My old person trait is that no one is allowed to be mad at me for not answering a random phone call. Sometimes it's ok to leave your phone in the other room while watching a movie, or (gasp!) At home while you're out gardening.

/s.

...right?

I don't know, I feel like if you have the opportunity and the motivation to use quality * mwah * ingredients in one way or another, like freshly ground spices, it's not like it's wasted effort because you also used canned tomatoes. It just elevates all the other ingredients that much more.

Fresh is great but you use what you got, right?

Hmm... I'm not sure! It always reminds me of stained glass, or like colour-block minimalism.

No, I'm sorry, I haven't tried selling prints online. I've never set anything like that up before- but it's certainly not a bad idea. Regardless, I'm so glad you like it!

There's an art Lemmy community- small for now, but a new rush of people in the next week could help get it started up!

Well, the little "seeds" on the outside are nuts by def. The red fleshy part is an accessory fruit.

As soon as I can! :)

Saw a panel discussion where the devs called it "kuhd". I refuse to surrender. It will always be caved of "could" in my heart 😮‍💨.

Clearly AI isn't taking over the meme industry just yet 🧠

Yeah, definitely not Inkheart. That book/movie was about being stuck in/out of books, not drawings.

This is so kind and thoughtful. Thank you. I'm starting to find my groove- can't wait to share my next one! :D

Hey! Thanks for the suggestions. To answer your medium question, it's thick acrylics on a 36"x48" canvas. I've begun some of the larger sections, but I think I'll run with your idea about darkening the ground to reflect the night/early morning lighting. That's a really good point. I haven't started that area at all, so it's pretty easy to switch up colours there.

There WAS a plan as to which colours would represent how many layers of smoke there were. That plan was tossed out the window somewhere along the way, and I may have very well gotten carried away with the number of shades/hues. I'll look at my pallete and see if I can trim the fat.

Elevation- this one is inspired by an ice fishing village that sets up nearby every winter, which is why there is a ring like that (ice is shoveled off to allow people to set up their shacks, and then people create this distinct array of lines surrounding the area to tell people how far onto the ice they can go safely.)

Coffee filter is such a good skin texture. Who knew!