Mehdia Barfs

I'm not really sure what it is about this type of content, that makes me watch it, but I love it. Sometimes I wish YouTube player had a repeat button built in it. There aren't always even any proper jokes in most of these kinds of videos, but still they find a way to make me laugh. Or blow air out of my nose as a sign of finding it amusing. And since they're so short, you don't end up wasting time either in case you didn't like it!  Enjoy some of my picks. 

 Let's go back to around 2006. I had recently discovered my new favorite band: My Chemical Romance. And when I say favorite, I don't say it lightly. I lived and breathed it. Around the same time my parents got us our own internet connection at home, and I was worried about not being considered a "real fan" since I discovered the band so late, as many had found it around 2004. Without the internet at your disposal at all times it was much harder to discover new music, so most of the stuff I liked back then I'd hear through radio. And that was when My Chemical Romance broke through massively as well.  As most fans, I started out quite lightly. The obvious first step was to get myself their newest album, so I could listen to it whenever I wanted to. Then move on to memorising the lyrics of the songs, in case there's ever a concert near you, you'll be able to sing your heart out. The previous albums were necessary as well and some merch on top. And obviously y...

I'm a sucker for RPGs. Most recently, I got back into Guild Wars 2, an MMORPG. And because I love the art style they have going on, I figured I could try to make my norn guardian character, Rinas. Obviously in the game's art style. Or at least something that resembles it. To make this post a bit more interesting, I decided to include a video about my process! Though most of it is just me fumbling around, because I still haven't managed to figure out a clear workflow for myself, especially with coloring.  Process video, yay! There's still some stuff that's bothering me a bit, but I figured I'd never finish this because I'm just endlessly looking for mistakes. At first my plan was to try out gradient maps for coloring, which just arrived on Procreate on the latest update. I struggled with them too much so I just went with a couple of layers on different blending modes. Doing this ...sort of a study, I guess, actually helped me get a somewhat satisfying result ...