Had a quick look around the paradise moon of Jasmodus Gamma and I might stay a while and paint the curly, very berry grassland, all shades of fuchsia and blackberry and violet — just my style.
There’s cerulean tallgrass cascading down hillsides, and two different plants of what I like to think of as the “corn type,” and the shimmering gold of Jasmodus Gamma filling the sky.
Scan warns of deadly pressure variations but so far it’s paradise.
I’ll take a long walk and let you know.
Finally finished painting the drawing I posted last week of Jasmodus Gamma, so go ahead and drift away to the mushroom forest, the pastel beach, and the cotton candy sky.
Over in No Man’s Sky, I’ve left the vermillion globe and touched down on its moon. It’s a hilly purple paradise; curly plum colored grassland studded with blue, and gold above. Can’t wait to show you.
See you there.
I snuck away to No Man’s Sky on Sunday, landing on a string of uninspiring planets until I finally parked my ship on a mushroomy little island on Jasmodus Gamma, a “Vermillion Globe.”
Like my favorite nail polish; pale turquoise and pink flash. I though yeah, I’d paint that, and took a look around.
Next week: The mushroom forests of Jasmodus Gamma, now in Technicolor.
I landed here before I logged off last time and expected that I’d move on before painting, but there were some pretty, grassy valleys and flowering meadows, so I hitched a ride on a big turtle dog and roamed around until I found a nice view.
I especially love the mullein-type plants on this planet. I see different variations on that form popping up here and there and I think they’re so striking. I always select a mullein or five and let them stand in my own wild front garden, and they get a lot of attention. Much of it is even positive.
I’ve got quite a bit more of this system to explore. I haven’t scanned any of the planets, so I’m not sure what’s out there, yet. Hopefully something tropical. I’m partial to something tropical.
I’m playing catch-up today, so here’s one from two years ago, from my No Man’s Sky travel journal. I picked a system with six planets and did one painting from each of them over the course of a week; this was number six.
I remember I put this planet off for last because it was the one I was least excited to paint. The others had lush hills and active volcanoes and . . . well, I won’t spoil it.
I believe I mentioned I got a scanner for Christmas? Well it’s magical. I spent all Christmas Day scanning my paintings.
I did all the No Man’s Sky landscapes, the No Man’s Sky travel journal, the real world travel journal, and the everyday ink journal. They range from psychedelic interstellar landscapes to my sister’s magical backyard. Stay tuned.
I got a trio of POSCA markers with extra fine tips; white, and a metallic gold and silver. I wish you could see this in person; how the stars shine, and how the breaking sunlight is catching on Triangle Head and her cat.
The sunrise is coming along. I enjoyed laying the clouds in. They came out almost as I intended. I’m in love with this combo of volcano violet and indigo for the clouds. I added some cadmium red hue around the sun on the second page, and I think I’ll use it to show where the light is falling before I add the next layers.
We’ll get to that next time. All the blades upon blades of grass. The shadowy stone monolith and lush orange-guava ferns and two tall trees, down by the water.
The sketchbook has not been as good for “helping me loosen up” as I had hoped.
I’m not quoting anyone specific but I’m sure someone has said it.
The snow is drifting down again outside, but it’s bright out, the cloud cover is absolute, but thin, so that the sun is visible like a pale yellow lamp in a white haze. It felt warmer today as soon as I woke up. Isn’t it funny how you can feel the colder days, even though the thermostat is just the same?
I’m in sweats and slouchy, knobbly socks again. I’m going to have to shovel at some point but let’s not worry about that right now.
It hasn’t even stopped snowing yet.
Someone told me recently that I should be working on my art for me, not to seek recognition. Huh. Does it mean something bad about me that I see no reason to make art that I don’t intend to share? To seek recognition implies, I think, a desire for accolades. I do seek recognition, but literally just that — to be recognized. I see no reason to tell this story to myself, as I already know it. I want to tell it to you.
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