@BenA Cool!

@Valkyrie_D Why wait? Jump in.

@redenigma No, because they are convinced it was always there and anyone who says otherwise is lying.

Oh, that's not a hot flash. Romeo's just sitting on the air vent again.

Was looking at trilobite species to find one to sketch in pillbug colors and I ran across a video of Sir Attenborough describing how their eyes give clues to their environment, leading me to find a whole free documentary about early life on our planet. So I get to sketch them while watching this. I call this kind f thing a party.

https://youtu.be/bpAMofkm6ho

Anyone have any recommendations on a good scanner? Don't need a printer attached, probably prefer none so the tech is dedicated to scanning and costs stay relatively low.

I managed to figure out several similar but distinct textures, not that either my scanner or my phone wants me to really show them to you. I need a new scanner. Anyway, that's the prettiest S I've ever drawn, if I do say so myself.

@holon42 @Beanc I didn't realize it was an option to do that as a strategy. I just talk to the dogs first because I do.

@LlamaMountainStudioArts In times like those I often turn to Leverage. It warms my heart to watch them going after bastards, and it's funny to take the edge off of things.

I have always wanted to sketch my stones, but have been way too intimidated by the number of textures they have. I've been at this a couple of days, but I'm starting to feel like I'm figuring a few things out. The trilobite is going to feel like cheating after trying to portray white crystals. Thankfully I have many stones to study, and no deadline to get it right.

@raspberrypanda In my youth, I took the squeaker out of a dog toy and put it in my bra, where it waited until there was a boring conversation. I would nod, smile, appear to actively be listening, and randomly give myself a little squeeze. When they stopped in shock, I would walk away.

@Jeber Last night as I stared at my drawing I'm "working on", I thought about how slow I am because I'm always afraid my next attempts will mess everything up, so I'm horribly slow and procrastination is like, woven in to the actual activity. I get up and fidget a LOT. So I thought, what if I get an only fans thing of "watch an artist procrastinate", then I could procrastinate professionally :). I'll set it up tomorrow.