watercolor, fineliner, brush pen, Moleskine watercolor sketchbook
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mauropu, planet of light
Please enjoy, while I go on staycation and build a catio, some early, dorky pages from my No Man’s Sky travel journal.
watercolor, fineliner, brush pen, Moleskine watercolor sketchbook
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throwback thursday
Since I wrote yesterday about how much I’ve been practicing and trying to level up as an artist, I thought I’d share the first page of my No Man’s Sky travel journal today, from all the way back in 2022. This was about a month after I started painting. For comparison, I shared more recent entries in this Moleskine here and here.
See you next week.
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one last look
Here’s one last look back at Jasmodus Gamma, at least for now. I expect I’ll revisit the mushroom coast in time.
This one I saved for last because I wanted to get a few more drawings under my belt before I tackled it. It feels good to know that even just last year, this would have been beyond me. So I’ll keep at it.
Over in No Man’s Sky, I’ve landed light years away on the grassy planet Etbur and guys, it’s a good one.
See you there.
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taking my time
I’m wrapping up the detail today on this view of the vermilion globe, so I’ll have that for you tomorrow, but I wanted to share one of my progress scans in the meantime, from over the weekend.
This one’s really coming together, and I’m taking my time. I’m looking forward to a day when I can think less, flow more, but for now I’m still learning, and sometimes the going is slow.
Over in No Man’s Sky, I built a gate on the paradise moon Piporo, and I’m dying to warp to the next uncharted system.
Whatever I find there, I’ll be sure to bring you the highlights.
See you on the other side.
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in the etbandf system
Still tooling around on the mushroomy coast of Jasmodus Gamma while I finish up the color on this one. There’s laundry chugging away outside the saloon doors, as usual, but now there’s a wild little puppy napping in there too. Slowly but surely, new routines replace the old, and life returns to normal, as if she’s always been here.
Slowly but surely, the garden is waking up outside, hints of buds are forming on the trees, and I am learning to care for this new family member, who enters her seventh month on Earth today. She is pure enthusiasm, and she is . . . yep, destroying my beautiful hand loomed rug.
Gotta run — see you next week.
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two
Here’s another from the series of six No Man’s Sky travel journal paintings that I’ve been sharing the past few weeks, and here are one and six if you missed them.
I was intimidated by the geometric, egg-shaped mineral formations on this planet, so naturally I made them the focus. I love how the volcano turned out, and the little brush pen trees, and even the mountains in the distance are fine.
I’m working on painting this drawing of L. Sternketeus today, and so should have that for you tomorrow if I can stop overthinking it.
Okay, thanks for looking!
Until next time.
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l. sternketeus
This week, we head back to the vermillion globe to take a look at L. Sternketeus — robot fauna with a handy built-in umbrella. Nice way to see the misty pink and seafoam coast of Jasmodus Gamma.
From there it’s back to Piporo to build a gate and then–
Well, you’ll just have to wait and see.
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palo verde
Is there a more beautiful tree on Earth than the palo verde?
Here’s an oldie from my travel journal, while I work on some new stuff for next week. I’d usually be with family in the desert southwest right about now, but this year I’ll have to make do with memories.
I miss the shock of green after spring rain, the tenacity of life in the harshest of conditions, the stars, the stars. But I can be patient, everything has its season.
See you next week, back in space.
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