Looking Back on my Restful Sunday

[junesleep]

Now that my school semester has finished and I am on winter break, I have to find things to do to keep myself busy. That's one of the ways to keep myself from falling into a motivation-less depression spiral. On Sunday I simply rested, read a bit of Nancy Drew: Nancy's Mysterious Letter, and I watched quite a bit of YouTube. YouTube is one of the only social media websites I can't go without. I also drew some stuff. I haven't drawn in a while, but I wanted to get that feeling of accomplishment after finishing a piece. This drawing is of my cat character, who I named Iris but is mostly just me, and the theme I chose was "love". I sketched it in pencil, then lined it with India ink and a calligraphy pen, then colored it with colored pencils. I really enjoyed the process. I'm trying to get more comfortable with inking my work because I enjoy it, but it is much easier to make mistakes with ink and I get really overwhelmed when I make a mistake on something I really want to be good. I'm a bit of a perfectionist at times

I really wasn't focused on anatomy or anything when I was drawing, I was just drawing what felt good. Also I'm unsure what size of photos works best on this website. What looks the best, from a reader's point of view. I never know if my photos are too big or too small.

Yesterday I also found my thrifted copies of Shonen JUMP. I have one magazine from August of 2011, and three from 2006. I was never really interested in the manga in these magazines (I guess the manga I am most interested in is Naruto), but I like to flip through them sometimes. Honestly I am more into shoujo manga, but I don't have any copies of the Shojo Beat magazines. I would like to subscribe to more manga magazines, but that art form feels lost in America these days.