British artist posted:

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The guy who wrote the following is a British artist (illustrator) and he wrote this upcoming article (Dave Barry style) about a recent ink spill that destroyed his artwork... which is the main info on his website.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/Nidrail_335/f66de87e.jpg

Don't Cry Over Spilled Ink (Just Get Angry)

Yesterday marked the first India Ink spill I've had in at least five years. Which is a pretty good track record, considering how often I use India Ink throughout my day, and especially if you take into consideration that unitasking often goes hand-in-hand with clumsiness. Throw in the fact that my desk is tilted at about a 15° angle, and it's baffling that I'm not staining my pants black every fifteen minutes. Anywhoo, you can see the result of the spill above. I thought I'd share this shameful mistake with a public audience. It's the same kind of impulse that led to the creation of the "half-time show".

Anatomy of a Freak-Out

To further sustain my public humiliation, I thought this would be a good way to familiarize everyone with the results of an unsuppressed freak-out. What's a freak-out? Well, the following couple of paragraphs should clear that up. So take my ink-stained hand, and let us tour the diagram together...

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/Nidrail_335/6ed162c9.jpg

The area above labeled Phase I. (indicated by the white blob) represents the area covered by the original spill. Not too big, but just enough that it covered some of the art.

Phase II. (red) is where I took the rest of the bottle and emptied it onto the paper. I did this to teach the ink a lesson. See, it thought it was being clever by spilling just enough to ruin the page, but not enough to be empty (and thus become useless). Take THAT, bottle. First, I'll show you how much better I am at ruining a page than YOU. Then — having sabotaged your plan to remain useful — I will throw your inkless carcass into the filthy KITCHEN trash, where the rotten chicken parts live, as opposed to the white-collar prison of my office wastebasket.

The largest section, Phase III. (black) is where I splashed my hand in the puddle of India Ink, in order to make the Art itself aware it was ruined, and to notify the Art that it had better be more vigilant next time the ink gets an attitude.

So that's the anatomy of a freak-out. I'd like to tell you these episodes are the result of the hours and hours of isolation I experience in a regular week. Unfortunately, that would be a lie; I used to freak-out regularly when I held a steady job, and back then I was practically shoulder-to-shoulder with fellow human beings.

My only consolation in this entire episode is the hope that my spilling of India Ink goes in five year cycles; meaning I have another 1800 days or so to create art I don't want ruined. After that, I'll just have to create sub-par art that I don't mind being destroyed. Unicorns holding hands, toddlers giving each other flowers... stuff like that.

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Giolon05 posted:

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Hi Nidrail! So you not only sew, you draw too! I have to say the detail and shading on Yoda and Obi-wan's faces are outstanding. I'd like to see some of that detail cross over onto the clothing too! Very nice job on all of them. Tenel-Ka's hair reminds me of snakes. Is that intentional? Defnitely a wild look!

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Nidrail posted:

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Wow thank you, Han Solo 29!!

Is it alright to post non-sw stuff here?

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