I'll look for Alia. All of your drawings are so well done. A great deal of practice is evident, traditional stuff with all that anatomy. I have such a weakness for this kind of art. Then the way you evolve it beyond that in these stages, it's quite fascinating to observe and study.
Religious pepper devotion, ha! Well, I can't argue with @holoz0r on that one since I'm pretty much of the same mind, no matter how much I've been burnt by peppers. I forgot about the mood effect! You're so right, it's wonderful.
So fresh cilantro tastes a bit soapy to you. I think it's dependent on a person's body chemistry as to how it tastes, or something like that. I've been asking people for years to figure this out. Thai food...YUM. It can be switched out easily. I like the taste a lot, but most especially the medicinal benefits of fresh cilantro.
I forgot to add chilli to my breakfast this morning (though, that was just a protein shake) - why don't these companies make chilli flavoured products for spice heads like myself?
I have extra hot cayenne powder in my, um, breakfast of green sludge, let's pretend it's a protein shake since it's got chia seeds in it.
Because they suck. Make your own custom blend, then you always get what you want the way you want it, when you want it, how you want it, where you want it.
Green sludge breakfast is the best. The liquids that are black truly disturb me. I believe people call it coffee.
If you have the black liquid in a white or clear glass liquid holder, it's a tad less suspect. Yerba Mate is my go to, although I'll drink the dank dark black stuff.
Love Yerba Mate, not for taste really, but it actually works! Way, way better than any coffee/tea/energy drinks etc!
Yesss, the taste is very mild and rather insipid. That said, it mixes well with whatever you want it to taste like. Any citrus peel works well. I've mixed it with mint, ginger, and a bunch of other things, pretty much whatever your taste is.
Too much coffee isn't a good idea, regular tea not as bad, energy drinks + me = vomiting.
Oh yeah, it helps to add something:) But it is definitely something that taste need to be acquired, I don't think I ever heard somebody 'yerba mate - I love it's taste!
I don't drink sodas, left alone energy drinks. I despise it actually :)
I am definitely herbal tea person:) I have tons different kinds in my cupboard.
The mix of lemon balm and quince is my all time favourite:)
And coffee - I just like the taste and the smell of it:)
Actually? No coffee at all?
None. If I have a warm beverage - its an almond milk hot chocolate. :) Perhaps the occasional plain green tea. Never coffee. Never liked the sludge. Never needed the caffeine. I spring out of bed because the world is a gorgeous place to behold and I'm incapable of capturing its beauty, splendour and intricacies. Coffee doesn't help me do it any faster.
I don't drink coffee for caffeine, I just like the sole fact drinking something as black as my thoughts in the Morning. For kicks I definitely prefer yerba mate or just freezing cold water, enough to keep my eyes open:)
Really like almond milk though:)
Oh good. When dentists ask me if I have any sensitivity to cold I suggest that a glass full of ice, with a pipette delivered beverage is still often not cold enough for my tastes.
Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum I prefer my showers to be uncomfortably hot.
I just added in post with Alia's drawing study here
To be fair - I still feel I am out of practice. After academy I work in art-related places, but I hardly ever draw. And now, being bit older - I just started to miss it a lot.
I see some progress since I picked up pencil again, but there is plenty work ahead of me:)
There you go - one man has found his match! :)
Oh, about cilantro - I actually eat it only because its healthy benefit too. I actually have read few medical publications, that it can even help to get rid of lead from your body and other heavy metals.
Not sure I believe in this, but why not increase my odds;)
Why would you want to get rid of heavy metals? Best music that there is!
I hope that's not the only flavour of music in your sound library.
Certainly isn't. I'm also obsessed with (and I'm not ashamed to admit this) Taylor Swift's early work, and the complete catalogue of Florence and the Machine.
There's much eclectic in my play list.
All I can think of when it comes to Taylor Swift is red dress. Florence and the Machine is a yes.
Garbage?
Dead Can Dance?
Nina Simone?
Nils Petter Molvær?
Sean Ryan, particularly with ATB?
Garbage = Yes
The rest of your list, haven't heard of at all.
The rest of the list, if you like trumpet, well, this man, Nils Petter Molvaer, has some kind of magic going on and literally makes his trumpet talk.
That's some good shit right there! When I first heard Nina Simone I thought I have a stroke :D
Garbage is just must have on playlist next to Siouxsie And The Banshees.
With Dead Can Dance I can go for weeks, Sean Ryan is too mellow for me tbh, but lovely voice, Nils Petter Molvær is perfectly decadent!
😂 Nina Simone....oh what can I say, yeah, first time I heard her she got me forever.
I've listened to Siouxsie And The Banshees but I don't think I have any of theirs in my collection.
Dead Can Dance are in their own category. Saw them live once and well, of all the concerts I've been to, that was the only one that defies description, other than to say it was like going on a journey while being part of the actual music. Transcending the ordinary. So hard to describe.
Sean Ryan mellow, yes, but as you noted, it's his voice, kind of blew my mind when I heard it. Perhaps if he had the space to develop the way he wants, he'd grow into more.
Nils (NPM) is a new one to me as of last year. I remember listening to his music for a couple minutes (online dj friend) and thinking, Who is this man who makes magic with a trumpet? 😂
I don't really understand the Tylor Swift hype. I like Florence though. 'Heavy in my arms' I think it was first song I have heard form her :)
Miss Welch is a force of nature. She's a hurricane of a human being and had an incredible aura when I was lucky enough to see her live a few years ago.
Her exploration of water in all her work is fascinating. The historical references, amazing; and the story telling fills my mind with such vivid pictures. It's so inspirational.
I want the song "No Choir" to be played at my funeral one day. Dang it, typing that brought tears to my eyes after going and reading the lyrics. I'm stupid! :D
No worries! I have long lasting crash on Thom York from Radiohead. I admire his compositional talent, how well he plays piano especialy, his lyrics, his stage behaviour.
From time to time I move my admiration to Ian Curtis of Joy Division, and then I come back to Thom again:)
But Florence is indeed something!
Indeed!
"Keep your distance, walk away, don't take his bait.
Don't you stray, don't fade away.
Watch your step, he's out to get you, come what may.
Don't you stray, from the narrow way"🤟
Some of the best nine minutes of "metal" you'll ever hear.
I find Unleash the Archers amazing, but I definitely prefer male voices over over female ones, sorry!
But I actually like melodic death metal and folk metal too, especially scandinavian bands, that actually sounds like roaring mad vikings:)
I tend to gravitate toward the big "goth" symphonic metal; I love the contrast between soprano female vocals and the typical death growls. It is densely packed with stimuli which takes a bit to unpack, and that's why I enjoy the mix of both female and male vocals in my mainstay listening list. :)
I too am a big fan of things with male voices, and melodic metal is one of the most wonderful genres. It's like classical, but on complicated instruments of modernity. :D
There's so many roaring mad viking bands. I like some of the dwarf and pirate ones. They're amusing (and fascinating) that it seems to be a cosplay and a theatre show, intersected with specific musical styles.
There's two types of people, those who are magnetic, and those that aren't. The ones that listen to metal tend to be magnetic.
At least now I know why you're a magnetic person :) (Apart from all of our other common interests!)
You opened the box of wonders my friend!
Music is an inseparable part and great love of my life. I never go anywhere without my headphones. The accompaniment of music is absolutely necessary for me to exist.
I always go for metal, regardless of my mood, any other kind of music has to have its place and time. I wouldn't be able to say what my favourite type or band is. I'm like a sponge. There was a time when I listened with religious fervour to Lacrimosa (swiss band) and when I couldn't go without Blind Guardian records, and there were other times when I milled about with Slayer, but only the live albums are my favourites.
About magnetic power - I totally agree, it happens to me frequently. I find common language and interest with some person, we cannot stop talking, and there is a topic of music... and we match! There is something, right?! It has to be:)
I care much about female voices in symphonic metal actually, I adore Therion, old albums especially. 'Lemuria' is on about every playlist I have :D
I just finished drooling over her and writing a book comment.
It can feel like that when away from it. All the skills stay, it's just a matter of getting back in the flow again. It can be daunting, but, at the same time, it's obvious you've put a great deal of practice in prior to being away from it for a long while.
It was drilled into me to take a sketchbook with me everywhere, so much so it became an automatic practice to this day.
sings an ode of devotion to peppers, then moves on....
You're right about cilantro. Paired with chlorella, the both of them work as a team to remove heavy metals from the body. One bonds, the other carries it out of the body. I forget which does which.
That's probably the best compliment I've ever gotten about my drawings. Thank you @nineclaws!
Yeah, practice is everything. You can be incredibly talented, but without practice it will all go to nothing.
What I am talking about is closer to muscle memory. I want to train my hands and eyes so that I don't have to think about how to draw but what I am drawing. So that my focus is completely on my subject and not on whether the hand should be drawn at this or that angle in order to make anatomical sense. That's why I returned to basics, like anatomy, so to up my skills to the point, my drawing become organic and natural, not 'practice' or 'training'. Does that make any sense?
Sketchbook should be always with you, never know what will be worth to capture on your way! That is a good habit!
It's just great. I honestly didn't expect my hate of dill will escalate to existential conversations and cult status 😀
Good go for extremes sometimes:)
There you go! I was missing some chemistry mystery sense there, that what was what gave me some doubt's about it. Thank you very much! This way I know I am not torturing myself for nothing:)
You're welcome! I always appreciate real creativity and the evident hard work of repeat practice to express it.
Exactly.
I'm laughing. Been there so many times for so long and still end up there when out of practice. You're absolutely right. Everything you said made complete sense to me since it's pretty close to my own approach. It's always effective.
The always with a sketchbook thing took some effort to get in the habit with. I don't carry a phone, but I do still carry a sketchbook😄.
It's discussions like these that fuel creative ideas and why is it I keep feeling dill lurking in the background of my creative landscape wanting to mutate into some weird monster thing? Might even catch on if we spread it to others.
The cilantro, nope, you're not torturing yourself for nothing. Plants are so interesting.
Sketchbook over phone, this is the way!
First time in my life I am glad I don't like dill :D
The phone I have stays home, have never liked to carry it...just one more thing to think of, deal with, bother about.
😂 I'm never going to see dill the same again.
I have my music and audiobooks on my phone, so I have to have it on me at all times 😁
Yeag, dill become an excellent quality bite:)