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TabithaTabitha
A wilting blossom, crying in the wind
Barely bloomed, yet growing wings
She can barely fly
The deeper she looks, the more cracks she finds
In her personal little abyss
Her porcelain mask lies in shards by her bedside table
Controlled madness
A black heart, her blood now runs clear
The weight of the world rests
On her shoulders
They crumple now, more that ever
As her wings are crushed by the burden of life
Knees weak
Trembling, now
She looks to the sky, and awaits for the sun
To bring a new tomorrow

Improvised PoetryBeside one another, yet oceans apart
A link between has been broken, and fastened elsewhere
The string that binds me to you; is versatile, yet fragile
Do you concider me? As I think of you?
As the distance between evaporates, the waves ripple gently
against the vessel. A gentle breeze flutters against the sails
and droplets of water fall. I am home. And I am one.
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The bright side of the moon
The dark side of the sun.
Ever bright, evermore.
The equilibrium of life, and the imbalance and impurities
which make the world go round.
The sun and the moon both shine do they not? So different
yet so alike. They shine
They both light the way,

<---------- (Scanned) Adjusted the levels so that I could paint digitally directly instead of creating a new lineart - hand-drawing the lineart will often give a very smooth and natural look while digital often can look pointy.
<---------- Reduced the amount of layers to work on 2 for the skin instead of several, allows for a lot better blending.
<---------- Newest deviation: used fairly soft light with the specific source from the monk's left side.
<---------- Tried to make a more proper animation mini movie by allowing myself to take more time to make the frames (as the animation is basically a lot of frames). 280 frames and about 35 seconds long but it still took me three days (as the 280 frames were all drawn and coloured)
I wanna see the different experiments, tests and practices people do
Have you been trying out a new technique, a funny approach or a completely new style in art then I'd like to see the results of that!
This thread is almost as much a self-reflecting post thing as much as it's a kinda guide for others (and me) to find some new techniques to help improve their own art.
So if you could write what "new" technique or style you've tried out, and what you "usually" do instead in your post as well as the thumbnail itself it would be lovely!
I hope this isn't written too complicated! xD
Well here's my newest test:
What I did that I usually don't do: