterwork. It took me a long time to settle on a design for the base robe that all the others would be worn over. I wanted it to be opulent, but not too busy. I wanted…

So, I’ve been a lurker fan of Harrison Krix‘s work as Volpin Props for years now. I discovered him the way a lot of folks did: back in 2010 through Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play and the amazing Portal Gun. I’ve been hooked ever since. Following his blog and creations has been a guaranteed way to set off an itching need…