When I first joined steemit a wee while ago, I had no idea what I wanted to do here, I was just looking so to speak. At the time I was nearly put off steem for life :) however I carried on just voting for a while until I found my feet, one of the most notable experiences I went through back then was I refused to do the verification thing, I wasn't here for anything other than to see what it was all about, and even then I had no plans to write or anything, to my mind I saw no point in verifying, however in the time since I have thought many times of just leaving steem it wasn't until I found ssg community that I finally found a group of people that were brilliant and gave me a reason to stay, it is still the only reason I stay on steemit, my writing is something I do because I can I do not identify as an author, my reason for being here, for staying here, is the wonderful friendly and most nonjudgemental group I have met here, and they like seeing my treasure :) ssg community is the only reason I like steem so I decided I now see a reason for verification, well in my own style :) I am not going to stand there with a daft piece of paper with the date on it, if it helps any the photos were taken with my iphone3 on tuesday just gone before I was ill yesterday :) so here I am formally verifying and introducing myself to the wonderful ssg community so you can finally put a face to the name :) without further ado this is my animation verification:
I also thought that some of you may be interested in the creative process that goes into my silver art so I made a quick little video of my sketch book well a small part of it, the bit I will show is the most relevant bit as it has my sketches and ideas for my next piece of silver art. As some of you may know I love Batman :) with my special obsession being the joker played by Heath Ledger, consequently the next two pieces I plan to do along with some skull ideas I sketched, is what you will see here, today I am hoping to start on the batman.
So first I sketch ideas, I have to bear in mind working with silver is expensive, and when I get round to selling these pieces I need to work within the size and price of finished piece. Most of the pieces will be around an inch by maybe an inch and half big, as this works best considering price, I also have a love for detail, so in each tiny piece I need to fit as much of my design and the detail I can, for some designs of mine I am learning engraving and have invested in some diamond tips but that is in the future, for now the batman piece I will first take a piece an inch square and then carve the details of my design onto it, it takes a long time and requires patience and a bloody good magnifying glass :) This batman piece is my own design though obviously in the popular style, I have no idea how it will turn out but I will show you the finished piece soon as it is ready, it's all a learning experience and a lot of fun :)
so a big hi this is me to ssg and a huge thank you for your continued support and friendliness I really appreciate it
writing and images Velveteen 2018
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hiya good to hear from you! and yes though i must say a huge thank you for your support it is through your kindness and the kindness of the ssg community and i really appreciate that, i am working hard on my silver art and posting about it and i devote every ounce of steem or crypto i get into powering up i am nearly there ! i love it here now i have discovered sgg community, thank you for popping by for a visit i hope you have an excellent day much respect to you always my friend
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hiya :) yes all thanks to the lovely ssg community, i really like the look of the raffle3 at the moment the prizes are amazing, i am constantly torn between working hard on powering up and wanting to take part in the fabulous raffles :) thank you for dropping by my friend i appreciate it much respect to you
Yes, a tough choice considering the products put on this raffle. Gets more tempting as more and more are added.
Great design! Can't wait to see your finished process and yes it is a lot of time involved, so glad you found the #ssg it is such an amazing group
hiya its lovely to hear from you and thank you for your kind words i have to confess yesterday i learned a lot about trying to transfer my design over and oh my i just totally failed lol it is a lot harder than it looks on the videos lol today i shall try again though i have a small pot for pieces that have gone wrong that one day i thought could be melted down it is now getting quite full :) and i took the decision last night i have to go to bronze with my designs until i get better at it :) the smaller pieces i can still do in silver, so today hopefully i am ordering some bronze, i have a huge respect for the work you do, it is amazing, and watching your videos is what inspired me, i will only ever be able to really small pieces i love being able to watch you do the pieces you do, i have been poorly last few days so i am a couple of videos behind going to have a binge watch session later :) other people binge watch netflix serials i binge watch pouring videos :) i find it fascinating :) a big thank you for coming to visit my little steem home i really appreciate it i hope you have an excellent day my respect to you always
We are all glad you are here, keep it up!
hiya good to hear from you my friend and thank you for your kind words and yes i finally love steem :) because it has ssg community :) i hope that even in the future if something happens to steem we find another platform on which to communicate its not often in life i find people i resonate so well with, its not often i find someone who even wants to talk about silver never mind look at my treasure :) but beyond the silver everyone has been friendly, caring and i have read just about every post since i found ssg and i have seen in other instances as well where the ssg community showed great compassion and that is something i have a huge respect for, i know i may come across as overly enthusiastic at times , really it is quite a contrast to me in day to day life :) i am very quiet, but to find in one group so many lovely people has been a huge boost for me and a most wonderful discovery, i am a fiercly loyal person by nature and i will respect those i have met here always and count them as friends, i always appreciate those that help me and soon i will be powered up enough for a tier woohoo :) its my main goal at the moment that and trying to figure out how i can make something good eough to contribute to one of the raffles, i am working hard on my silver art i have an idea i have sketched for a piece designed just for ssg that i can then donate to a raffle or just generally to the group then i will feel better i always feel better when i can conrtibute or give back somehow, just need to improve my skills a little many thanks for dropping in for a visit i really appreciate it i hope you have an excellent day my respect to you always
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Can't wait to see more of your work in silver I love the Joker at bottom of second page I tried doing my eyes like that for Halloween, I also really like the Joker pacepaint on call of duty that would be cool in silver!!
i can see we are going to be great friends :) i love the joker especially heath ledger, and i usually draw him and batman when i want to relax :) heath played him so well and he perfected the look and its such a wonderful exercise; drawing that smile, sketching those eyes :) i really think you nailed it here though :) perhaps my next silver project? :) its wonderful chatting with you thank you for all these comments you have really brought a smile to my face :) and you cant beat a smile on a monday :) good way to start the week thank you