6. Scribbling Technique with Hard Leads

Getting back into the swing of things with my new tripod! It's kinda tricky finding the right angle due to its size; but hey, it all works out in the end! Enjoy!

Now we're talking!!

See this handy-dandy handsome little thing? Yes! It's a new tripod for my smartphone to record better tutorials with! 

Didn't get the camera I wanted since I'm a little strapped for cash, but my phone will do for now.  The nice feature on my phone is that when the flash is left on in snapshot mode, it'll turn on when recording - which is great considering my bedroom lighting is just terrible.  There will be a day when I record with extra LED lighting, but it is not this day.

All that's left to do is get on a strict schedule and stick to it!    

New tutorial soon!

Monday is the beginning of my week off - and since I'm working on a new art piece, I hope to make a tutorial on that! It's all about properly using digital color, especially when you have parts of your picture that are all black. Stay tuned!

How to Illustrate Eyes with Graphite

Finally bought my new laptop - and this time, it's one that's specifically built for editing videos and giving it all sorts of abuse. lol!! Instead of recording, I post captions as a narration. I find doing it that way makes creating the tutorial easier. (Who wants to listen to droning?) Enjoy!

New laptop!!

Finally bought a new laptop to do video editing with! I can start making tutorials again!

Computer Troubles (cont.)

It's as I suspected: laptop is on the fritz! So that means, no upload tomorrow.  I'd rather not risk a blue screen of death while trying to finish the video.  Unfortunately, I have to wait until Black Friday to get a decent new computer, because my poor bank account will scream if any more money goes out of it.  This laptop is probably a good 5-6 years old, so doing any more video editing will kill it.

As I type now, the thing is very hot, and the fan won't stop making this high-pitched whining noise.  Time to give it a brief rest and shop around for laptops on the family computer.

Until next time!
~Gigi  

Tutorials and Computer Troubles

So I was all excited over my tutorial being mostly completed in a few hours.  Then, the blue screen of death happened! Fortunately, none of my files were lost; but I need to take my laptop to Staples tomorrow because the system restores failed.  Hopefully it's nothing major, and money won't be leaving my pockets in large amounts.  It's like, you make money; something dire happens; need to spend the money you worked so hard to earn; and you're back in the poor house again.  It's frustrating, really.  Everything costs so much, yet the paychecks aren't enough to compensate for the high price of things.  Where's the balance? No wonder people struggle!

In case I do need a new laptop, I'm backing up every file on this thing.  Can't afford to lose all my photos, music, and art.  It's my life; it's everything that's inside of me.  To lose it all would be depressing! Backup is taking a while, but it's halfway there.  As long as it doesn't take until midnight or after, I'm happy.

 Now, to watch more Super Carlin Brothers!