I recently started drawing my usual designs on different mediums instead of my normal paper; thought I'd share. :)


First one - fabric paint and Chinese ink on canvas. Fabric paint was supposed to be for me to paint on fabric, but I had no available fabric, so I used it for the canvas. Paintbrushes are ridiculously hard to control, that's why I ended up using Chinese ink - that brush was way easier to use and thinner too.


My desk at home is actually an ironing board, so I used a piece of cardboard to put my computer on so that my mbp doesn't end up overheating. Anyway, decided to draw on that cardboard, et voila!


It's a ... bottle! I used to draw on bottles a lot back in high school during class (heehee). The designs were way different from now, but that's where this inspiration came from. I wish I'd kept some of those bottles instead of throwing them away every time I finished. Ah well, I've learned my lesson.


Another bottle, but this time it's a glass one. I think I like glass bottles better, not sure why, but it's easier to draw on. Anyway, learned from drawing on the plastic bottle that drawing all the way around makes it kind of too busy and messy, so ended up just drawing on one side. There's actually a little boy on the back (right pic), but the reflection from the camera flash covered him up. :(


Finally found me some fabric for my fabric paint. Got a white hat that someone didn't mind being ruined. It turned out better than I expected when I first started. Paint brush was hard to wield, as I knew from before, but the fabric made it even harder, so there are still some bits of white. Luckily, I had the smart/stupid idea of using a toothpick to do the smaller, more detailed lines. Aih, it took forever, but I'm pretty happy w/ the end result. Still trying to decide whether to just leave as is or actually fill up the bill with the designs. I've been told to leave as is, so I just might.

One thing I've decided - I need to get me a real desk with a desk lamp so I don't end up with a dead shoulder (it's on its way to being dead) and pained neck and blind eyes.