So! Back to mythology. And we are going back to my place again, good ol’ Scandinavia. In the summertime no less when the color green is everywhere, the fields are high and trolls come sneaking down from their magically hidden caves and mountain kingdoms. To me the Scandinavian depiction of ...

Fantastic Bestiary 10: The Scandinavian Troll
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 12, 2022Absorbing Another Artist’s Art Style
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 7, 2022
A teacher once told me a story about an in-law who worked in the animation studio for a very popular children’s cartoon. The studio used hand-drawn animation for the first season and transitioned to more computer animation for season two and season three. The job entailed drawing the main ...
Books of Babel
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 31, 2022
Photo: A collection of “Le Petit Prince” books in various translations.
“Le Petit Prince” (French), “The Little Prince” (English), “Regulus” (Latin), “O Pequeno Principe” (Portuguese), and “El Principito” (Spanish) are a few of the titles of Antoine De Saint-Exupéry’s book that has been translated over three hundred and one ...
Wereravens and Owl Bears, Oh My!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 3, 2022
I wandered into one of those gaming shops that specialized in acrylic hobby paint, paintbrushes, and miniature figurine kits while locally window shopping for the holiday. The interaction went like this:
Me: “Hello, do you know of any fantasy table-top role playing games happening in the area?”
Clerk: I am ...
Body doubling - how it can help you stay focused
Emma_Clare at 12:00AM, Oct. 1, 2021
Over the past few months, I’ve been logging onto a drawing hangout where we share our screens as we draw. There is no camera or mic. Just a chat and our screens as we scribble away. At first, I wondered how productive this could be. I figured it would ...
Pretty Boy Badass
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 14, 2021
When this guy appears for a fight, there are eyerolls or scoffing sounds. The opponents start smirking and giggling, taunting and goading him because he's dressed to the nines. Or maybe he's got a very intricate hairstyle that takes hours to get just right. Or perhaps he has ...
When I Come Around
Banes at 12:00AM, April 29, 2021
The other week i finally watched the movie Palm Springs - I think I'd heard some good reviews, and had a vague notion that it was sort of a romantic comedy with a time loop twist. I absolutely flipped out over it and watched it again the next day, and ...
Days Unlike Any Other
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Feb. 15, 2021
Interesting.
It is quite amusing how Valentine's Day 2021 landed on a Sunday, a day without a new blog entry. Friday was the celebration of the Lunar New Year–the Year of the Ox.
In previous years, both occasions would have drawn massive crowds of people. There would have ...