NannerDirigible

Airships are pretty cool. It's also pretty nice to eschew the usual vertical orientation every now and again. Clouds continue to be a blast to make.

This whole thing was a lot harder to do than I figured it would be. I'm not sure if I really captured the roundness of the shape. The contour lines would probably be bent a bit more than that, but they work.

Used a new tool: basically the paint bucket. At this small size, it's difficult to tell but the shapes produced by this tool aren't very pretty. I got the equivalent of a rough magic wand selection in Photoshop, only in vector form. Oh well.

So stop feeling sorry for yourself and just make something...

Kind of a fun experiment in creating a Tiki mask. I don't know much about the culture or ideas that spawned these awesome objects, and that sort of drives me nuts. Without getting too lost in research, I took a couple examples and made an attempt of my own. I want to do more like that.

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NannerGiraffePrint

NannerBubblegum

Nannerbandaid...er...adhesive bandage

You know...because bandaid is just the genericized trademark for adhesive bandage. Just like how velcro is the genericized trademark for wacky, burr-like, fabric fastener. Let us not forget how Milk Bites are the Kraft Foods' genericized trademark for delicious, weird, granola bars with some kind of milk product...

Let me get something out of the way: my reasons for starting this project are kind of all over the place. Beyond all of the logical reasons I told myself (learning Inkscape, getting into vector illustration, overcoming procrastination), there was always one clear answer: escape.

The genesis of this project was a terrible argument I had with my wife that nearly tore us apart. Fast forward to today where she has all but completely moved out/on, and I understand how important this whole thing is. I have a rapidly shrinking sense of self-worth and my motivation waxes and wanes randomly. I'm watching my family dissolve, and there are very things left to grab and keep from falling.

I'm appreciative of those remaining footholds, though: the people who have helped out, directly and indirectly, while I hang on for dear life. I also want to thank this project, if possible, for giving me something else to think about when things go even more wrong. I'm sorry for not updating everyday like I'm supposed to, but understand that I'm still learning how this all works.

There has to be a better word...

Trying my hand at some graffiti-style bubble-lettering. I like the results, but I want a better word before I move on to vectoring.