This time I made it just a little bit smaller than I've been making them, to keep as much extra material as I could, to make into a built-in desk/table stand. I am very pleased with the results, as I still wasn't sure up until the end if I was even gonna be able to pull off that stand part.

Potential color(s) to paint it, yet to be decided, but I feel the name should be one solid color, while the stand/underline part should be another color.

Thoughts and opinions welcome, as always. The lady this is meant for has no idea this gift is coming her way, but the elderly lady that asked me to make it for her is thinking red..

Found shorts of her on the internet where she does JoJo poses and they're FANTASTIC! I immediately needed to paint them. The first pose is very much her, we'll see what I do with the dozen or more other poses I saved.

Timelapse: https://bsky.app/profile/ballshapedman.bsky.social/post/3mquei2huv22k

Water soluble ink and water soluble markers

I received a record amount of feedback on my last attempt to paint water on skin. Thank you all! The biggest mistake I made was I was trying to paint water on a waxed surface like a car on skin.

I learned a long time ago light reacts with skin very different than hard surfaces. Only makes sense water would do the same. And several of you pointed that out. It also explains why I couldn't find any famous artists who painted what I was looking for. Because skin isn't car!

Oops.

How did I do this time?

Timelapse: https://bsky.app/profile/ballshapedman.bsky.social/post/3mqpccs4yis2q

Edit: There is supposed to be a small waterfall off screen to her left. The actual model was in the shower as a wet skin reference. I didn't want to paint someone in the shower. And people in waterfall scenes mostly focus on the waterfall! So I adapted this one.

Sorry the photo colors aren't super vibrant, but I went with horizontal stripes of glittery teal and glittery silver.

This photo is just the first coat, mostly done, basically, but figured I'd share before the ambient cloudy sunlight gets too dim ya know..

I like it, starting to make some money off this hobby no less 👍

Trying a more detailed view of water droplets. How did I do?

Timelapse: https://bsky.app/profile/ballshapedman.bsky.social/post/3mqkvliarnk2d

At the age of 34, I remembered my dream, so I decided to create my own comic—or manga, or manhwa; call it whatever you like.

I'm trying to paint water droplets, thoughts?

Timelapse: https://bsky.app/profile/ballshapedman.bsky.social/post/3mqkffgfix22e

Another piece by my GF Her mastodon

Made in autodesk sketchbook during a slow period at my job.

I wanted a new mobile wallpaper, so I whipped up something colorful and cute. It is inspired by seeing a bunny daily, and loving alien landscapes.

Also, I attempted to channel some lisa frank energy.

This project has evolved from a prior submission. https://feddit.uk/post/41070161

I ended up with an LCD screen on my CPU pump for some reason, so I decided to play around with it, make it mine. Let me see if I can get a video up... Yep!

https://files.catbox.moe/lysbqk.mp4

I did the video editing in kdenlive, I think it was a vertigo effect and one other, which I'm forgetting.

Did a lot of color mixing experimenting.