ManlyProductions

This journal entry is about a week late, but as the title says, I'm attempting to come out of an unintended retirement for a second time.  Started to draw again around Halloween and hopefully for much longer than last time (i think it only lasted a little over a year).  It's been almost five years I think since I last drew on a regular basis.  DeviantArt seems to have died down a little since I was on here last.  It's cool though.  To me, this isn't so much about popularity or even to make money.  Although either or both would be nice;-)  It's about doing what I have always loved since I can remember.  Hopefully in the near future, I'll have

Finally got around to playing with Cintiq Hybrid I got for Xmas.  A friend had been trying to convince me to go 100% digital for a while.  I've just started but have to admit I'm having the same problem with the Cintiq as I did with my Intous:  For obvious reasons, the Cintiq is hundreds of times better, but it still doesn't feel natural!   I think it's the way the pen feels on the tablet itself.  It feels too "slick", so a lot of my lines tend to curve towards the end.  Coloring with it on the other hand is amazing.  I've never been a good colorist, but I've also never really tried to improve as I've always done so just to highlight my line

Haven't been drawing too much lately.  Many, many reasons ranging from lack of time, stress, and lack of needed material/mediums.  But anyways, been primarily doing quick drawings and sketches and not posting most if any of em.  Still trying to rediscover my "stroke" after such a long time of not drawing (~4 years).  Not too happy with what I've been putting out, but luckily there are bits and pieces of each drawing that I do like. One thing, I'd like to say though:  I feel not enough people share their practice/unfinished pieces.  I really like seeing the Deviations where the artist shows the progress because you get to see the process as a