Shall I leave X?

Posted on October 6, 2024October 6, 2024 Posted in UncategorizedTagged bought, Decision, Musk, orange one, Social media, Thinking, Time, Twitter, Website, X3 Comments

When a billionaire takes over a social media company what do we expect? Impartiality? Caring? compassion?

Seeing what’s happening recently I am trying to decide whether to leave it. X I mean. Seeing him standing next to the Orange one on a stage is worrying. If he is endorsing right wing politics and banning investigative journalists then how many voices will be silenced? There is also a loss in the value of the company since it was bought by Musk. Doesn’t that indicate it’s changing status?

I’m not a big X/twitter user, I barely have any followers, which does make me wonder why I’m on it. I posted a bit of art and sometimes try and add witty replies, but is anyone even listening? Thinking about it.

What is Threads?

Posted on March 16, 2024 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged another choice, Art, Drawing, Life, Sketching, threads, too many websites, Website2 Comments

It seems like a lot of people are on Threads. But I really don’t want to join. I don’t want to know what it is. I spend too much time on various sites and I don’t have the time to throw at another one. Plus I heard if you leave Threads they close your Instagram account. Is that true?

Can anyone out there persuade me to join? Is there an advantage to it? It is apparently a writing based site, it sounds like tou can’t post images to it. But I love art and wouldn’t want to leave it behind. Let me know if I’m wrong.

Blue rose

Posted on November 22, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged blue rose, closed down, Digital art, Digital drawing, Life, Sketchfu, Sketching, Website2 Comments

Digital drawing done about ten years ago. I just came across this and it brings back memories of challenges I used to do on a now closed website called Sketchfu. The site was overwhelmed by art and Young people writing stories. The site owners couldn’t keep up with all the activity and a few of us users were asked to moderate the site. Eventually they stopped working on the site and the moderators were no longer able to contact them. The site was taken down, but many people downloaded their images, like this one, before it closed.

Blue roses

Posted on April 23, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Closed website, Digital, Digital drawing, Drawing, Sketchfu, Sketching, Time, WebsiteLeave a comment

Another Sketchfu. I think that there would be a reference photo and artists at the site would try and copy them. These roses must have been put in dye so that it would be sucked up into their petals. I’ve also seen multicoloured roses and other flowers where the stems are split so different sections get a different colour.

Chocolate orange

Posted on April 23, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, chocolate orange, Closed, Drawing, Memory, Sketch, Sketchfu, Sketching, Time, WebsiteLeave a comment

Another Sketchfu drawing from the now closed site. This is a picture I drew from memory about ten years ago. I used to love eating these at Christmas. I think it was probably a challenge to draw something sweet. Strange how some things suddenly became fashionable but then lose their appeal again. I don’t think I would buy one now.

Marilyn

Posted on April 15, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Black and white, Closed, Drawing, Fun, Life, Marilyn, Memory, Sketchfu, Sketching, WebsiteLeave a comment

Drawing I did at an old website called Sketchfu nine years ago. Sadly it closed down a few years ago. The tools were very simple, but that made it easy for artists to use. I was pleased how this digital sketch came out. If I find more drawings I will share them.

House?

Posted on July 11, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, House, Life, Sketchfu, Sketching, TV doctor digital drawing, Website4 Comments

Old digital drawing I did of House, the actor Hugh Laurie.

I remember him from his comedy act with Stephen Fry, and also his appearances in Blackadder with Rowan Atkinson (who also plays Mr Bean).

I’ve watched most of the episodes, I’m fascinated by his characters ability to diagnose the most unusual diseases, and his inability to socialise with people.

Drawn at the old Sketchfu website several years ago.

LOTR drawing

Posted on April 26, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital drawing, Digital sketch, Frodo, Lord of the Rings, LOTR, Muzy, Sketchfu, Sketching, WebsiteLeave a comment

Frodo, drawn on a website called sketchfu a few years ago.

I liked it because it had simple tools to draw with, but you could get reasonable results. Unfortunately it was closed down a few years ago. I think the owners were overwhelmed by the amount of chat on it, the art started to become secondary to people writing fan fiction and stories, the site was getting full and they couldn’t afford to extend it. Then they started up a new site called Muzy and Sketchfu seemed to be forgotten. In the end I managed to save a lot of my drawings before the whole thing was closed down. It was very sad, a lot of people lost a lot of art that they had spent a lot of time over.

Audrey?

Posted on October 14, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Audrey Hepburn, Drawing, Fun, Life, Pink, Sketch, Website, Youdraw, Youdraw.comLeave a comment

A tiny sketch I did at Youdraw.com of Audrey Hepburn a few years ago. I drew it in a tiny box on the site using a thick and thin black pen and thin and thick eraser. I added the pink later. That’s why the image is pixellated. It’s interesting if you can make something recognisable from only a few marks.

Introducing an illustrator

Posted on July 16, 2020July 16, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Childrens books, Friend, Fun, Illustrator, Introducing, Pictures, WebsiteLeave a comment

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As part of my illustration course I’m meeting fellow artists and more about their lives.

I thought I’d share a lady called Zoe Ainsworth-Grigg’s website so you can see what one of the other students do.

http://www.zoeainsworthgriggbooks.com

She’s a children’s author and illustrator, you can see some of things she’s involved with on her site.

I might share more about my new friends as the course goes on.

Enjoy x

Mallaband-Brown

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