tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29830056627895903422024-02-21T09:13:23.766+01:00Grim Dream Artworks and reflections of a freelance illustratorEvihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-71922276432482771722022-07-06T20:21:00.000+02:002022-07-06T20:21:22.798+02:00LAST DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN...<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-mVXaNiJ1X5XzPEH2W0gKxsR29DDYXDj7jz5huIq1towb2PN1kjAz-DSEoHl0WQji6D451rDr0J_S-YnMZJoD9NEOx4JViUkerv0FzMilwxvxLG6M2e-GJ0vH7EI3l3PX_X5a5pATy_leXUKTZa-fnT5d3MzVdudNyhdldPllfkrmnDjWf9JOeQ8/s600/end%20of%20campaign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="440" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-mVXaNiJ1X5XzPEH2W0gKxsR29DDYXDj7jz5huIq1towb2PN1kjAz-DSEoHl0WQji6D451rDr0J_S-YnMZJoD9NEOx4JViUkerv0FzMilwxvxLG6M2e-GJ0vH7EI3l3PX_X5a5pATy_leXUKTZa-fnT5d3MzVdudNyhdldPllfkrmnDjWf9JOeQ8/w211-h288/end%20of%20campaign.jpg" width="211" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What campaign? you may ask. This one:</span></p><p><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimdream/vintage-sceneries-a-coloring-book-with-hand-drawn-images&source=gmail&ust=1657117256963000&usg=AOvVaw2EFY3gG_V9-7TUEUFAJMxc" href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimdream/vintage-sceneries-a-coloring-book-with-hand-drawn-images" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/<wbr></wbr>projects/grimdream/vintage-<wbr></wbr>sceneries-a-coloring-book-<wbr></wbr>with-hand-drawn-images</a></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">How about a <b>coloring book</b> with mysterious, sometimes strange, sometimes idyllic sceneries? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Like a haunted mansion:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVzNN6evVQPRMLPAPV8anz6-BTPFnHT1xz-m58Dvce9XP6zc3RrQ96shPM1swy7X4fbO8Y3-mtbfNqlVG7aAxio6dJMqNlJCtR3gBJeShMOBZKZ7dLKzaI8qvsVRBBAtukBybea6qIv98lMRB3YfTsjj1WXKhxqemc1kRPBlZTV1QN4FAcSnRbh8rE/s4663/pin%20coloring%20haunted%20house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4663" data-original-width="3186" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVzNN6evVQPRMLPAPV8anz6-BTPFnHT1xz-m58Dvce9XP6zc3RrQ96shPM1swy7X4fbO8Y3-mtbfNqlVG7aAxio6dJMqNlJCtR3gBJeShMOBZKZ7dLKzaI8qvsVRBBAtukBybea6qIv98lMRB3YfTsjj1WXKhxqemc1kRPBlZTV1QN4FAcSnRbh8rE/w361-h526/pin%20coloring%20haunted%20house.jpg" width="361" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Or a fantasy fortress surrounded with dangerous creatures:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sIPC4wz_6k-zsPdjJ2llzG2wRpETAZqunxG68ezatUAE338KFZNcHL34YAHTSQ0Rd207KNtLsKso0N8toUQc1x76j2mtR4EYGrJzFR9e2dxyjENWuK3YT7D9aBKXVkMKFQeRsChyQDBqCp6XswhPzMZfvdoUujeiykgozCuixFsDTdVWdBOPSl4F/s4719/pin%20coloring%20fortress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4719" data-original-width="3178" height="533" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sIPC4wz_6k-zsPdjJ2llzG2wRpETAZqunxG68ezatUAE338KFZNcHL34YAHTSQ0Rd207KNtLsKso0N8toUQc1x76j2mtR4EYGrJzFR9e2dxyjENWuK3YT7D9aBKXVkMKFQeRsChyQDBqCp6XswhPzMZfvdoUujeiykgozCuixFsDTdVWdBOPSl4F/w359-h533/pin%20coloring%20fortress.jpg" width="359" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Or a charming watermill:</span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAP1jcOsyM4RnEmTKEmABSRVbM8FkE5c0LKVryrr0Y_A9QZ7TOkoarswiXFphrLP_VHfl-c0M-SfGKCVwmeBWA54qq30Auy-ygL2AvySs414h7oxdAmbC4NAPsZqyreI_gMinTNP_lSGJTe1LFGU8ZZtjuutfdC6PEwtTfW6s3tfY7w2xb3gIHjDjA/s4628/pin%20coloring%20watermill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4628" data-original-width="3178" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAP1jcOsyM4RnEmTKEmABSRVbM8FkE5c0LKVryrr0Y_A9QZ7TOkoarswiXFphrLP_VHfl-c0M-SfGKCVwmeBWA54qq30Auy-ygL2AvySs414h7oxdAmbC4NAPsZqyreI_gMinTNP_lSGJTe1LFGU8ZZtjuutfdC6PEwtTfW6s3tfY7w2xb3gIHjDjA/w354-h516/pin%20coloring%20watermill.jpg" width="354" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For an absurdly long time I was preparing a coloring book, which pages would be filled with detailed, hand-drawn places stimulating the imagination and inviting to creating. Well, time effectiveness is not my strongest point...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">At first I wanted to create a<b> book for practicing watercolor techniques</b> which wouldn't require extensive knowledge about drawing buildings or perspective rules (as everything would be already drawn with lines :D ). I was actually wondering if it's possible to print a coloring book suitable for watercolors, and, after testing many types of paper and contacting plenty of printing houses, I finally found one! The best part is that the paper is perfect not only for <b>watercolors </b>but also for <b>color pens, pencils, pastels</b> etc.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiGCeEBmWrJ9Wv3kbrhOi-OSWuPJxinfjV0wKR6gV-23Kw4srXK-NOnrKKPCDeuPdZ4QHXNZenhe0jR-Bk3xEsGCEHAKmpn0B8SsPP-8i-JyxNtNOh8bRe5p-KDRmLMAljHOmVZnZbbfVTgI0_ocp4Bm3gCbWVFInrA6K1gWCO-ySkt7Y6MQ3cJrn/s2571/front%20cover%20pint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2571" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiGCeEBmWrJ9Wv3kbrhOi-OSWuPJxinfjV0wKR6gV-23Kw4srXK-NOnrKKPCDeuPdZ4QHXNZenhe0jR-Bk3xEsGCEHAKmpn0B8SsPP-8i-JyxNtNOh8bRe5p-KDRmLMAljHOmVZnZbbfVTgI0_ocp4Bm3gCbWVFInrA6K1gWCO-ySkt7Y6MQ3cJrn/w473-h332/front%20cover%20pint.jpg" width="473" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In order to realize this project (called "Vintage Sceneries" by the way) I started a <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimdream/vintage-sceneries-a-coloring-book-with-hand-drawn-images">crowdfunding campaign</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And it's doing pretty well! It was marked by Kickstarter with "Project we Love" badge and is already funded in <b>nearly 900%</b>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Rewards </b>range from pdf files to physical copies of the book to original artworks drawn upon request (and added later to the coloring book). Of course, the most accurate and in-depth information (with plenty of images, video presentation and all the rewards described accurately) is on the<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimdream/vintage-sceneries-a-coloring-book-with-hand-drawn-images"> campaign's page</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>There's only one week left </b>to support "Vintage Sceneries" and purchase one of the rewards.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Every support is highly appreciated! If you know someone who might be interested in "Vintage Sceneries", please share this post or the campaign's link:</span></p><p><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimdream/vintage-sceneries-a-coloring-book-with-hand-drawn-images&source=gmail&ust=1657117256963000&usg=AOvVaw2EFY3gG_V9-7TUEUFAJMxc" href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimdream/vintage-sceneries-a-coloring-book-with-hand-drawn-images" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/<wbr></wbr>projects/grimdream/vintage-<wbr></wbr>sceneries-a-coloring-book-<wbr></wbr>with-hand-drawn-images</a></p><p><br /></p>Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-79006695130846565092022-06-05T14:48:00.006+02:002022-06-12T21:28:04.864+02:00My Coloring Book - on Kickstarter!<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMDAj9Misj05jJBw2h36pjhLZKf4vfiUl-LCGg0z33wPoDmDDRvSDZvuic_-k7N4nAV8N5Blg_6zbEi85qduAVfBeLlsQKnTA47BX0RY9Xhf_SN-VXxNZj4HOudh4pA4Z9HDwrR6rbyLfVCdF5lc0eqyLGiZ6Gydee7jJix7FGOgQxKpDB4zRZXwCx=s600" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="442" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMDAj9Misj05jJBw2h36pjhLZKf4vfiUl-LCGg0z33wPoDmDDRvSDZvuic_-k7N4nAV8N5Blg_6zbEi85qduAVfBeLlsQKnTA47BX0RY9Xhf_SN-VXxNZj4HOudh4pA4Z9HDwrR6rbyLfVCdF5lc0eqyLGiZ6Gydee7jJix7FGOgQxKpDB4zRZXwCx=w161-h217" width="161" /></a></div><p></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;">During the last 3,5 years (how time flies!) in my very limited free time I was preparing a quite fun personal project. And now it's theoretically finished (hip, hip, hooray!).</p><p>So, what's this project about? It's a coloring book with diverse hand-drawn vintage sceneries. </p><p>I know, it sounds like a quick and easy project. You could build a house, plant a tree and raise a kid during this time. But hey, I might have put some significant effort into these drawings (have I mentioned that my spare time was very limited?). And if I only knew... making the drawings was just the beginning! </p><p>Another time-consuming task was finding a proper printing house which would be able to print "Vintage Sceneries" according to my highly non-standard requirements. The crucial aspect was thick, high quality paper which would work for watercolors, felt pens and crayons. For some reason, only a few printing houses are able to do that! I hate to be fussy, but a lot of different paper types were tested in order to find the right one. </p><p>Not-so-crucial, but still important issues were perforations enabling removing sheets, aesthetic binding and a cherry on a top - gold and shiny frame on a cover. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw6yLRv-HNbze4ISfhh6zHvHvn2P46MhwocmlgL6sPBvgB0gS0wVPkUEe7QAS8yrL4Vgzcq8bGrdOCxdsmgdTMU3zst7Vexqb3UutfVC7nsREVsOerOJbKd24uhc8ksnuNZUZhUY16y0AEo9II42eCC5eBoTMBIxoO2FpuzNcYYsh2Yu_LMN9gvI3d=s6960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4640" data-original-width="6960" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgw6yLRv-HNbze4ISfhh6zHvHvn2P46MhwocmlgL6sPBvgB0gS0wVPkUEe7QAS8yrL4Vgzcq8bGrdOCxdsmgdTMU3zst7Vexqb3UutfVC7nsREVsOerOJbKd24uhc8ksnuNZUZhUY16y0AEo9II42eCC5eBoTMBIxoO2FpuzNcYYsh2Yu_LMN9gvI3d=w572-h380" width="572" /></a></div><p></p><p>Then I had to do some math in order to determine the campaign rewards. And check it... twice.</p><p>And finally, preparing the campaign itself. Only time will tell whether I did it correctly... </p><p><b>The campaign will last for 30 days. </b></p><p>Rewards will consist of pdf versions, printed books, printed books with one page colored by my humble person and original ink drawings. </p><p>Below there is a sneak-peak of "Vintage Sceneries":</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='553' height='310' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzI7uzerAz-4iIhwQmp3_EWmcsWL-Pljv6Hlrx-ZuZZkdyoob3yyEXwZD-h77O0UXw8lUtllxh9rJyj6IBu7A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p>I don't want to reveal too much at the moment, but there are Victorian houses, gothic graves, mysterious forest huts, medieval fantasy buildings and even a ghost sheep.</p><p>Wish me luck! I hope that you'll check out the campaign sometime :) </p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">If it sounds interesting, <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grimdream/vintage-sceneries-a-coloring-book-with-hand-drawn-images">check the campaign yourself </a>:)</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhCrUvKyVTaLqb4K5uqls4ddqkaL1crP4l0oYGiAs8UUbaeFWRa7hNdAKdwWPsftifRzDwlS_ONyzs31R4MFdmHmTky2K-ooECsS0AyqYS3oUNznluGAXwmOQrA9Gt3lJd8RgGfPY8rIrMvvRt-j-3hOfX7V1rM5P43UfBRuk9VJL46C7OazN85tDd=s3537" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="3537" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhCrUvKyVTaLqb4K5uqls4ddqkaL1crP4l0oYGiAs8UUbaeFWRa7hNdAKdwWPsftifRzDwlS_ONyzs31R4MFdmHmTky2K-ooECsS0AyqYS3oUNznluGAXwmOQrA9Gt3lJd8RgGfPY8rIrMvvRt-j-3hOfX7V1rM5P43UfBRuk9VJL46C7OazN85tDd=w557-h377" width="557" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-39223922514505714712020-10-01T12:03:00.000+02:002020-10-01T12:03:06.708+02:00TOP 3 illustrations (dark and fantastical)<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">doubts</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">whether</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">people</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">still</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">bother</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">reading</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">something</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> as </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">old-school</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> as blog </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">posts</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. However,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> I </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">prepared</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> a </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">new</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> post, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">just</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> a </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">short</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> one.</span><span class="EOP SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Not </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">so</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">long</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: times; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> ago I made 24 illustrations for an upcoming fantasy card game (yay!). Nevertheless, currently I can show only 3 of them (not-so-yay). </span></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW47527408 BCX0" lang="PL-PL" paraeid="{d98f7d4b-4349-4131-9214-dd6f90cef746}{21}" paraid="2028751004" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="EOP SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW47527408" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW47527408 BCX0" lang="PL-PL" paraeid="{f5db2bc4-b789-4271-ba9d-3755cbc3071a}{132}" paraid="421485973" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">After</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">long</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">deliberations</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> the TOP 3 was finally </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">chosen</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">! </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Ladies</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> and gentlemen, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">please</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">let</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> me </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">announce</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">:</span><span class="EOP SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW47527408 BCX0" lang="PL-PL" paraeid="{f5db2bc4-b789-4271-ba9d-3755cbc3071a}{132}" paraid="421485973" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="EOP SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW47527408" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW47527408 BCX0" lang="PL-PL" paraeid="{98f43b30-19b4-4f97-96a9-0e991866556f}{152}" paraid="1463163339" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">#3 “</span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Infiltrate</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">” </span></b><span class="EOP SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW47527408" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW47527408 BCX0" lang="PL-PL" paraeid="{d6ab077f-8e21-42c3-85ef-d69681e8f36e}{90}" paraid="109928778" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Simply</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">because</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> most of my </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">illustrations</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">present</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">only</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">buildings</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. And </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">this one looks quite mysterious (I hope).</span></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW47527408 BCX0" lang="PL-PL" paraeid="{d6ab077f-8e21-42c3-85ef-d69681e8f36e}{90}" paraid="109928778" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW47527408 BCX0" lang="PL-PL" paraeid="{d6ab077f-8e21-42c3-85ef-d69681e8f36e}{90}" paraid="109928778" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKJ43HneFPKrQp-zJasNjRWscVlQ-uBmvBFbuYGFPLMw9flC6KYHpg4zDRQHhsyrURrA8vED-uKuPSgvfqZt9y_mLrworE7cQOAcrbYCXHS0cKwmj4bQfvuAtSPdaj3u9RoAjLuiT7no/s1680/Infiltrate+DEVIANT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKJ43HneFPKrQp-zJasNjRWscVlQ-uBmvBFbuYGFPLMw9flC6KYHpg4zDRQHhsyrURrA8vED-uKuPSgvfqZt9y_mLrworE7cQOAcrbYCXHS0cKwmj4bQfvuAtSPdaj3u9RoAjLuiT7no/w457-h640/Infiltrate+DEVIANT.jpg" width="457" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><p></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW47527408 BCX0" lang="PL-PL" paraeid="{0226989d-c7c0-46c7-9251-0dc9043f30df}{89}" paraid="947575188" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">#2 “Tsunami” </span><span class="EOP SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></b></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW47527408 BCX0" lang="PL-PL" paraeid="{70726894-5573-4d32-ae18-18a47985c181}{5}" paraid="271260288" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> A </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">combination</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> of </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">classic</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> “</span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">grimdream</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">” </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">medieval</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">architecture</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> and </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">dramatic</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">/</span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">time-consuming</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW47527408 BCX0" lang="PL-PL" paraeid="{70726894-5573-4d32-ae18-18a47985c181}{46}" paraid="684135136" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">#1 “Lord of the </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Void</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">”</span><span class="EOP SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></b></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW47527408" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW47527408 BCX0" lang="PL-PL" paraeid="{70726894-5573-4d32-ae18-18a47985c181}{197}" paraid="1093800681" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Because</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-kerning: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 19.425px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW47527408 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw=="); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">dark</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW47527408 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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Ha! I bet
that you totally forgot about my blog… I apparently did. A year and a half of
silence would suggest that anyways.<br />
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illustration below was actually made over one and a half year ago, which could
confirm that I haven’t drawn anything since a looong time. But that’s not true,
I swear.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> I’ve been just extremely busy with
projects I cannot share with you… yet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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brief (just as a busy person like myself should be). <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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I made a few concept sketches. Not real pieces of art, I know. But don’t lose hope</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and the foreground were masked with masking fluid to protect these areas from
being painted over with very liquid paint (“wet on wet” technique). Mountains were
salted to achieve these textures:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the sky with watercolor paint mixed with gum arabic. Previously masked areas were
painted slowly and carefully:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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almost like the previous step. Maybe I just wasted my time, but I actually added
some extra precise shadows and highlights with ink and dense white watercolor
paint:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-37302624167857685212018-05-23T09:51:00.001+02:002018-05-23T09:51:27.778+02:00The One<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">We “met” almost 5 years ago and it felt
like love at first sight (at least from my side). Since then I wanted to draw
this building many times but somehow the right moment never came… under those 5
years (doesn’t sound convincing, I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>know).
I always had a soft spot for old wooden buildings with charming details and
this one was very old and really beautifully detailed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It’s called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Vastveitsloftet </i>and was originally build in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>XIVth century in Norway. After a few <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">hundred</span> years it was transported to Stockholm’s
Skansen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The surrounding is really picturesque as
the building is placed on a high rock, overlooking a bay. If we have poor
eyesight we probably won’t even see gigantic, grey socialist architecture on
the other side of the bay. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-49658483387090979972018-04-04T12:28:00.000+02:002018-04-04T12:28:05.096+02:00Concept Designs - Tabletop Miniatures<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>"I don't dislike to be alone"</i></div>
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<i><b>Ingmar Bergman</b></i></div>
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<b>What would you do, if you had plenty of spare time and wouldn’t have to worry too much about economic issues?</b> Well, most of the people would like to travel the world and spend time with their friends (which is not such a bad idea), but I would love to create my own, miniature cities and other fantasy sceneries like those from tabletop RPG games. Okay, maybe I would also travel here and there...<br />
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True, I don’t have time for creating physical models, painting them and building fantasy lands of them, but lately, I had (again!) an opportunity to <b>work on concept designs</b> for a company producing such 3D models. <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/printablescenery/the-lost-islands-3d-printable-terrain-for-rpg-and">Their Kickstarter campaign</a> has just ended and, considering how successful it was, I can guess, that there are quite a lot people interested in spending hours and days on building their miniature worlds and probably even fight battles there. The only difference is, that they actually HAVE time for that 😊<br />
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To the point! My task was to design ships, a little bizarre harbor city buildings, and various scenery objects for “lost tribes”. Below you can see, among others, a boathouse, a navigator’s guild, a port tavern, a governor’s mansion, a wizard’s tower, a shaman’s hut and tribal tree houses.<br />
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I hope that all the backers will have fun with these sceneries!
Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-31416342524353209212018-03-14T13:25:00.000+01:002018-03-14T13:25:18.554+01:00"Magician's Palace" - Designing Imaginary Architecture<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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studies” but just one of the whole mass of drawings made for <b><a href="https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Introduction-to-Designing-Imaginary-Architecture/756649777">a course in designing imaginaryarchitecture</a></b>. The <b>concept process</b>
behind this design has been described in the course
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concept sketches made for my own projects are barely legible and they rarely
foretell success in further works on a drawing. Let’s see what will happen this
time!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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how to design imaginary buildings, like this one, you can watch my <b><a href="https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Introduction-to-Designing-Imaginary-Architecture/756649777">Skillshare course</a></b>. I’m talking here about using more or less fantastical
building materials, creating feasible structures, but also telling how life in
various types of buildings could look like and how their function would influence
their look. And of course, I couldn’t
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Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-21300269397346863022018-02-07T10:06:00.000+01:002018-02-07T10:06:06.703+01:00Medieval Town - video courses<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-GB">Recently I finished preparing a <b><a href="https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Introduction-to-Designing-Imaginary-Architecture/756649777">Skillshare course about designing fantasyarchitecture</a></b>. I presented there many architectonic details drawn from
imagination, talked about the rules accompanying medieval builders and
highlighted many frequently made mistakes in designing fantasy architecture. An
important part of the course are “case
studies” - four detailed illustrations summarizing four chapters of the course.
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just start with a horizon line placed in 1/3 or 2/3 of the height of the frame.
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helpful in setting the composition. I added also a few other divisions. Easy
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the left) and some houses with a bridge/gate in the background. Medieval towns
quite often had irregularly shaped roads and “squares”. That’s why there are
two different vanishing points for these two foreground buildings, as they are
not meant to be parallel. It’s also time to decide how high the floors should
be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thinking and lots of arduous work. The one important aspect here was a decision
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third “case study” from <b><a href="https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Introduction-to-Designing-Imaginary-Architecture/756649777">the course</a></b> -
“Swamp Fortress” (I hope that the title is a bit intriguing).</span></div>
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Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-64626344595213405052018-02-02T18:51:00.000+01:002018-02-02T18:54:44.040+01:00Slavic Hut - video courses<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-GB">Some time ago I decided to focus on making
video classes. I’ve been asked for that quite a few times, but it required
resources and time, so the courses have been postponed constantly. Until now! <b>The course about <a href="https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Introduction-to-Designing-Imaginary-Architecture/756649777">designing fantasy architecture</a></b> was prepared (with loooong breaks) for about a year. For some
strange reason, the hardest part appeared
to be self-presentation… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Anyway, now it’s finished, so if you would like to get to know the rules of designing imagined buildings for a need of
games or books, or if you just would like to take a look at the whole mass of
hand-drawn more or less fantasy details and listen about medieval
buildings you can visit my Skillshare page (link to my profile). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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details, I presented also a few “case studies” which are detailed illustrations
based on the knowledge handed in the course. I explained there WHY these
illustrations look the way they look and here I’ll explain HOW they were drawn
step by step.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sketch with side notes. What a potential, Ladies and Gentleman! Nah, the
aesthetic aspect is not the strongest point here. What does matter is capturing
the right composition and it’s much easier on a small piece of paper and
without worrying about drawing fine, straight lines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The corner of the hut is placed in the 1/3 of the width of the frame. The boat
and the roof lines are pointing to the
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some strange skulls, a large stone with magic symbols (also placed in 1/3 of
the width of the frame). The “Thundermark”
on the stone is a symbol of Perun – the God of warriors and lighting (in other
words a Slavic version of Nordic Thor).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ink. I traced here the pencil sketch with a little more awareness of
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<span lang="EN-GB">I guess I haven’t painted any existing
landscapes since a long time... Oh, I just had to check it. I haven’t painted any
existing landscapes since May 2015, which gives us over 2,5 year! Looks like my
record. This previous painting presented a <b><a href="http://grimdreamart.blogspot.se/2015/05/">high school building</a> </b>from my hometown.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Based on my long and insightful researches (i.e. checking “likes” on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Grim-Dream-217781731619496/">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.behance.net/ElwiraPawlikowska">Behance</a> and posting a one-question
questionnaire on <a href="https://grimdreamart.deviantart.com/">DeviantArt</a>) I discovered, that my viewers/readers are most interested in my gothic illustrations.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Oddly enough,</span><span lang="EN-GB"> I don’t have too many opportunities to make such artworks. But today
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ruined gothic cathedral </b>painted as a cover illustration for a grey-metal (doom-death-symphonic black) band <a href="https://www.facebook.com/darkenmygrief/">“Darken My Grief”</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So far I could only listen to a few demo
fragments, but I hope I managed to capture an appropriate atmosphere. Luckily the
band’s frontman – Duddu had quite a clear vision regarding the whole graphic
design. Considering this, the task may
sound like a piece of cake, but in practice,
it meant seemingly endless editions of the whole mass of tiny little elements. Apparently,
that’s what happens, when two perfectionists meet. Anyway, the final result was
worth the effort!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">The back cover illustration (probably
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symbol is actually frontman’s brilliant idea):</span></div>
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Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-31047114622510283062017-08-06T00:37:00.001+02:002017-08-06T13:05:01.579+02:00STEAMPUNK TOWN SQUARE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s been a loooong
time since I’ve shared with you a “full
size” watercolor drawing. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: large;"><b>Working</b> on
commercial illustrations, solving matters related to <b>moving abroad</b> and preparing
<b>online classes in designing fantasy architecture</b> took all my time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">But now I’ve got a good reason for coming
back to the blog! And the reason is a drawing commissioned as… (I bet you’ll never guess):</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;">I was a little bit afraid, that I would need
to make some editions in this part (and I needed indeed!). In such a case I would only need to change the cake without destroying the
whole intricate work. That’s why the original looks in this way:</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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It suits a town square pretty well, isn’t it? </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-26101519900754515042017-01-17T16:02:00.000+01:002017-10-24T22:02:49.982+02:00BEGINNINGS WITH FREELANCING: AN ANTI-GUIDE<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Who likes reading "failure-stories"? Everyone of ourse! It just so
happens that I have one for you today. It could be titled “A Freelance
Illustrator - My Ineffective Way to Financial Independence” (not very catchy, I
know). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The story takes place about 5 years ago,
when I earned a Master’s diploma in architecture and could finally start to develop my illustrator’s career. I had knowledge about design, drawing skills, tons of energy and... a business plan! What could go wrong? Well, pretty much everything.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>My business plan looked more or less like
this</b> (don’t try this at home!): <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. An illustrator needs an online
portfolio</b>. But wait… I already have a well-developed portfolio on DeviantArt,
hurray! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Writing a blog</b> is a great way to present
yourself to your watchers and potential clients. Naturally hundreds of people
would wait impatiently for every new post (because they have absolutely nothing
else to do) and I’d surely earn some money of it (there are many professional
bloggers, right?).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>3.</b> Now the most important point: I should
<b>join a team of awesome, experienced and enterprising people</b>. They will create a super-popular product (a game/book/music CD/whatsoever), and hire me
as an illustrator. Well, “hire” is not the most precise word, as I would work on a profit share basis, but that’s ok! This super project will surely
be my springboard to success, make me recognizable and... bring me money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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love drawing sooo much.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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elaborate plan: </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. If you want
to do something professionally, you have to make an impression of a
professional.</b> While DeviantArt is a great (and highly addictive) platform for
social networking with other art lovers, it’s not the best place to show
yourself and your works to potential clients. Let’s be honest, all these
emoticons (which I love) and a little bit chaotic interface don’t make a great
impression at first sight. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>TIP:</u> Make
your own website and/or create an online portfolio on <a href="http://www.behance.net/">www.behance.net</a> . Behance is a great place to
present your projects and resume in a professional way and I got many good job offers
from people who found my works there </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.behance.net/ElwiraPawlikowska">https://www.behance.net/ElwiraPawlikowska</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2.</b> <b>Most of the
people earning money through blogs are those who write about… earning money
through blogs.</b> Maybe I’m exaggerating, but in case of illustrators it doesn’t really
work anyway. However an idea of running a blog to let your watchers know
you better is still fine! Who knows, maybe they will be keen to support you in
your future endeavours?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of working on a profit share basis</b> (unless we’re talking about gigantic, well
established publishers). First of all, if someone is unable to collect money for an illustrator, he/she won’t be able to run the project and the marketing
process in order to make the product popular. Marketing a product requires strong
entrepreneurial abilities and people with such abilities are able to gain some money to
pay an illustrator for the job, trust me (or not, the choice is yours </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US"> )! So, by “working” on profit-share basis for a group of enthusiasts
(yes, yes, it applies even to those super-experienced guys who have been developing
discussed project since high school) you are going to achieve neither glory nor decent
money. To discourage you even more I’ll
mention, that (based on my own experience) many such projects are NEVER EVER
PUBLISHED. Eventually they are printed on demand and thus, they reach only
friends and families of creators (which means no new fans, as your mom already
knows that you’re brilliant </span></span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: large;">J</span><span style="font-size: large;">).</span></div>
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Ready for the third (and yet the last) post about "Steampunk Plaing Cards" made for a Polish playing card company "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/fabryka.kart/">TREFL"</a>? It took me about two months to prepare the whole deck, so regardless your answer let me present clubs and spades!<br />
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Just in case you missed the previous two parts of presentation, here they are: <a href="http://grimdreamart.blogspot.com/2016/10/steampunk-playing-cards-part-1.html">part1</a> and <a href="http://grimdreamart.blogspot.com/2016/10/steampunk-playing-cards-part-2.html">part2</a>.<br />
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<b>Clubs</b> were meant to refer to technological and scientific aspects of Steampunk. Strange, exaggerated glasses and lences are such a typical feature of Steampunk styliscs, that I couldn't resist choosing observatory for a building representing the <b>ace of clubs</b>.<br />
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According to my own guidelines jacks should be robots, which are technological achievements itself. But the <b>jack of clubs</b> should express the scientific atmosphere even harder. That's why I designed him as a mix of a microscope, oscilloscope and... some other parts.<br />
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From the <b>'Did you know'</b> series: in Poland clubs are colloquially called "żołędzie" which means "acorns". That's why the jack of clubs is examining an acorn.<br />
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And now, last but not least: <b>spades</b>. Spades are related with exploring secrets of the sea (a distant echo of Jules Verne's 20000 Leagues Under the Sea). These pirates obviously know many sea mysteries:<br />
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What about the rest of the cards? Let them remain a mystery... unless someone has a deck in his/her hands :)Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-4427405650948999892016-11-06T19:46:00.000+01:002016-11-06T21:15:26.900+01:00Frequently Asked Questions<div style="text-align: center;">
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Otherwise one is simply a sad old crone, and no one wants that, you know.”<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today I'm celebrating 50.000 views of my blog! I thought that it might be an occasion for you- dear readers and watchers- to "get to know" me a little better. So! Somewhere in the top left corner of your screens you can see me working hard. And below you can read </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Top 10 Most
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When did you start to be interested in illustrating?</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></div>
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art (very classic, traditional art to be precise). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really loved to browse through them. However
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drawing at the age of 18 (some of you may think that it's quite late). I was
attending drawing classes to pass entrance exams for Warsaw Faculty of
Architecture. Then, during studies I had a broad spectrum of art classes
(drawing, painting, sculpting, study of colors, digital graphics etc). It was a
valuable base for practicing at home. Even more important were classes from
architectural design and history of architecture. These enabled me to draw
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presented the whole process of "constructing" their works (the
visible guide lines). On the other hand my favorite painter is Zdzisław
Beksiński. He was able to create a mood which can be easily felt, even though
it can be hardly described with words.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span></span></span></div>
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walks. My thoughts flow the most freely when I'm walking. Moreover: dark and
melodic music, fantasy books, historical buildings.</span></span></span></div>
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Daler-Rowney (300g)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">-a waterproof Faber-Castell's "PITT artist
pen", size S</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">- Rotring's Artpens, various sizes. They're quite
handy and allow to draw fine, stylish lines</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">- mechanical pencil, size 0.5</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">- After scanning I use Photoshop, mostly to set the
colors/contrasts and add a text </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>7. What does your
creative process look like? </b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">1. Usually
the first step is "brainstorming". In a relatively short period of
time I browse through plenty of photos and illustrations related somehow to my
task. The purpose is being in the right creative mood, not searching particular
references.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">2. Then
I make about dozen of thumbnail sketches just for myself. If it's a commission
I often send about 3 more detailed sketches to the customer to get a better
idea of his/her expectations.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> 3. And
then the whole fun begins. A delicate pencil sketch helps me to set the right
composition. Then it's time for a more precise pen drawing and finally
watercolors can be used. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">4. Sometimes
it happens that I'm not really satisfied with the color scheme and I need to
redraw the whole work. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> 5. If
the original looks fine, it is scanned and edited digitally to prepare it for
example for printing.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">What
can be said in few sentences may actually take me several days.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>8. What are the biggest advantages of being a freelance illustrator?</b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">1. The most important for me: continuous
development of skills. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">2. A very positive feedback from
foreign people from various parts of the world. It's really motivating and
uplifting. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">3. Quite low level of stress. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">4. Freedom in managing time.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>9. What are the biggest disadvantages of being a freelance illustrator?</b></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">1. Uncertainty in economic
matters. Very low earnings at the beginning (at least in case of the vast
majority of cases). </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">2. Sporadic direct contact with
other people. My contact with customers is usually limited to e-mails, less
often to Skype talks.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Not so many after all :)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">10. Did you always
wanted to be an artist? </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">What would you be doing if you weren't an illustrator?</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">For a short
period of time I wanted to be a garbage
collector (big cars + working in the open air). Then I wanted to be an
archeologist or paleontologist as I'm fascinated by the past.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">If I weren't an
illustrator, I'd be an architect as that's my learned profession.</span></span></span></div>
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Time for the second portion of Steampunk cards created in an old school, traditional way (ink and watercolors). Today I'll focus on the red suits - hearts and diamonds.<br />
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"Hearts" were meant to represent the cultural and elegant side of Steampunk. Top hats, victorian fans and lace should be a good fit here. Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome the <b>Queen</b> and the <b>King</b> of <b>Hearts</b>:<br />
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Now we are leaving salons to meet the darker side of Victorian era - decadence and pests especially decimating industrial areas. My favorite card - <b>Jack of Diamonds</b> as known as a "Pest Doctor" (in a steampunk style):<br />
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And which vehicle could represent this group better than a hearse? A steampunk hearse of course :D<br />
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I hope that these few illustrations managed to arouse your curiosity and that you'll be willing to see steampunk pirates and inventors in the next blog post!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The deck was created for a Polish playing card company <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fabryka.kart/">"Trefl"</a>.</span>Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-43958194429819076182016-10-11T20:08:00.000+02:002016-10-11T20:08:04.870+02:00Steampunk Playing Cards part 1.<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i> <span lang="EN-US">“Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><b>George R. R. Martin, "A Game of Thrones"</b></span></i></span></div>
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For some strange and unexplained reason I'm working mostly on graphic designs and environment/architectural designs, which means that I'm using only pens/pencils and graphic tablet on daily basis.<br />
As the time went by I began to suspect, that I'm going to forget how to make watercolor illustrations until one day...<br />
a proposal from one of the leading Polish card manufacturer (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/fabryka.kart/">"Trefl"</a>) came.<br />
The offer concerned making set of cards in a Steampunk style. Handmade, watercolor technique, victorian aesthetics, steampunk subjects - PERFECT!<br />
Some of my previously done artworks were also welcome to be part of the deck (ie <a href="http://grimdreamart.blogspot.com/2013/02/train.html">"Train"</a>, <a href="http://grimdreamart.blogspot.com/2015/01/steampunk-landscape.html">"Steampunk Landscape"</a>).<br />
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Working process started with thinking (what a surprise!).<br />
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CONCLUSION 1 - <b>Jokers</b> could be presented as goblins, <b>Aces</b> as buildings, <b>Kings</b> could be portrayed as bearded guys, <b>Queens</b> as cute ladies (congrats Evi, how unusual) and <b>Jacks</b> could be robots. After discussion with the client we decided to put vehicles on cards with <b>numbers</b>.<br />
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CONCLUSION 2 - each color could be designed as a different...how to put it right... subculture?<br />
<b>hearts</b> would be members of the "upper classes" , <b>clubs</b> should be inventors/researchers fascinated with steampunk technical achievements, <b>spades </b>could be pirates or sea travelers and <b>diamonds </b>could be a charming mix of goths and dandies with a touch of decadence.<br />
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That's just a little sample of what you can expect to see in the deck. Next posts will reveal more :)<br />
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<br />Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-34419872619074390572016-08-23T13:29:00.000+02:002016-08-23T13:29:00.601+02:00Miniature Buildings - p.III<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the third part from the serie about architectural designs for tabletop games (see also <a href="http://grimdreamart.blogspot.com/2016/02/miniature-houses.html">partI</a> and <a href="http://grimdreamart.blogspot.com/2016/08/winterdale-miniature-buildings-pii.html">partII</a>). Now it's time for ruins and steamunk buildings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The little pile of paper below doesn't look impressive, I know... But these are 125 pages of plans, cross sections, elevations and perspective sketches making up designs of 27 objects, which can be parts of a miniature world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're curious about how "Winterdale" looks like in reality (ie. after 3D printing), you can visit Printable Scenery website <a href="http://www.printablescenery.com/">http://www.printablescenery.com/</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the next post (about something completely different) I'll try to be more wordy, I promise :)</span>Evihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10102064215301701817noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2983005662789590342.post-6944230632719647082016-08-22T21:55:00.001+02:002016-08-22T21:55:50.817+02:00Winterdale - miniature buildings p.II<div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's really nice to know, that my buildings are "real" somehow. Well, they can be touched, they form an environment... for a group of miniature figures. Sounds awesome to me :) </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the end of the last year I got a quite noble
task, namely preparing a series of illustrations related with the Baptism of
Poland (2016 is the 1050th anniversary of this event). The National Centre for
Culture (NCK) gave me a great deal of freedom regarding technique and subjects,
with only one stipulation: <b>"no controversial themes"</b>. When the
condition "no controversial themes" was repeated for the third time
during the preliminary talks, I began to ponder about what so controversial
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advantages: weight loss, adaptation to a small amount of sleep, acquiring some
skills in designing architectural objects etc. Today I'll focus on the third
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turn, are making models ready for printing on 3D printers. Honestly, I sympathize
with them. I felt a little bit guilty when I was adding all the tiny, fancy
details on paper. But the ultimate goal is
to give maximum fun while painting the models and to please the eye after that,
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">As I promissed a few days ago (or maybe as I <u><a href="http://www.grimdreamart.blogspot.com/2016/01/how-to-make-plans-and-stick-to-them.html">planned</a></u> a few days ago ), here's the next part of the article about making plans and executing them. Acoording to my assumptions there are three factors for succeding in realizing a plan: </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">-motivation</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">-luck (or at least lack of bad luck)</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Here I'll focus on the second factor - <b>motivation</b>. My main motivation is <b>fear</b> (I know, most psychologists would conclude that it's a bad motivator). It's fear of </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">not taking</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> full advantage of my opportunities, fear of</span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> mediocrity, misery and wasting of the only life I have. Believe me, it's a very strong inner motivator</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> (however I'm</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">still</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> quite far away from achieving my all goals). And there are also many external motivators. Here are some of them! </span><br />
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unorganized people, who have problems with motivating themselves to get out of
bed before noon? For some strange reason I was thinking so... and I was wrong. I'm afraid, that for those
people the perfect "occupation"
is being a proud heir of a fortune. Whereas those, who want to be masters of
their time but still have to earn a living, need to be able to plan and
organize.<br /> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Presumably there are very few people with a natural talent for
being well-organized. Mere mortals have to prepare an action plan to evaluate, segregate
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sophisticated. I've never been good at making multi-color notes, drawing
schedules on a paper bigger than me or
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It's based on a system of long term goals and
short term goals and it can be created in a standard planner (even if my
long-term goals refer to the much more distant future). At the end of such planner
there is usually a place for some notes, which I use for setting </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">long-term goals</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">And
that's </span>THE FIRST STEP<span style="font-weight: normal;">. </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Long
term goals </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal;">can be very general, like: "a
stable source of income as a freelance illustrator" or "a
healthier lifestyle". At first it may look like a wish list, letters to Santa
Claus or a storytelling, but that's fine at this stage.</span></span></h3>
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and an attempt to transfer them into a sequence of short-term goals. It should help you to understand what your long term
goals actually mean to you, for example does "a healthier lifestyle" means
a better diet, more exercises, less stress or moving to a quieter place? </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Short-term
goals</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"> should follow long-term goals and lead to
achieving them. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Let's say that to have "a stable source of income"
you plan to establish cooperation with a few book publishers. Simplifying for
the blog's purposes, the plan could look like this:</span></span></h3>
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specific actions, estimating the time required to perform them and assigning
them to specific days (and even hours) in a planner.</span></span></span></h3>
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every two weeks. Estimated time - three
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sample illustrations, preparing CV, resume and cover letters in a consistent
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completing a task I mark it with "+" </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">. If the task hasn't been
completed, then... well, it shall be crossed out and moved to another day. It
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plans for only 5 days/week<span style="font-weight: normal;">. However, if some of my tasks haven't been completed on initially planned time, I tend to work also
on weekends. It could lead to
workaholism, unless:</span></span></span></h3>
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the ideas for drawings can be written down in it as soon as they appear. From
time to time (once every 3-4 months) I browse through these ideas to check, if
they still seem so splendid as when I was writing them down. </span></span></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's never too late for New Year's resolutions...
or maybe, rather, it's never too late for resolutions in general. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honestly, I've never made them before. I'm
always feeling downcast and burnt out at
the end of the year and even more depressed at the beginning of the year. At that time my future appears as a sequence of disasters and failures, with no
possibility of improving, but with many opportunities for deterioration. The
advantage of this situation is that the worse my mood is, the better my works
are (Hipp Hipp Hurray!) - strange but true.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After this short, personal digression, we
can go straight to the point - my resolutions for this year:</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. to make a few illustrations with people</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><i>(no problem, </i></span><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this should be feasible)</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*<u>amendment:</u> to make a few <b>good</b> illustrations with people <i>(ok, I'll do my best)</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*<u>side note:</u> these designs should be <b>outstanding</b>... or at least <b>interesting</b> <i>(aha, here's the catch)</i></span></span></div>
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means at least <b>twice a month</b> <i>(hmmm, what's
next?) </i></span></span></div>
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paintings </span><i>(absolutely!)</i></span></span></div>
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effectively and keep the right work-life balance </span><i>(tough challenge)</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a short blog entry! In the next article I'll describe how I
make long-term and short-term plans and how I actually keep them :)</span></span></div>
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