I’m preparing for the next monthly challenge, which will be to create 34 animal drawings analog, using colored markers and ballpoint pen. It’s from one of instructional books I got for Christmas. It will keep me occupied, for sure.

Sand

While sand is abundant on the Earth’s surface, it takes a special kind of coarse sand to use for building things, like concrete, silicon wafers, sand castles. It’s finer than pebbles, coarser than silt, so you can grab hold of it, yet not feel individual particles 🏖️
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I got this double cat hammock for Christmas. The cats seem to enjoy it.
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Examination

The magnifying glass is the staple for the lone sleuth who solves cases the police can’t by lack of intelligence and work ethic. This is, of course, a fantasy version of detective work 🕵️‍♂️
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A Bullet journal seems a project management tool. I usually never plan further ahead than a couple of weeks. Sooo, not getting things done is what my “productivity” seems to be about 😬 “It” needs improvement.

Does any of you can suggest how to best start with bullet journaling?

Parade

When it said “parade”, my imagination went to “marching band”, and the few times in my life (especially when I was in my preteens) I noticed them. They are a lively bunch, attracting immediate attention from the whole neighborhood. In sports events they are a staple.
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Today’s December 28, and the randomly chosen word for a blog post is:

parade

I took that as a marching band in a street. I had no idea what instruments are in such a band, nor how they look, nor are played. So, references galore.

One person’s trash is supposedly another person’s Xmas treasure. They were bought on a whim, yet never used. I hope I’ll put them to good use.
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Defendant

In my experience, when personal attachments are involved, being impartial is almost impossible. We cannot but be irrational about who (or what) we love. I suppose a certain Christmas present will make me continue doing a challenge about drawing cats.
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Chance

Happy 📦ing Day—day of buying schmancy goods at bargain prices.

Now what’s the probability that I didn’t cheat at this ballpoint pen drawing? I had to mirror (eww!) the baby’s right hand, because I seem to have difficulties remembering what’s left and right 😅
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🌿

The alien PLANT was PLANTed as a disguised PLANT with PLANTs to conquer the world with 🎁 presents and 🥰 love.

H^appy C_hristmas ‼️

Forest

Many authors believe in the statement, show don’t tell. However, saturating the readers minds with an abundance of details will put them off, confuse them to no end. There is such a thing as too much. I’m guilty to this as well. Trimming the fat the good way is hard.
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On caturday we eat together, yet separated because of dietary differences. Still seeing the other eat improves the appetite 🐱🍽️

For Christmas Eve Day, December 24, the random prompt for a blog post is:

forest

Fault

Creatives deal with the hard reality that comfort while making, as if by an artisan AI bot, probably is reproducing, not creating. The end product looks so great because of established, proven to work—hence are not creative—workflows. That ”F” teaches us to do better.
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Nationalist

I guess I’m not very patriotic myself. We don’t do a mandatory pledge of allegiance where I live, mostly because of freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. Although populism is certainly a thing here, extreme nationalism is frowned upon.
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The blogging prompt for 22 december is:

nationalist

This is as far as I know somewhat synonymous to patriot. As with everything, it becomes a negative when coupled with covert bigotry and elitism. We are all equal, yet some are more equal than others.

Hike

I suppose I never made a long hike. The problem is that I can’t leave my cats alone for longer than a day. Day trips I have done, several times. The longest day hike I can remember was about 60 km in 14 hours, in summer, no water. That was a mistake, as is the drawing.
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iPad OS 16.2 Freeform seems an excellent tool to do concepts with rough sketches, references, etc. I can also see it as an artists' collab board, to have some fun together for a set period. Alas, there’s no video recording, nor a live video sharing built in, so others can watch.

The random blogging prompt for December 21 is:

hike

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