Update!

Its that time again where I update all of you on the things going on both in my life and related to this blog.

Fist of all a week ago I hit 8000 page views and I couldn't be more thankful that what I am now, its been a fun journey so far and I really hope it will be in the future. I want to thank you all for visiting and reading the content on my blog.

Secondly, there is a current poll going on the blogs twitter where you get to vote for what content you want to see more of on the blog and It lasts a week so you have one week until your decisions take effect.

Thirdly, a while ago I uploaded a blog post about my new found pass time doing digital art. I now have a Facebook page dedicated to all of my art so far and If you'd like to keep up to date with all of my work click here and like the page and there you will see each time I post any new update on my work.

Finally some of you may not know but this blog also now has an Instagram page, it has been linked in a recent post for Top Ten Tuesday on this blog but if you want to see everything I do behind the scenes of this blog and all of the other wonderful stuff follow here

Unrelated to all of this, I injured my knee over a year ago and I ended up on crutches in a thigh to ankle knee support for a week and then had to do exercises which didn't help. Finally went to the doctors and he said there is nothing wrong with my knee. No swelling etc. even though there clearly is. I have to now call up Physical Therapy and learn exercises to strengthen the ligaments and tendons in the knee or something.

Thursday Thought - Digital Drawing

Okay so earlier this year, maybe late July? I cant be exact but Hey Violet released their EP called Can You Feel it, there is a track on there called Sparks Fly and they wanted fans to create art that matched the lyrics for a lyric video. I immediately thought of the lyrics "there's a constellation in your eyes." and then thought up an image of someone's eyes with a constellation in them.

I hadn't been able to draw great on paper so I had a drawing app on my tablet but when I first drew it out using reference photos of eyes I realised the app didn't have the tool I needed to blend the skin tones together.

I ended up asking my mom if I could buy another app that had many tools that I could use including the tool to blend the skin tones. I got to it right away, I used reference photos, listened to the song and its album over and over just for fun as I drew. this was the first time I did digital drawing, and I was serious about it. Admittedly it didn't look too good at the start but then I finished it after 3 or so days, it looked good, my mom printed it off and framed it etc. and I entered it to go into the lyric video.

Unfortunately I didn't make it into the video with my digital art but I have now continued with the art. So far I have the piece I entered for the video, and incomplete full face drawing (missing hair) its only incomplete because I couldn't do the hair, I also have a drawing of my sister that I did in 1-2 days for her 19th birthday which was the first time I digitally drew hair and it turned out good in my eyes. I have a drawing of Michael Clifford from 5 Seconds Of Summer that turned out good and recognisable shall I add and I am currently working on a piece that is Luke Hemmings from 5 Seconds Of Summer but I am yet to find time to continue it. I would show you the finished products but adding photos to my posts doesn't seem to work properly.

If you're thinking of taking up digital drawing you do not need to splash a lot of money on special tablets, software and stylus'. I've been doing all of my drawings on a £3-4 app and a Samsung tab 2 with a broken rubber ended stylus that came with my leather case for the tablet. If you do continue with the art and want to take it next level and buy special things go for it, just don't think you'll be into digital art and buy all the expensive things to do it with and then find out you don't quite like it.