Welcome to my blog

If you enjoy finding a lot of different outlets for your creativity, then we may just be kindred spirits.
This blog is an outlet for my interest in miniatures, crochet, plastic canvas, and many other various arts and crafts.

I also love walking, taking digital photos, and most recently, have rediscovered an old love...bike riding! I purchased an amazing new bike, a comfy Townie by Electra this summer, and have been having a grand time exploring the area as though for the first time. It's like being a kid again!

If you enjoy any of these things too, pour a cup of coffee and tea, sit down, and join me.


Take care!
Kat

Monday, November 29, 2021

Skyrim Anniversary Edition/8/ I'm a Dragonborn!

Monday, November 22, 2021

Skyrim Anniversary Edition /5/Entering Bleak Falls Barrow

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Skyrim Anniversary Edition /3/Meeting the Locals

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Secret of Retropolis Part 2/Saving Jenny/SUPER Cool VR Point and Click A...

Today's Art, Northern Light's, Procreate

Northern Lights, Procreate, following a tutorial by James Julier

 Northern Lights on Procreate

I had a lot of fun painting these dancing sky lights on procreate. I was lucky enough to see real Northern Lights like these when I taught way up North in Moosonee ON, years ago.

This entire painting was done mostly using the airbrushes, except for one spot on the snow where I used a crayon brush. 

If you want to try this, the tutorial by James Julier can be found here: Northern Lights

Thursday, November 4, 2021

NEW 3D Models and AR in latest Procreate Update

 

3D shoes in AR, painted in Proceate, #Tatyworks

3D Models in Procreate 💖💕💔😍...with AR!


3D Procreate shoes in AR, sized up to fit me :-)
I am so thrilled with the new Procreate update that came out today!  We can now draw and paint on 3D models, and even look at them in VR. I painted these shoes thanks to an amazing tutorial by Tatyworks, and immediately tested the AR (Augmented Reality) feature.  In the first photo, I put the shoes on the bed and learned how to move them around.

 In the second photo (above) I put them on the floor near the bedroom closet and learned how to resize them so they would fit my feet, lol. Or maybe be a bit too big.  They can be shrunk down to doll size or made big enough to fit an elephant, lol.  So cool!

3D model of shoes painted in Procreate, photographed in AR 
I raced around the house like a crazy person, putting the shoes in various places (I won't bore you, but here's one I liked; the downstairs closet, with our other shoes. Just noticed we all like black, lol, so these REALLY stand out. 


My Ipad with 3D model of shoes painted in Procreate, new AR feature


And here is what they look like on the Ipad..they're not really in the closet, even though the Ipad makes them look like they are. I took the photo of the Ipad with my phone, lol.  And now I'm blogging on my laptop so this blog is courtesy of a LOT of electronics.  

I am really having a blast with this. I highly recommend the Ipad, the Apple Pencil 2, and Procreate, if you like art. It's amazing and the new update has so many more features that I haven't yet tried out. 

If you want to try the tutorial for these cool shoes, you can find it here: Tatyworks 3D Painting in Procreate, shoes