Some things!
# I learnt a new embroidery stitch a couple of days ago - open chain stitch - and it wasn't difficult, and now I have some ideas! (they are very nebulous, but they are ideas, nonetheless).
# I also discovered, by accident*, a bunch of videos on youtube about using watercolour with embroidery, and I want to have a go at that, because I think it will be interesting! It is something I've previously thought about, but just not followed through with.
Also I have - not even joking - a ginormous pile of white cotton fabric, so now I know what I can do with some of it!
*I was looking for abstract embroidery videos, hence the accidental.
# I belatedly watched Johnny streaming a game called Inscryption, which is a roguelike deck building card game that actually looks/sounds more fascinating than I thought it might!
HOWEVER, I offer a caveat: if you watch this stream, please be aware that there are a few horrific elements (although not super graphic, thankfully), involving the human body, so if that kind of thing upsets you, you may be better off not watching.
Johnny does try to warn for when it happens, but the first one and at least one other catches them off-guard, because they didn't know what would happen, as they hadn't played this game before. So. Just be aware of that if you decide to watch this stream.
They have also played Unpacking, which I won't link to, because I doubt y'all are interested in the third stream of it in a month (also if you're that interested, you can check out their channel from the stream link above!)
# I've been looking at microscope photography on pinterest, because that sort of thing absolutely fascinates me. I decided to look in part because some of the embroidery I've been pinning looks like cell photos**, so I was intrigued to see what inspiration I could find.
I did not expect to find stuff similar to things I'd been drawing, however! (this is my microscope board, if you're at all interested).
So that was a nice and weird surprise. And, oddly, it makes me feel less guilty about drawing stuff like this? (I have hang-ups about non-representational/abstract art that are 90% my own thing I need to work through, hence the strange guilt).
**You might have to do some digging, depending on how much I've pinned when you get to the board, sorry!
# I think that's everything for now!
# I learnt a new embroidery stitch a couple of days ago - open chain stitch - and it wasn't difficult, and now I have some ideas! (they are very nebulous, but they are ideas, nonetheless).
# I also discovered, by accident*, a bunch of videos on youtube about using watercolour with embroidery, and I want to have a go at that, because I think it will be interesting! It is something I've previously thought about, but just not followed through with.
Also I have - not even joking - a ginormous pile of white cotton fabric, so now I know what I can do with some of it!
*I was looking for abstract embroidery videos, hence the accidental.
# I belatedly watched Johnny streaming a game called Inscryption, which is a roguelike deck building card game that actually looks/sounds more fascinating than I thought it might!
HOWEVER, I offer a caveat: if you watch this stream, please be aware that there are a few horrific elements (although not super graphic, thankfully), involving the human body, so if that kind of thing upsets you, you may be better off not watching.
Johnny does try to warn for when it happens, but the first one and at least one other catches them off-guard, because they didn't know what would happen, as they hadn't played this game before. So. Just be aware of that if you decide to watch this stream.
They have also played Unpacking, which I won't link to, because I doubt y'all are interested in the third stream of it in a month (also if you're that interested, you can check out their channel from the stream link above!)
# I've been looking at microscope photography on pinterest, because that sort of thing absolutely fascinates me. I decided to look in part because some of the embroidery I've been pinning looks like cell photos**, so I was intrigued to see what inspiration I could find.
I did not expect to find stuff similar to things I'd been drawing, however! (this is my microscope board, if you're at all interested).
So that was a nice and weird surprise. And, oddly, it makes me feel less guilty about drawing stuff like this? (I have hang-ups about non-representational/abstract art that are 90% my own thing I need to work through, hence the strange guilt).
**You might have to do some digging, depending on how much I've pinned when you get to the board, sorry!
# I think that's everything for now!
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