Street Style Aloo Chaat
This week i made this amazing Aloo chat. Its vegan and delicious loaded with flavors
Ingredients
Slim fries from the store
Boiled potatos
Cilantro and mint
Tomatoes chopped
Chopped onions
Yogurt
Tamarind sauce
Some crispy tortilla
And some salt
Recipe:
I boiled and diced the potatoes and in a bowl i put tamarind soaked it with luke warm water this will get the pulp out from the tamarind and make a tangy sour sauce.
I put the diced potatoes in a plates and added chopped onions ,cilantro ,mint , tomatoes and a table spoon of greek yogurt .Then i added a pinch of salt
After that i added the tamarind sauce and the crispy tortilla crushed it and added it to my chaat after that i added slim fries brought from the bakery its just thinly sliced fries that are baked in an over .
I mixes it all up and it was just delicious.
I recommend everyone to try this.
Splinterlands art contest week #247 (The Cabalist)
For this weeks Splinterlands art contest entry i made the card character called "The Cabalist "
The character seems like a strong wizard doing some spells and i loved that about him.
Here is how i made it.
First of all i saw the refrence and drew a sketch in my art style then digitally converted the lineart by tracing it with a pen sharp Brush .The app i use is called Medibang paint pro . Every lineart was made on a new layer like the skin the hair and the dress so later i can color them as well.
After that i added flat colors to the character this step gives it a pop of color but this isn't still finished without shading .For that i used watercolor wet brush which is a default brush in Medibang paint pro i used a darker shade to the thing i was shading and just painted the inner edges then i guassian blurred it. This gives a soft shaded shadow look now for the metal parts like the golden armor or the iron armor i shaded them with different shades of silver and golden .
The character always needs a good highlight as well as shading so i highlighted the parts by shading them with a lighter shade how ever i colored the part after the edges that i had shaded set the layer on add and turned opacity a bit low.
After that i colored the eyes as well
The round spell that was on top i protected the layer and clipped a pink layer on it merged it added a another pink circle under it set it to add in layer blending mode and guassian blurred it this gave it a glowy glowy look like the spell was glowing now i merged all these layers and duplicated the spell to both of his hands
Now i added a background to it i made it look like a muddy cave this just enhances the illustrations.
I added a pink layer on top and set it to overlay in layer blending mode turned opacity a bit low and here is the final result.
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Weekly blog ( Consideration is a love language)
Every week there is a new lesson to learn a new challenge to achieve .
Monday started with Father's day so we made a card for dad . I got my dad a USB because he loves movies and he always loses pen drives alot . He also loves perfumes but he was telling me that he wanted a portable one so my sister got him a pen perfume another thing was this cute mouse that my brother got him . Dad was really happy . Its not about the things we buy its all about the consideration .What would he like what will make dad happy.
On Tuesday i made this purple heart with a balloon . Cause two of my siblings are really young and i love making them happy
On Wednesday i made clay rings with my sister which we saw on Pinterest . Apparently cute funky rings are in these days
On Thursday i made Aloo chaat for every one its a potato salad with two types of potatoes one were slim fries and other were boiled potato . It was really yummy
On Friday i watched an anime movie called omoide poro poro . It was a wholesome movies about childhood memories.
Saturday was all about cleaning and as i went on roof with my dad to clean the solar system and plates . I captured this picture with my vine silhouette its was such a aesthetic moment
On Sunday i did skin care with my mom .My mom hates doing anything for herself so i do it for her . Maybe one day she will have this memory .
Considering small dislikes and likes of your loved ones is a little thing that's really important.
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Draw a Cute Heart
Just like every week this week too im drawing something that is going to be simple so our beginner art friends can learn about digital art. Any medium can be used to make these . This week im drawing a cute heart and here are all the steps you need to do to make them
The first thing i did was i used the curve line tool and made a little line like a half heart . The tool lets you adjust the dots so the line is exactly how you would like it to be. Now i duplicated the layer and flipped it
It Horizontally and just adjusted it so it looked like a heart .Then i erased the extra parts
After that on a new layer i made another layer drew a line that looks like a saturn ring i adjusted it . Now i made five small dots to make a mini flower with a dot round brush.
I made many flowers like this after that i made 4 lines to make it like a sparkle ✨ i duplicated them and arranged them as a pattern around our heart next i made a face on The heart . The trick was i made the right eye and eyebrow first and duplicated that layer and flipped it Horizontally this way i had both eyes looking same after that i made the mouth with a pen sharp brush
Since the heart , the ring around it , the flowers , the sparkles and the expressions were on different layers i just selected each layer and locked it then put a big colored square on it of my choice and that made that layer's things all in that one color .Thats a hack to color lineart differently.
After this i filled the heart with a flat color and made a gradient background to it
Next i shaded the whole heart and made its eyes glow a bit added texture to the Background and here is the final result
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Laptop Decor
I apparently have an habit of up cycling my personal things to reflect myself .What i like and feel like so i always have mini vision boards around me to make me feel good and remind me off my goals .So this week i actually decorated my laptop with stickers too. Here is all how i did it
This is how i decorated it last year .All of the stickers here were designed by me but then like i got bored of them cause they got really dirty and were coming off . So after i got my printer i was like yes i must re do it again.
So after the removal with my hands this was the background that was just stubborn and wasn't removing i even tried my miscellar water wipe but nothing works.
But then i remembered a trick my grandma taught me. Oily cleansers are great for removing adhesive and makeup without the struggle. I couldn't use my oil based expensive cleansers on this so i found a cheap alternative that was Vaseline .
I smothered glob of vaseline on top of it rubbed it little then let it sit over the laptop.
And boom everything came off with a wipe and my laptop was shiny too .after that i cleaned it with dry paper towels so the residue is gone.
This was a great life hack. I absolutely loved it
So last times stickers get dirty and were coming off . That is why this time i made sure all the stickers were laminated i laminated these .Also i got these from Pinterest printed them out . After cutting them off i was left with all these . I was thinking off making my laptop with like rainbow theme all stickers are related to me being an Anime otaku 😂❤️
I started by sticking purple stickers and they transistioned into more pink stickers almost 50 stickers were needed on this
So this is the final look i absolutely lovedddd it .
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Dreams do Come true
I never thought that i would be working as an artist. I was a girl who struggled to draw a circle . I still remember the only subject i failed at was drawing Thats was back in 3rd standard. I was never a good artist by birth it all began in 8th standard when i started sketching with pencils i would watch anime and try drawing them these sketches weren't the best but this is how it started.
After that i realized that art was something that i did to express myself and it made me feel relaxed and then i started using different art mediums . Like water colors and poster colors and with practice i got better at it.
Later i started freelancing as a logo designer this is when i learnt graphic designing. This was a logo that i made for my personal brand.
I started working as a freelancer but i also kept learning new ways to draw. I also started drawing digitally on my phone but tbh learning any drawing app or software requires you to learn about it for this i took a short course i learnt using Medibang paint pro
And then i started drawing covers for books And started practicing digital illustrations .
As an introvert it was a dream come true to work from home according to my own conditions and time. Plus freelancing doesn't have a money limit you can work as much as you wanna work . Never did i ever thought of affording a good lifestyle by just being an artist
but tbh i still say persue something that you are passionate for so that working makes you happy and not tired .
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DIY Charmander Figure
I used to be a huge pokemon fanatic . I loved how these mystical cute creatures were and i often bought toys that looked like them and pokemon cards too
So this week again i tried paper crafting this time i made my favorite pokemon after pikachu that is Charmander . Here is how
So i firstly go the paper craft printout from Pinterest then printed it out on a A4 size card sheet then i Cut everything out and started gluing everything up after scouring .
So scouring is a technique people use to make a light mark on the card with a scissors so it bends easily.
After that i glued it all together and here is the finished piece although its not my best paper craft but it was fun as an activity and i surely had 🤗
Re living your childhood is the best thing ever
.What pokemon should i make next which was your favourite?
Splinterlands art Contest week #246 (water Caller)
For this weeks Splinterlands entry i drew water caller character from Splinterlands card.
First i made a rough sketch in my art style .One thing i keep in mind is that even if im seeing an reference and drawing in my style the dress elements and characters accessories are drawn same .I really loved the Water blob that was floating on top of her and that is why i chose to draw her.
Firstly i sketched the character. Now in the actual image the character is kind of singing and calling water blobs but i made just one .
After that i took a picture and added it to Medibang paint pro where i digitally converted my sketch to a refined line art with help of a pen sharp brush.
Afterwards i added flat colors to my illustration as the real character also had a long cape some furs on shoulder while coloring the. Dress i noticed that most things i am drawing here have a different texture .
I painted the water blob with a water wet brush kept adding different shades of blue and blended it and blurred it after that on a new layer i did some highlights and set it to add so it made it look like water . The texture of the fur on her shoulder was same i smudged everything seperately so it looks like tiny hair detail. I shaded her hair and dress with a darker tone then added a necessary highlight to them .The golden Accents too were enhanced by using two different shades of yellow this gave it a nice effect .
For the skin i went with a pale pink this time and shaded her clothes too .
After that i colored the line art . Made her jewels glow blue and added a Background .Here is the final result ❤️
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Weekly blog ( After every Storm there comes a rainbow)
Just like every week i m writing about things i learnt and loved this week.
So everyone in Pakistan was worried about the Cyclone and storms that were expected at 16 June . The whole week went by in stress .But the situation is under control now.
On Monday i actually made cleaned and Decorated my Laptop with tons of stickers how i cleaned it will be posted in the up coming week but i love how the laptop looks
Tuesday was a bit stressing i ended up cleaning dust from the whole house after the whole sand storm . But while that haider got these long balloons and i made a Balloon Dog from it
On Wednesday it was really really hot and humid and I didn't wanna cook dinner so i just cooked rice in a rice cooker and we all had that with Mango .I know its a weird combo but believe me its like eating mango mochi.
On Thursday finally the clouds subsided and we could literally feel.the Sun again. Seeing the blue sky is a relief after all
On Friday i made these Flower charms i will be uploading a Diy blog on it soon . Its really simple and i will use these on my keychain
On Saturday i did my Little sisters Nails in Pink .Its her vacations and i wanted to practice nail art too
And finally on Sunday we Watched a Movie together it was "The Meg" its about a Big old shark thats back to the surface .Movie was good i tbh am not a Sci-Fi fan i mostly love psychological thriller movies.
Well the Week was all about how we worry about things that didn't even happen
Everyone was hoarding rations and veggies people were prepared like for the storm but it never came .Being prepared is one thing but the fear anxiety and stress it had cause was just too much. But i always say. After Every Storm there comes a Rainbow 🌈
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What do you do to show yourself love?
Another week of Expressing my Emotions and feelings as i paint . Today im painting and old sketch i made with Water colors .
To show me Self love i do things that i would rather do for other people . My love language is to make small hand made gifts and pour all my feelings in them . Once i read a quote that went like You treat people how you wanna be treated and Tbh the way we show appreciation to someone says alot how we wanna be treated too.
For an instance if im happy i would be of some service i give massages to my mom . Scratch my lil bros head and do pedicure for dad these are all the things i do to show love to others .
How ever for myself i hardly ever do it that's why in my schedule i have a little note for selfcare .
To show myself self love first i need to see myself lovable so i get ready wear something cute . I know it might seem laughable but for a depressed person even getting up on time is alot . Combing hair is a whole mission sometime When time goes too fast.
So i set my routine to do a cute little hairstyle , wakeup early , organize my stuff , brush and comb my hair and after that i reward myself . Other than that on Weekends i watch an anime while doing a skincare routine . I cleanse my face with a oil based cleanser , use some serums aloe gel and mud mask . I sometimes also do my nails too.
I also bought a posture corrector as a freelancer i did let go off myself and got an hunchback .i also force myself to do some simple exercises and walk atleast 3k steps a day.
After the whole day when i finally have achieved all my goals its a great feeling to have dome all you planned .Also its just so great when you feel your hair and its fresh and your skin is all clean and soft. You feel loved and Self love is so so important we often Forget to love ourselves thinking.its a Selfish trait but Self love isn't selfish you deserve that .
Remember a half filled cup can't fill someone else's cup so make sure you love yourself first to love all around you . So here is the finished piece this Idea was basically from Junji ito's manga but the girl i painted is someone else and my depiction of the piece was being torn apart into two .One that supports and loves everyone else second the one who is insecure and needs the same advise they give others
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Drawing a Simple cute Gold fish
I post a Beginner art tutorial blog every week for the new artists . This week im drawing a Gold fish .Here we go .
First i drew a circle , then added a oval erased some parts n its like a fish body base . Next i did her upper fins and her tail by drawing ovals. I get the basic shape and erased the extra stuff
Here is the step by step picture of how i erased the extra stuff . Its all about mix and matching random shapes together even our face can be simplified into shapes . Most artists draw anatomy with this method . So thats the base of our fish now for more details
So i added a side fin too and Eyes to her . A mini smile too .Next i added scales and fin details like thin lines on her fins
Added a few bubbles too . And as you can see everything in our lineart was drawn on different layers so i could just color it all up .
Now i added flat colors to her with a bucket tool and gave her a background too shaded her scales and the background by adding wavy details to it.
I also added rainbow highlights to the bubble and here is the final result.
This can be achieved on a paper too its not necessary to just draw digitally tbh
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Things i Learnt On Hive this year
So i just completed a whole year On Hive Blockchain ❤️. Here is all the things i have learnt till now.
As a beginner i was so so confused every learning blog seemed too hard to read most terms used on Hive were just too hard to grasp and tbh i couldn't understand much . On my anniversary of completing a whole year here . This is what i have learnt so far.
As a beginner first thing i learnt was that Ecency , Leofinance , dbuzz , liketu are all connected to Hive and all the blogs you do there are present on Hiveblockchain which means. We all are connected .
To make an account you must have an hive account and to make that you have to signup which is harder so i personally chose the 3$ option .Here is why .
Hp is like a Health meter to your Account to do any action you need to have Two things Hive power (HP ) and Resource credit . When you do the 3$ signup u get about 3HP too and so now you have enough health to start commenting , reblogging and posting . Another way to get HP is by Going to Giftgiver.site and writing your username there .
Resource Credit is like HP too instead this meter charges in about 5 days and the more HP you hold the more resource credit you get . The more HP you hold the more Power you have on Hive your vote value also depends on it
Everyone has a certain niche they know mostly about , you can be a gamer , an artist like me or a makeup MUA and hive has tons of communities all on different different niche . You will have to Search them .
For every female on Hive Go to @Ladiesofhive community its a place where you get prompts to blog about every week . That called LOH contest its held every week and you get a chance to win Tokens too.
Here are two communities you will love as an artist .Both of these are have just one rule the art should be original and the blog should have little bit about the process of how you drew .You can draw with any medium or digitally its completely up to you .
This Community is about DIY and creative people can post here too. Just talk about how you made this thing and what materials you used.
Another community i love is Hive pets Community .Everyone who has a pet Needs to join it .
Tags
You can use up to 10 tags on a Blog . These tags can get you tokens related to your niche also these make your .Post visible to audience that like that niche.
Creativecoin is a tag used for creative idea posts . SPT tag is used for Splinterlands blogs vice versa.
Token
Token can be sold or staked . You can sell the tokens you earn on Hive Engine .
So thats it for today .
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For people Who wanna join Hive but don't get how to work there i m posting about it shortly so stay tune . This article will have all info about what i learned on Hive in an year.
My Father My RoleModel
What is a Dad? My younger self never saw my dad as someone that i used to see other dad's as . Kids my age had Older dads who used to drive them away .
While my Parents were married as teenagers .It was a hard time. While everyone assumed my Dad was my big brother there i was thinking Is he really my Dad.
So usually i would be calling my Granddad dad and my Father Papa .
As a kid i only saw him a few minutes every day . Waking up at 7am , taking me school having a convo on the road and then the whole day he was studying , Doing a job in a bank that was 3 Km away and by the time he came home i was always asleep.
I hardly had any decent conversations with him. How ever it all changed after we moved to our hometown again away from the City life .Dad retired Early cause he hated spending all his life working in a corporate job where he couldn't even see his kids . Can you believe if i tell you he is my bestest friend now?.
I always thought he was too busy to be around me. But my dads Perspective was a bit different i learnt about it while discussing each others point of view . As he told me He was working and studying to earn more to get me a good quality education. He gave up on his Masters Degree because he hardly had money to take care of me as he was an internee back then . I never knew but my dad kept a picture of me in his wallet to see at the office . I realized one thing .
Dads are really underrated . You know mom's deserve all praises for giving birth but dads who sacrificed their good years to make you wear good learn good eat good . Who were present throughout your life struggling to spend time with you cause they have to earn a lively hood . Dads are often Misunderstood . I love and respect my dad so much after learning it all . How he used to cradle me in his legs in night when i had a fever he had a exam next day. About how many times i was crying throughout the night while he couldn't sleep . But he never complained .
I am just like my dad i have his temper and attitude. Now that im 24 he plays with me as im a kid treats me good .Does all things A dad should.
Its funny how i say i loved the apples today they were juicy and the next day the whole fridge is full of apples . He teaches me how to defend myself . Corrects me in private . Provides me fullest and supports me in public . He never lets anyone bully me even in a joke .
You know as a person who always had bad friends and toxic relatives when i see my Father being the best friend i needed all life i feel so relieved. I wish i trusted and believed in him more in the years back.
My Father is my Role model and i wanna be like him one day 💕
Picture Courtesy: Pixabay
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Splinter land art contest week #245
For this Weeks entry i chose to draw Runemancer kye
So firstly i drew a rough sketch on paper . The character was a very Dark charming Mermaid so i made that in my own art style .Then i made a refined Line art on Medibang paint pro. For this i used a pen sharp brush and i drew all different things on different layers like the wings were at the backest and the weapon was the frontest .
After this i filled in flat colors with help of a bucket too i kept comparing shades to the original character and kept coloring.
Now i added gold layer to her armor too and kept shading everything a bit darker. The more details you add the more your character looks enhanced . Finally i shaded everything seperately
Next i added some details to her scales and hair i .Painted highlights to the hair . The best way to shade is to keep adding color and blending it .
Next i added some glow to her trident and that glow obviously would reflect on her face and hair . So i added a purple glowy highlight to her tail and face .
Lastly i readjusted her eyes colors as the character's eyes were dark with a pink lense so i did that and added a gradient background to her and this is the final look.
I hope you Liked it ❤️
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Simple Joys of Life (Weekly Blog)
This week was all about Storms and rain so we didn't have any signals on the wifi . I spent my days mostly playing games and doing stuff with my siblings.
On Monday i made a bunch of more sketchbooks with my siblings and we used them as mini drawing pads . It was fun.
On Tuesday i ate a Cornetto in rain . It started raining as i was taking this pic. So we enjoyed our ice creams in the rain .
Wednesday was a bit dusty but the whether seemed Calm . Yet it was 50° outside and i went up on my roof to water my planters.
On Thursday i drew Mini quick sketches on my mini sketchbook i will do 31 different female characters for the month on this lets see how it goes
On Friday i did another Craft project .It was a Paper craft as well Charmander turned out cute too i am keeping it asa deco on my desk
On Saturday i converted my old Sketch to a Painting with Watercolors . I loved the end result i will blog about the process soon
On Sunday Morning mom made Curry rice and it was just delicious 😋❤️
So thats how my week went. Just wanna say Life is all about enjoying the little fun memories and living the joyful moments whether it was dancing in rain or eating ice creams in rain we made tons of memories . Simple Things can be so Joyful.
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If Only my Past Self Knew ( a mini sketchbook tour while some Self Talk)
I started another weekly series where i can talk and rant about feelings and we all can relate to each other .Its a great way to express yourself . So as i show mini Sketches i did this week lets talk a little .This week my topic of self expression is If only my past self knew . What are the 5 things that you wanna tell your past self?
I wish we all could talk to our past selves and tell them how things turned out to be. We plan something and then life gives you something else you learn you grow . Thats the thing about life .
The past self who i wish i could talk to would probably be my teenage self that was still in Highschool.
One thing is that as a teen I really had an acne prone skin . It was a disaster i would try cleaning and buying skin care but all made it worst . I wish my younger self knew that i now wash my face with a aloe soap and thats it . I now have clear glass skin .I do some skin care routine probably once a month but that it. My younger self would have loved to see that . I was always insecure to be stuck with that skin . Tbh i feel self love and acceptance is so important once i learnt the problem wasn't me but it was me stressing and going out in sun . I changed a few hygiene habits and i had the best skin.
If my teenage self ever met me she probably would ask me did you get to graduate . As being from a family who usually don't have educated women around i used to feel that i would be married by the time i complete my highschool . Tbh my dad is my hero he made sure i was brought up like a wise women . I can't imagine my teen self knowing that i was able to study and even got a business degree.
One thing my teenage self hated was being bullied . I wish my teen self knew that not only i stand up for myself now but i also stand up for others around me .I became the hero i needed .
I wish my teenage Self knew that We repaired our relationship with our parents . As being the eldest child in home and my mom dad being teen parents .i was mostly raised by my grandparents that kinda left alot of space and gap between my mom and dad i could never relate to them to a point i stopped sharing stuff with them. But not anymore i wish i could tell myself that i finally am bestfriends with both of them.
I would be the happiest to know back then that i now earn enough to take care of my needs that too from home . As a teen i always hated the fact that if i ever need to work i will have to go out was a nightmare because of me being an introvert . So this truly is a dream come true۔
What are the things that you wanna tell your past self ?
(The sketches were just quick doodles and i know they aren't the best of my works but still i love how they turned out. Lets see maybe when the present me is a past i might turn out to be a great artist and write about that )
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There seems to be some issue . I can't attach pictures to my Articles now like it doesn't show is it just me?
DIY Mini NoteBook
Summer Vacations are here i decided to make mini Notebooks with my Siblings.
Kids being kids will loose count of the paper that they waste for this i decided to make mini Notebooks that they can paint on carry with them in pocket and this notebook was made using just one A4 size paper.
Here is how you make it .First take a. A4 size paper now Fold it in half twice vertically and open it entirely now do the same horizontally . Now you will get 16 page like boxes.
From here there are two ways to make the notebook
*Method 1 is for the markers so they don't bleed this will make stronger more unbleedable paper .*
*Method 2 is for just quick doodles*
METHOD 1:
in this way u get 8 usable pages so u draw a line from the left leaving one box then the line from right leaving the last box and again draw a line from left leaving one box This way
Now cut it and fold it so it opens like a book.
Now for the cover im using a old cake card box. I will cut a rectangle piece that wraps around my note book and glue the middle part to my Notebook decorate the cover and that is it.
Method 2:
cut two boxes like these and it will be a set of 8 two boxed paper now staple it in middle and our mini sketchbook is ready lets make its cover now i again cut a rectangle piece for the cover and glued my Notebook in middle and there you have it.
So i made 3 and gave it to my little siblings . I might make one for myself and do a 30 day doodle challenge too.
Drawing a Mushroom House (beginner art tutorial)
Every week i do a art blog for people who wanna learn art and can't figure out where to start from . Today we will be painting a mushroom house using some simple steps . You can draw in any art medium . I however draw digitally on Medibang paint pro. So lets begin.
I began by drawing a square on one layer and on the next layer i drew a circle i drew a line that cut the circle in half erased the rest and that's gonna be the base of out mushroom .
After that i added doors , windows and a chimney pipe that also looks like a mini mushroom . This is our basic Mushroom house shape.
Next i added random ovals n circles in the mushrooms top. Did a little detailing too added grass then i colored the whole lineart to give it that soft subtle touch
Now we add flat colors to our illustration with the bucket tool. Next i used a airbrush to shade my house u need a bit darker shade but the opacity should be low and color . After that i added a orange layer on top and set it to saturation so it looks like a sunny day. And there you have it .
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How to Save water?
So this Weeks LOH topic Was about awareness to the water scarcity issue . As a person from a country where Fresh water is valuable and not all cities here have clean water . It was always a rule in our house to be careful.
Here are something that we do and now are standard practices in my house to save Water.
1. Instead of washing Fruits in direct water we prefer rinsing in a bowl and after wards that water is not thrown but we use it for watering our plants .
2 . After boiling Eggs that water is often thrown while its packed with Nutrients that can make your plants grow way taller so i use that for watering my plants too.
3. Washing hair in a huge tube . As a person with long hair you can waste alot of water rinsing the shampoo . Which not only dries the essentials oils out of your scalp but also leaves your hair brittle so i always use rice water and a tub of water to wash them them use the bowl method to rinse them i do this twice the same water is then utilized to scrub the bathroom floor because its all soapy perfect to get that slimy Gunk away.
4, Washing dishes after you scrub them with soap . I just rinse my dishes in a big bucket of water . This way its less water used and its easier then doing plates one by one .
5 . We turn the faucet down when we are brushing and never let the water go to waste .
6 . We also Save Rain water in buckets and use that the next day or just pour it in our tanks . Thats one way to store the water provided by nature.
Remember our bodies are 70% water and only 3% of the water on earth is drinkable. Lets be mature and Save it for the generations ahead . ❤️
Splinterlands art contest week #244 (Queen of crows)
This week for my Splinterlands art contest entry i drew Queen of Crows .
First step i always sketch in my free time and i look up SplinterlandsCards.com for refrence and try drawing the characters in my style. I loved her Character design tbh Who wouldn't love a empowering Girl Baddie villain. So i began by sketching then digitally converting it into a refined line art ( i use Medibang paint pro App) that's the first step .
Next i start filling in flat colors Everything needs to be colored on a different layer so i paint the Skin, hair , dress all different layers after that i add shadows to each layer with a water color wet brush guassian blur it and then i highlights everything too set the layer to add in layer blending mode so it pops out . Now u have to see how the light will fall on the character what parts of our face are highlighted always and what parts are a bit darker .Same goes for the dress the folds n curves will be darker while the part where light hits will be highlighted .
After that i shaded her hair and added highlights to them using the same technique how ever the hair need more like pointy highlights so i used a smudge brush to make it look like hair .
after that i shaded her golden accents and accessories plus the crows and added a dark blue gradient background. To her . I had saved the whole character n crows as a png transparent i filled them with a bright purple color n set the mode to add so now my character had a bright purple glow coming from her .
After that i add some more details to her eyes the dress . Colored the lineart and this is the final result
I can seriously see a huge difference in my drawings from the first Splinterlands art entry till now and thats how it is This Contest is a great great thing for artist who wanna draw out of their comfort zone and practice .
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Healing my inner Child ( weekly blog)
I post a weekly Blog Every week but i didn't last week Because it was just a tough week You know family problems and abusive toxic relatives . So i didn't wanna talk about that instead this week is all about healing from trauma .
As a kid i was always told to behave mature we had hardly any money to buy things we needed that said obviously there was no money for toys and crafts.
Making your own toys thriftiness was my way to get em how ever it was not always that way so as a 24 year old When i can now afford my life i finally had time and money i decided to do what i wished to do as a kid with my little siblings.
This week is all about healing my inner child.
On Monday i made this cute Minecraft action figure for my brother on a paper .I did post about it here you go you can check it out to. See how you can do it too.
On Tuesday i made more paper craft projects that i found on google and i made all the cute characters i loved like BMO and Gunter from Adventure time . Pink axolotl from Minecraft and Pikachu i made miniature versions of these i will later decorate my desktop with these it was a fun and my. Siblings also made great childhood memories
On Wednesday i actually sketched a girl from refrence picture i will paint this later on i love Sketching it always is something i can express myself with .
On Thursday i relaxed and made Pink Lemonade with my Little sister thats 3 year old . She came and helped me squeezing the lemons later i added some Flower induced syrup i used Jasmine ,rose and sandal wood syrup and it was just perfect. The fragnance the taste it was just refreshing and soothing
On Friday i made a little paper figure for my dad . This was deadpool as he loves the character i thought of making one for him and he loved it
On Saturday me n my siblings made a mini Notebook using just an A4 size page and the tutorial will posted soon hee after
On Sunday i just had an extra sweet treat which was a cornetto it just reminded me of my childhood and the good times
Conclusion : Don't judge yourself over your age live your day making memories and reliving your childhood with your loved ones . Because you only live once
What is Recovery For you?
As i was watercoloring a coloring page i thought to myself
What is Recovery?
Recovery to me means getting stronger not that nothing affects you now and your as rock hard or you stop feeling . Recovering means you know it hurts you but it no longer affects your mood ,your day, your life . It doesn't make you crawl up into a ball in your blanket . Recovery is when you accept that life is supposed to be tough but its fine you handle it with a smile . Recover is when you no longer workout cause you wanna look good in pictures its when you just do it for your health .
Recovery is finally cutting off toxic people even in family . Recovery is you no longer needing validation for what you do . Recovery is making sure your happy . Recovery is not taking pictures with filters . Recovery is you value your time . Recovery is to be a better person than you were before ❤️
Recovery isn't just healing a wound and not picking the scabs its also making mistakes but instead of regretting learning from it .Taking it for experience . Recovery is the improvement you make after a failure just like this painting .
I realized its been ruined but i could still fix it ofcourse it was torn a little ofcourse i was hurt tearing it but some times the whole painting doesn't need to be thrown away just a little change can fix it like i taped a sky Gradient behind . Recovering isn't being perfect its being scared but finally able to move again .
Life is beautiful and troubles are inevitable but we can always be bigger than our mistakes and improve , Adapt ,Recover.
( Sometimes words really come from heart and this blog is an example for that )
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Lets draw a cute magical wand
I do a simple art tutorial every week for Beginner artists that wanna learn to draw digitally . This week we are gonna be learning to draw a cute Magical wand .
So lets begin . I am telling you how you can draw digitally on your phone but u can always use. Pencil to follow the steps shown in pictures too.
Firstly i drew a long line with a pencil brush ( the app i use is called Medibang paint pro which is on iOS, android and mac ) next i use the line tool to make a star on a new layer afterwards i resized and erased the inside lines of the star.
I adjusted the star to look bit more symmetrical and added a few shiny star like details on a new layer . Remember to do everything on a new layer . This is because we don't want our line arts to mix . I highly recommend beginners to do every step on a new layer.
Next with a bucket too fill the inside of the star with a pale yellow color , i colored star line art bright yellow and the wand was a caramel color . I added a purple background to it . And made the star line art white this will look like sparkles.
Next i duplicated the star lineart layer and the star lineart layer merged them together set them to add in layer blending mode nd guassian blurred them .put them in bottom layer so it looks like the wand is glowing this is a great way to add a subtle radiance to any of your art works how do u do this on paper? Just use a white pastel and blend it then outline the lineart with a marker . I also added some cute expressions to my wand and here is the final result ❤️
TBH i always here like it must be expensive paint. Or am expensive device . Art mediums shouldn't be expensive i used to make great sketches with a simple graphite pencil . You just need passion , creativity and alot of practice . With experience you learn new techniques new ways to draw textures. Test different mediums . Its all about having fun in the process make mistakes correct them its just supposed to be that way .
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My Pet Shiro being spoiled
This weeks LOH topic is about spoiling pets and so i wanted to share about my Pet Shiro.
So Shiro is my pet Cat . He was the pet cat of my neighbors in 2019 and when they left the house they kinda just abandoned him . As being a domestic cat he wasn't aggressive like the stray cats and so he was starved when i found him.
In my house my dad doesn't allow pets because they die and we get attached .Also hygiene issues . But With Shiro even my dad allowed us to have him . Shiro is a trained cat so he would litter in a box we gave him . I pet him and feed him but i never caged him i wanted him to learn to be free .
Its been a year or two and now my father who was so against pets goes out daily to buy cat food and Chicken organs for him . Our house is full of soft toys for pets and we love playing with shiro. Somedays he wouldn't come back home and we worry alot for him .
This month he just became a dad and brought 3 kittens to our house just to show us it was a family get together you can say 😂🤣
So now all 3 kittens and his wife and Shiro live on our spacious roof with the garden
Here is his kitten chilling in my planter on a hot day
One time we made a clay pot hat for Shiro and he kinda sat there with it and posed for us .
Here are some beautiful pictures of Shiro
DIY Your own 3D Minecraft skin Action Figure.
Today i actually did another diy project with my printer and this is a Custom made 3D action figure of my Brothers Minecraft Skin. Here is how you can do it too
Step 1:
Go to https://minecraft.tools/en/skin.php
Select Skin Stealer and write your Username here the one whose skin you want . Download the file .
STEP 2 : Go to https://www.pixelpapercraft.com/print
Select generators and upload your downloaded file here and you will get a whole printable Paper craft Blueprint .
Step 3: Print it on a A4 size paper or card stock . I didn't have that so i used my Photo flyer for this. All you need now is a pair of scissors and Glue to stick it up together
STEP 4 : Cut everything out with the outlines and fold it all up so the flaps and Everything start taking a box shape . ( Bonus Tip: after cutting it up use a wide scotch tape and laminate the parts so they don't go bad and stay water proof )
Step 5 : after folding everything up glu the parts seperately and i was a bit creative so i used extra strip cut it out like a V and stuck it in a way so both legs n hands are movable .
So this is the final result My brother absolutely loved this . Paper crafting is a great way to utilize yourself you can make tons of toys and also its a great summer vacation activity for the kids ❤️
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Splinterlands art contest week #243 (conqueror jacek )
For my this weeks Splinterlands art contest entry i drew Conqueror jacek .
This time i sketched my design on a paper next i just started converting it to lineart first the face the body the hair and his braids . Then the leather accessories after that i made a cute lil phoenix on his hands and made a rough line art for his wing because those are supposed to be fire wings. Every lineart is made seperately thats something i do alot just so i can fix anything i don't like later
Next i added flat colors to the line art . You can see the harsh lineart of the wings is not visible cause i merged it with the flat color this way i just need to shade it by clipping a layer. The pallet i chose for this was all the fire hues i did that to the phoenix too .
After wards i started shading wings with a layer clipped on top set to add in blending mode . I airbrushed some spots on his wings and smudged it this makes it looks like glowing fire
After that i added some sparks to the wings that act as embers with a bit red saturated shading so the wings look more fierce . Rendering is hard i still struggle at it but well i am doing it and learning something new every time . After that i shaded our phoenix and the character with shadows and highlights you can see this makes our Drawing more enhanced and after that i colored the lineart too and it made the character pop
As our character now is done i added a brown background to him and some brown foliage so it looks like a cave or a dirt background . Set its opacity a bit lower . Now if the wings are of fire we need that glow to be seen on his hair his body anywhere the light seems to hit . I used the airbrush again with a pale yellow and highlighted the parts where light was hitting.
And here we are done .This is the final look
Do tell me what you think in comments down below 👇.
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Will upload a Splinterlands art contest entry in a short while stay tuned . I will also Write tomorrow about what Splinterlands os and how to participate in their contests
Draw a Cute Ghost with me (learn to draw digitally)
So as you all may know every week i try to post an art blog that is all about learning art as a beginner . No one is born with the ability to draw well .We all eventually better our selves with time and practice and these blogs that i do are for people who wanna start being an artist but don't know where to begin with. So i hope this helps you out
This week i drew a cute little ghost with a flower and here is how you can too .
First of all i use Medibang paint pro which is a phone app i use for drawing you can use a paper n pencil too .
So i used the curve line tool and made a little inverted "U" shape this will be our ghost body base .
Set is and then i added squiggly lines in the bottom so it looks like the ghost in the sheet . Next i added hands to it. Most of the time i cheat a little and duplicate hands and use them just like i did here
Next i drew a five petal flower shape and added a stem with a leaf and a circle in the middle of the flower
After that none of our character are complete without expressions and Expressions are what make them unique so here i added three ovals 2 for the eyes of our ghost one for the mouth and thats all for our Initial Lineart.
Now i colored everything with flat basic colors . Also Colored our lineart cause thats a technique we use to make our Drawings more cute amd soft added a bit of gradient to the background and here we are All done.
This is the final look. Do comment down if this helped you .
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