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Wow, time flies!


It's been a minute, but if you're following me to any degree, you know I'm still active and posting. This past year and half has been a time of learning and growing in my digital painting techniques. I bought my first display tablet to draw on and I ended up loving it. So much, I created 48 pieces of art in 2020. And I just upgraded to an even larger display tablet that I'm equally excited about!


Last November I had the idea to place all these pieces from the year in an art book and write out my through process for many of them. It was something I wanted to come back to and remember. All of 2020 - even before the pandemic started - was such a huge shift in my life. My then wife left me, I gave up one of my kitties, and dealt with loneliness that sent me down a swirling hole of depression which piled up with everything else going on in my life. My heart, my very existence, was shredded into particles and I laid among the broken pieces trying with every ounce I had to figure it out.


It's amazing what a year in isolation can do to and for you. It allowed me to focus an even greater amount on my art and how to really express myself through it. I've always believed art is an emotional experience over semantics. Looking back at each piece made me see the beauty in me, and the people who I can confidently call a friend. It was eye-opening and I grew a lot from it. I'm still broken, but in a way, that's part of the beauty. It's kintsugi and its best.


To ensure I didn't lose these pivotal moments in my life, I set a goal to make an art book. Now, after a few months of designing, writing, proofreading, and looking at different print options, I finally have it made! Again, this was something I had done for myself, but when I mentioned it to some of my friends and family they were very interested in having a copy. So, I decided to make it a public product, and even include some special digital content owner's of the book could download and play with. :)


If you're interested in buying a copy, you can find more details and info here: http://bit.ly/KCartbook

My 2020 Artbook is Here!
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Hi. Remember me?

Anyways, I've been quiet on here mostly because I've been putting my efforts towards other ambitions. But, of course, art is the core of who I am, and the one thing that keeps me stitched together. I still really do enjoy going through galleries here and seeing some of the new stuff you all are creating.

I, myself, have been focusing on my favorite medium of choice; video. And I love this time of year because that means I'm mixing my art with my video with Drawing Time Lapse videos! Inktober started and I plan on not only streaming each drawing everyday, but also cutting down a time lapse of each drawing for everyone to watch on YouTube. 

You can follow the streams here: twitch.tv/kyle_culver

And you can see the first day Drawing Time Lapse here!


Already really loving the output other artists are doing with Inktober! If there is a reason to love this time of year, this is it!!

-Kyle
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This tutorial is long overdue.
This happens to me all too often, and I know it’s gotta be bugging other people, too! In fact, it happens SO often I made a complete rundown on why your Wacom tablet loses Pressure Sensitivity and how to fix it! Hope it helps.



~Resources~
(The God’s Are Among Us)

Wacom Drivers:
www.wacom.com/en/support/produ…

Orian’s blog for Manual restart of Wacom Driver
fox-orian.tumblr.com/post/3945…

Turning Off Annoying Circle and Window’s Pen Tools:
imgur.com/Viuhhok

Wacom Preference File Utility Fix:
www.toonboom.com/knowledge-bas…

“Owning a cat 'cuts stroke risk by third“
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknew…

“Studies Confirm Health Benefits of Having a Cat”
www.academia.edu/1449356/Studi…

Full Disclosure: I am NOT a fan of CW's "Supergirl" tv series. It's a joke folks... I'd rather watch Stargate, duh.
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I have been obsessing over this new ARG (Alternate Reality Game) that has recently been connected to the No Man's Sky game.
I started with layering some clues together and now I'm just making full on recap videos! lol.

I've never be part of something like this, and it's been very interesting so far. It's not over yet! There's still a lot to unravel, so if you want to join the puzzles, it's not too late!

I'm on twitter talking about it with my fellow Travellers!

Game Detectives Waking Titan wiki
Waking Titan website
ETARC forums - Home of Waking Titan ARG discussions



-Kyle
twitter.com/kulver
facebook.com/KyleCulverArt
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"Haven't been on here in a while..." is something I read a lot from people I follow on here. While I understand the sentiment, I don't feel it's necessary to address. I'm not sitting by my newsfeed hitting refresh every week waiting for your journal. I don't know, maybe there are people like that. Very much like when 'Content Creators' begin every single one of their videos with, "Hey guys! So..." It's a nice entrance - very welcoming - but where is the finesse in individuality?

Saying you haven't posted in a while is redundant. It should be obvious to the ones paying any kind of attention. For those that are and are curious why you have been absent, I'm sure they will confront you with that question. On the other hand, sometimes I didn't even realize said person hadn't posted in a while until they said something. Still, the post itself awakes my observant mind's eye and come to the realization that yes, indeed, this person has not posted in a while. Therefore nulling the statement in all actuality.

We are all human with lives outside the internet. Or, at least, most of us. I think we can pardon someone if they don't post regularly with that understanding. In fact, I enjoy spontaneous posts from certain people because I know it will be unique and offer something special, rather than the weekly bi-line of how their entire life is going. I like being curious, and watching curious people. Discovery seems more intriguing to me.

Then again, I'm a solitary kind of guy. I enjoy minimal amounts of ingesting. Which is why I don't follow the news much. News of any kind, really. I do my research where necessary, but I feel a constant intake hinders my ability to keep my mind wide open and as free as possible in order to achieve the level of creativity I want. I need to think for myself every so often. It helps me re-center on things I enjoy, and not what others think I should enjoy. If I like something, I want it to be a genuine interest. I've fooled myself in the past in thinking I was into something, and later realizing how much I really didn't like it at all. It's scary how easy it is to get lost that way. That made me understand why I should surround myself with like-minded people. Those people help me to see things the way they are.

I have definitely been one of those persons that started my journal with "Wow, I haven't been written a journal in forever!" Just look at my archive. I'm sure you'll even see it in the title of one or two of them. But that's OK! It's helped in my search of self, and discovering who I am. Somehow I thought I'd have most of it figured out by now (I'm almost thirty), but actually it's even more exciting because of what I know, and what I understand. My twenties were/are definitely a growing decade. Now I know what I want. I'm taking it. :)

Here's my $0.02 
-Kyle

:popcorn: YouTube
:twitter: Twitter
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