Really belated update...

It's hard to excuse such a long absence, but I don't mind saying that the rest of my life took priority, but that did not mean that I was not creating, and if for no other reason that catharsis, I will start a bit of backtracking, to pick up where I left off in 2021. I fee like there are quite a few of of who lost some time in the last few years, so many of you will understand. It was at the end of that summer that I picked up a slightly used XP-Pen tablet, as I thought it was worth trying one of the Wacom competitors, as Cintiqs are both hard to find, and very expensive here in Sweden. Though I will say that it took me a while to get into a rhythm with the way that I use the XP-Pen 22, overall I love it, and that love has resulted in me just drawing more.

For 'pure drawing' Sketchbook still remains my go-to application, though I was still experimenting at an early stage with Gravity Sketch, a VR drawing and modeling application. 

Persona Template in Figma

Recently I realized that in my IT group, there is often a need for UX personas, and this template was missing. 

The challenge was to make a multicultural kit that could allow role for internal positions as well as outside users to the branded tools. I am still working through the variations, but so far I have 4 male and 4 female, and at least one in each group that could be trans. 

Tan Beholder via Procreate

I have been doing more sketching recently, just pena nd ink and occasionally a bit of color, but the texture of the fur was just not coming along how I wanted. I picked up the family iPad, and decided to bring the sketch into Procreate for the fur and a bit of color tinting. I had forgotten how much fun using Procreate can be, and how intuitive the application is! 

The Sharing Pair

One of the advantages to being out of work for a few weeks is getting the chance almost daily to draw or sketch. It's a challenge to get back into the habit, I must admit. My plan is to make a digital version of these two, maybe even add a third character. 

Storybook Challenge Sketchfab

I have been kicking around ideas for this concept for a while, but this recent Sketchfab challenge pushed me to evolve the idea further. It also helped to have a few days worth of break from work to sketch out part of the story.

Stuck on You, Chapter One by Matt Connors on Sketchfab

The first draft for the model looked like this:

Schmug4_test_solo by Matt Connors on Sketchfab