Male portrait practice

 

Another pic. This time I was practicing drawing portraits. And, for a change, I didn't get inspired by Yong Chen but by Paul Priestley. And this is done using shadows and not really lines or outlines. I mean, I had to use some lines for the hair, but the face is more shades and smudging than anything. Hope you like it.

~AnnElfwind

Written on the 5th of April 2021

A bottle

 

I got inspired by Yong Chen on youtube again. A bottle. Just a sketch but I was mainly focusing on the correct placement of the shading. I don't think it's too bad for a quick sketch. 

~AnnElfwind

Written on the 5th of April, 2021

Cordelia Kingsbridge - Seven of Spades Book 01 - 03

 

Yep, I'm still listening to audiobooks. And I'm not gonna stop anytime soon. But I had to slow down a little. Mostly because I wasn't alone in the office at work and well, it's not possible to listen to books while I'm there with someone. Bummer. But oh well. I've also started walking home from work instead of using public transport. And I listen to books while doing so. So at least there's that. 

Anyway, I found these books. Murder mysteries. The series has five books in total. I've only now started on book 4, but that's on me. I thought there were only three. Only to be pissed off when I realized that at the end of book 3 I still didn't know who the Seven of Spades is! So. I love murder mysteries. Even though I almost never figure out the killer's identity before the big reveal. Not the point though.

I just love this series. Cordelia Kingsbridge obviously knows what she's doing. 

Oh, I should probably mention that this is BL - Boys Love. The main couple is gay. 

Though, it definitely doesn't take away from the murder mystery. I mean, I could do without the explicit sex scenes (as always, I prefer fluff). But all in all, it's very well written and the guy who narrates it in my audiobook version, he's great! I would tell you his name, but I don't remember it, just that he has a great voice.

Drizzt - Book 2 and 3

 

I've been reading some more Drizzt books. I finished book two and three and started book four. So far, we're still in the territory I know. I've read these books before. But it's been a while and definitely don't remember them all that well. Apart from those, I have finished re-reading. 

So, in book two we see Drizzt after several years of living alone (with Guen) in the caves outside and away from the city of Drow elves. Well, if you can call it living. I've always said there's a difference between living and surviving and this is definitely the latter. 

One day, Drizzt follows a bunch of svirfnebli to their home. There, he meets Belwar, the svirfnebli he met during an expedition when he was still living with the drow elves. The svirfnebli let him stay in their city and he does. For a while anyway. 

Because his family, his drow family decide to use Zaknafein's corpse to make a lean mean killing machine. Staying in the svirfnebli city becomes too dangerous for the svirfnebli and he leaves. Belwar goes with him. They travel even deeper into the tunnels and caves. They come across a new friend. A pech in the body of a hook horror.