CM Simpson: Writer & Gamer

This report is actually going out on time. It’s been a busy week, and, with exams approaching, it’s only going to get busier. This is what happened the week just gone.   Week 1 Progress New words produced: 67 + poetry and flash handwritten in notebook Outlines and Notes: Nil Works completed: 14 (7 poems, 7 flash fiction) Works edited: 1 (CS initial edit for Army Boots & Stilettos ) Covers created: 0 (CS format done for Army Boots & Stilettos ) Works published: 0 Works submitted: 0 Competitions Entered: 0 Bloggery: 1,829 University Prep and Assignments: 3,392 Writing News The week just gone saw me trying to complete a second assessment item. Unfortunately, it proved more complex than expected, so, although I completed the words required, with 30-40 references in place, I’m not completely happy with the result, and have decided to go over it this week to see if I can tweak it into something more satisfactory. I also completed the initial edit an...

So, the grey-lead pictures on different backdrops were kind-of okay, but what if I wanted to have colours? I’d read somewhere that some artists used a grey-scale drawing to give them an idea of shade, so I decided to use my Rosebuds on Colorized Backdrop – Saturation 6 as a base. Here’s what I did: 1.       Imported the image I wanted to use. 2.       Saved it as Pink Rosebuds on Colorized Backdrop-Saturation 6. 3.       I selected the brush icon (9th symbol down in the left column of the Toolbox dock) 4.       I didn’t want a heavy mark, so I chose something that looked a bit fuzzy—the first blotchy symbol in the 9th row of the ‘Brushes’ dock. 5.       I also wanted to be able to see the grey-scale through the painting I did, so I went to the Tool Options box and changed the Opacity slide bar to 43.9 6.       ...