I now have a medium size Bamboo Fun tablet from Waccom. Not the highest quality of tablet on the market, but it was actually somewhat affordable. I will have some new pieces in the near future displaying the results of my new toy.

The good news is that I am working on some new piece of art, specifically some artistic cartography. It was stunningly beautiful, until I lost 2-3 hours of work due to the GIMP crashing.
I finished making the mountains this morning then made the forests, which involved a great deal of tinkering. I had moved onto detailing the marshland and had started on producing on producing the rivers. Then I found the forests clearcut, marshes dredged and rivers dried to oblivion. While I am redoing the work, it is incredibly frustrating. Gotta say though that even what I had achieved up to that point was awesome.

I have just recently created my own company for publishing roleplaying games of my making. In the process of doing so, I have been making a few basic pieces of art, just as an outline. I may eventually put some of them up there, but in the mean time some of this art will eventually be visible on [link]

Now I just need to prepare some more art and write up a storm. Busy days.

I know my biggest weakness in my art at the present. I know what functional capabilities I lack. Even more importantly, I know exactly what course of action would remedy both situations. I need to sit down and sketch, chiefly people, with pencils and paper for about 20-40 hours (albeit not necessarily consecutively).

The problem is that I am having a heck of a time forcing myself to do this. I usually manage to bring the necessary tools with me when I go out, but I seem to subconsciously avoid doing the relatively simple practice. I suspect it is due to the fact that, well, I have gained most of my skill in a surprisingly little amount of effort and I know that this training would require more sweat equity. It's probably also the fact that I have high standards for myself and each little sketch would bug me when I looked at their flaws.

Anyone have motivation in a can? I could also do with subconscious suppressants.

Not only did I manage to release the latest piece of art, but I also acquired an excellent set of new brushes from [link] I actually bought a commercial license for 10 sets, meaning that I can use them as I see fit and don't have to credit them on every piece I use them on. It is a pleasure to have such shiny tools and I might produce some simple pieces in the near future.