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Nov. 11th, 2024 01:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
littlewolfteethJust a quick update while I'm going through my email.
+ I went to Michael's and discovered a much better selection of paints. I bought Liquitex neon colors to compare to Walmart's brand of paint and Artist Loft. I'm pretty certain Artist Loft was the brand that Walmart used to carry? Artist Loft is terrible. Absolutely terrible. It dries like a marker and has none of that "plastic-y" substance to it that most acrylic paints have. I will save it and use it for some experiments with markers or watercolors but I will never buy that paint again for anything serious. I haven't used the Liquitex yet but I imagine it will work wonders.
+ I bought a Wacom Intuos Pro drawing pad. I was sort of divided on that or getting my hands on Procreate via the standard edition iPad. Both cost the exact same amount. However, I know the Wacom will last me years longer than a device that will eventually stop getting support because they purposefully phase out their older generations to make you buy new stuff. I'm still not down with that. I bought a drawing pad so when I'm in-between being able to buy paints I can still paint. Or even paint and illustrate my paper drawings. Honestly, the possibilities are endless with this sort of tool. I will never stop using traditional methods. Painting is way too fun for me as is getting messy with charcoals and pastels. Sorry, but the computer will never take away the physical satisfaction of making a mess on paper. :)
+ The old crusty orange fart is about to try and implement steeper tariffs on China. We are about to see inflation sky rocket again if the Supreme Court doesn't stop him. And when this happens, people will still blame everything else but the damn idiot. I'm beyond stressed. I can barely afford this right now. I don't know if I'll afford it in the future with a roommate. Why exactly did anyone think he's better for the economy? His previous tariffs on aluminum and steel is what made car prices out of our reach. He's about to sink us all into a depression. Fuck the economy, fuck the constitution, we got a president that's so fake he pretends to be Christian and swapped his party just to win - amirite? What is wrong with this country.....
+ I went to Michael's and discovered a much better selection of paints. I bought Liquitex neon colors to compare to Walmart's brand of paint and Artist Loft. I'm pretty certain Artist Loft was the brand that Walmart used to carry? Artist Loft is terrible. Absolutely terrible. It dries like a marker and has none of that "plastic-y" substance to it that most acrylic paints have. I will save it and use it for some experiments with markers or watercolors but I will never buy that paint again for anything serious. I haven't used the Liquitex yet but I imagine it will work wonders.
+ I bought a Wacom Intuos Pro drawing pad. I was sort of divided on that or getting my hands on Procreate via the standard edition iPad. Both cost the exact same amount. However, I know the Wacom will last me years longer than a device that will eventually stop getting support because they purposefully phase out their older generations to make you buy new stuff. I'm still not down with that. I bought a drawing pad so when I'm in-between being able to buy paints I can still paint. Or even paint and illustrate my paper drawings. Honestly, the possibilities are endless with this sort of tool. I will never stop using traditional methods. Painting is way too fun for me as is getting messy with charcoals and pastels. Sorry, but the computer will never take away the physical satisfaction of making a mess on paper. :)
+ The old crusty orange fart is about to try and implement steeper tariffs on China. We are about to see inflation sky rocket again if the Supreme Court doesn't stop him. And when this happens, people will still blame everything else but the damn idiot. I'm beyond stressed. I can barely afford this right now. I don't know if I'll afford it in the future with a roommate. Why exactly did anyone think he's better for the economy? His previous tariffs on aluminum and steel is what made car prices out of our reach. He's about to sink us all into a depression. Fuck the economy, fuck the constitution, we got a president that's so fake he pretends to be Christian and swapped his party just to win - amirite? What is wrong with this country.....
