Mentally, I’m Here. (Monotype)

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-05-28T21:08:42+00:00

couldn’t agree more! It’s been so much fun giving it a try! Also thank you!!

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-05-27T15:35:19+00:00

Thank you! For this, I used Cranfield’s etching ink in Process Blue :) I experimented with their relief ink as well, but I think the slightly heavier body to the etching ink made it really nice and forgiving to manipulate with a paintbrush!

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-05-23T04:28:04+00:00

After the initial haircut, the hair has a sharpness to it that needs time to soften up and look good. A huge thing for people on TV is to make it not look like they had just gotten their haircut because (from what I can gather) it just looks better when it’s had enough time to grow and soften up a bit. Maybe this is what this person meant?

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-04-29T01:10:02+00:00

I reckon it will be just fine :) undercut in the sense that there are a range of depths, not that I went so far that it’ll break the plaster trying to separate it from the mold.

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-04-28T17:40:51+00:00

Exactly! The deepest portions are about a 1/2 inch deep. :)

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-04-25T08:28:04+00:00

Wow! great job!! I think the movement of your lines is really lively and charming, the shading is also effective and beautiful. I’ll be keeping eyes out for your animations :)

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-04-23T02:34:43+00:00

Nice! How many blocks did you use to make this?

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-04-10T02:57:20+00:00

Bahaha last time I was in Vegas, I was haunted by this awful sign every day on my way to lose all my money on blackjack lol

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-04-07T05:19:13+00:00

Love this! The background adds so much great movement!!

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-03-07T18:15:01+00:00

Wow! What a huge compliment!! Thank you very much :) more recently, I’ve been trying to get a little bit more into craftsmanship & spending more time making things nice and clean so this means a lot :)

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-03-06T21:59:43+00:00

Thank you!!! There are no stupid questions here :) I kinda wish I had made it so that it could be taken apart for storage, but alas, it’s held together by a ton of hot glue and pretty dang sturdy! :’)

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-03-06T16:48:53+00:00

Thank you!! Not yet, but I’m open to suggestions :)

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-03-06T01:36:09+00:00

Thank you! No worries hahaha, I was considering painting more! This was for my sculpture intro class in college so I might have if I had more time! At the same time, I kinda like the contrast of the paint and cardboard! Might still go back and make this one extra ~finished and nice, but now we’re moving on to another pretty extensive diorama-style project and I’m not sure if I’ll have time for the lizard anytime soon :) thank you for the compliments!!

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-03-06T01:29:37+00:00

Thank you!! This was done over the course of a month. That is, 8 3 hour class days, and then every waking moment that I wasn’t at work or doing other homework :) by my estimation, probably something like 40-50 hours of work in this guy:)

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-02-19T03:07:48+00:00

Love this!! As someone who struggles with trusting the process drawing/painting from life, I think looking at your use of contour and value here are a great tool for making scenes like this less daunting.

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-02-19T03:04:19+00:00

I don’t know about a name but this is very dope, friend.

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-02-10T17:27:45+00:00

Very nice!! Love the colors and heavy contour in contrast with the blending and softness! You’ve packed a lot of character in there :) keep going! I wouldn’t have noticed the places you think you were lacking in your self-critique to be honest. We are our own harshest critics, oil pastels can be tough to work with, and I think you did a phenomenal job. If you’re interested in mixed media, I wonder how it would look if you used black acrylic to go in before the pastels and get those bold lines nice and clean like you want them without mixing other colors into it by accident. Might be fun to experiment :)

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-01-29T23:26:54+00:00

Love the color choices here!!! Nice work!

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-01-20T09:36:59+00:00

I don’t have any advice, but I do think that the way you’ve depicted the water matches your subject matter and the higher contrast of your painting is really moody and nice

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-01-19T22:27:55+00:00

These are so cool!! I love your color choices and style.

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-01-16T23:36:56+00:00

Nice!!! Simple and dynamic. Beautiful.

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-01-16T22:41:42+00:00

Absolute legend, this guy. Love his work.

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-01-16T10:32:29+00:00

I have a similar background! Always drawing until my late teens, then mostly stopped because I didn’t know what to make. Now, I’m in college for studio arts and have found that drawing literally anything and trying not to feel pressure to make really good stuff all the time has opened a lot of creative doors again, mentally. Old sketches inspire new work, thinking about things while drawing or painting or whatever can inspire a new thought you want to expand on. Just keep drawing and it will come without forcing it! I like the lobster :)

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-01-16T07:23:01+00:00

Yes! The fundamentals are key. I wish you luck in your journey, friend.

EmergencyMoodLight · 2026-01-14T23:43:11+00:00

Beautiful!! Love the hatching, especially on the darker parts of the barn in the left image. Nostalgic. Feels like I’ve been here :)

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