From the desktop of Joseph Dickson
Star Trek Discovery Season One was so under appreciated, particularly the pilot episode. Well, the entire series is now available on Blu-ray so I don’t have to worry about Paramount+ deleting it from their lowsy streaming service. 🤣
I still get goosebumps and choked up when I hear the theme song.
Arguably the digital sketch is better of the two but it also took five times longer and involved a great deal of tapping and pallet selection. A huge benefit of the iPad using Adobe Fresco is displaying the image directly under my artwork allowing me to trace the lines and shadows. The results were far better than I anticipated.
Meanwhile the paper sketch was just paper, pencil, pen and my phone where I displayed the reference image.
The paper sketch isn’t great, proportions are way off, but it took maybe five minutes and almost captured the mood. Had I taken more time with the pencil I have no doubt it would eventually look better than the version sketched in Adobe Fresco. Plus it was a lot more relaxing to work on paper than a digital display.
This week I grabbed my old backpack for lugging to and from the office, likely purchased in 1995. I’m glad I kept it around and wish I used it more. The Company no longer manufacturers in the United States, according to Wikipedia they were acquired by a Swiss lifestyle brand in ’99 and likely moved manufacturing to somewhere, all I know is their new products don’t feature made in U.S.A. tags anymore.
Features:
If I recall correctly, the color name was “Espresso,” and it appeared an olive dark brown. However, today it is more of a muted grass green. If you’re wondering about the yellow strain, that was from acrilic paint when I wasn’t careful during a painting course in 2000.
The years following college I usually broke it out as a carry on bag for flights. Easy to hand wash and durable AF. I wonder if their current products are any good? Probably not.
