Journal

I messed up my website. I was trying to figure out how to get rid of certain margins that had been driving me crazy, and I just couldn’t, for the life of me, figure out which bit of code was responsible for them. Eventually, I gave up trying to decipher the template. I was ready to just live with the funky margins until I saw how badly they …

It’s been a while since I’ve had an online journal. It feels really nice to have a blog again. There are plenty of social platforms where I could write or blog, but there’s always been a certain allure to having a website of my own. And so, here I am… starting yet another personal website.

I really do need to reflect on what my true aim is …

I have not had an art tantrum in forever. Yes, art tantrums are a real thing… and yes, adult professional artists suffer art tantrums. There’s a Donald Duck cartoon that shows Donald frustrated with his artwork that he would crumple up what he’s doing and throw it behind him… just like the way real artists do. Seriously… I’m not joking. This …

I just ran in the rain yesterday. Depending on the kind of rain it is, it’s really fun to do so. Yesterday wasn’t too bad. It was a nice breezy 58 degrees Fahrenheit, so it wasn’t freezing weather to be running in. I had fun jogging along getting wet until halfway through a flash of lightning cut across the clouds. That was when I realized that it …

So to basically start this article on the right foot, I have to lay down some terms so we are all on the same page. The words “speed painting” gets misconstrued a lot. According to Wikipedia, “speed painting is an artistic technique where the artist has a limited time to finish the work.” The key words out of that sentence are “a limited time to …

Note: This article was originally published in an earlier version of my personal website. This article has been edited for republication in this website.

Why is it that I love art prompts so much instead of pursuing my own ideas? Why do I love art challenges but HATE spec work?

By the time I publish this article, Conceptart.org had been offline …

Why do I keep my settings simple and not leverage the full power of digital painting software?

There are quite a few stark differences in the work process between different artists in digital painting. Some work with a few simple brushes and one layer or a few layers, others work with many complex brushes on one layer, while others go “all-out” …

Why did I not go the fine art route? What is fine art even?

I guess I had to preface this article by defining, or more accurately, trying to define what fine art is. But then I realized that trying to define it is going to be difficult. There are no rigid lines to draw to truly delineate one from the other. If Clement Greenberg thinks that Norman …

Why did I choose digital when inherently it has less value than oil and acrylic on canvas?

I originally wanted to do more research about this topic, but once I saw how deep the rabbit hole goes, I decided against it. The topic is immensely controversial. Digital art in of itself has no value compared to a tangible object such as an acrylic …

Note: This short story was originally published in livejournal. It is presented here in it’s original form. A new version of this short story will be posted soon.

Christmas Eve Luncheon

Philip couldn’t decipher where his melancholy is rooted in. Though it is the season for Philip’s annual digression from his overall sunny …

Note: This short story was originally published in livejournal. It is presented here in it’s original form. A new version of this short story will be posted soon.

Dancing Under the Midnight Rain

All I could think about was that I couldn’t feel the pain anymore. It’s gone. The pulsating shock that reverberates around my stressed …

Note: This short story was originally published in livejournal. It is presented here in it’s original form. A new version of this short story will be posted soon.

Dating Small

Half of the passengers are early morning hawks, languishing in the language of snatched time. Devoid of rest, continuously seeking something that is always …