Belvane

I used to teach 3D Warcraft art and view Blender as an abusive boyfriend, but now I doodle with watercolors.

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A quick picture to test the latest #wow_export. Thanks, @Marlamin and @Kruithne - it's smooth and intuitive and easy to use, even after a year's break from Blender. Your software is great!

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Slowly finding abstract shapes I don't hate! I took shapes from Moorish architecture, medieval manuscripts and mandalas, then had an excuse to play with pretty colors without worrying about anatomy or lighting!

I finally managed the Fun > Visual impressiveness attitude! \o/

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@Vermintales Gaah! Thanks, Remi! You made my day <3

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Requested art n.03, in which I learnt that AI still sucks for reference. Type "before:2022" to get real photos!

Also learnt that opossums are both cute and terrifying

#watercolor #traditional_art

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Requested art #04, from a Facebook request. I got to analyze frog skeletons and and turns out their pelvic bone is longer than their ribcage. Also made the frog purple and I'll die on that hill.

#watercolor #traditional_art

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I take painting requests from anyone, so this one was from a facebook friend - a cat in a lab

#watercolor #traditional_art

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Analizing animal structures for paintings requested by strangers on social media.

This place seems empty nowadays, so I'm mostly on Instagram. I'd love to keep in touch with you all there!

https://t.co/vdMG2vhVuc

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@NavyChevalier Wow, Arhamis, that's a gorgeous spot!

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Still have no idea what it is I enjoy painting, so I try everything - even stuff I never liked seeing, like zendoodles (they look like alarming biology closeups to me...). But I figured out some composition issues with that one before learning that zendoodling is not my thing.

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Another attempt at abstract, but I chickened out on the snails so it's just... rainbow swirls.

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1. I currently suck at watercolor and enjoy being able to admit it
2. Just want to have fun splashing happy colors on paper
3. But not total abstract
4. Also not anything boring like flowers or scenery
5. Hobbit shelves too detailed to be fun
6. Solution: ABSTRACT SNAILSSSSSSS

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Rock salt on watercolor creates cool textures, but it also looks, in close-up photos, like the Cave Of Wanders...

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Mixing Terre Verte green with all the other paints I have. Look at this beautiful, calm, muted palette! I want to wear it as a sweater!

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More #watercolor experiments - with rice, salt, rubbing alcohol and white ink.

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Got a low-quality watercolor sketchbook where I can experiment and feel okay with making boring art, and it's doing wonders to my happiness levels...

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@NavyChevalier Your character's story intertwined with yours like this makes it a touching, real one. Glad you were born, my great-hearted, sea-loving friend! Happy 37!

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@LawrenciumPro They're both adorable 💛 Thanks for showing!

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Turns out that hobbit shelves are too precise and restrictive for me to enjoy painting - I want to wildly swish my brush with big, happy blobs of color! So here's some abstract from the new practice book.

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Watercolor hobbit shelves, day 3: Reginard Took! Bilbo accused his father of stealing many umbrellas, so in my head-canon the son makes umbrellas as a hobby. Maybe he enjoyed taking them apart to figure how they work when he was a child.