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Friday update 30/5/14

By Iain 30 May 2014Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

I finished some pictures for the nursery this week - I'll post a link to them when I've done a little write up for them on my creative blog. They are of characters that I am developing for a children's book that Jane is writing - I think it's quite good myself (the book that is, not my pictures -…

Friday Update 28/2/14

By Iain 28 February 2014Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

Jane is well, pregnancy coming along nicely. We had the 12 week scan last week - some delightful pictures of a tiny little Flipper. He/she was a lot more active than I had anticipated - I thought they'd just be curled up, being relatively still, but they were jumping around like no-one's business! Hopefully the room situation should be sorted…

I’m in two minds about this one, but:

By Iain 30 January 2014Site RelatedNo Comments

Please note, none of the websites mentioned in this post are still active. Soon there will be adverts throughout randomfury.co.uk. I really don't mind throwing £15 a month at the website, for a few reasons. I earn my own money, and I feel proud to pay for my own website. In the early days of rf.co.uk, Jane subsidised the site…

Friday update 3/1/14

By Iain 3 January 2014Creativity, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

First update of the new year. Yeah. I've already finished a piece of art - being off work with a dodgy stomach will tend to have that effect. It's one I started in 2013 but put off for whatever reason - a Zinogre from the Monster Hunter series. Lewis loves the latest one on the 3DS, and I was quite…

2013 creative targets update

By Iain 1 January 2014Creativity, ReflectionsNo Comments

I made three posts in early 2013 detailing some targets I had for the upcoming year, and all of them started well but fizzled out after I stopped smoking for some reason. I feel that if I acknowledge my mistakes, I can learn from them and improve myself. Here is my appraisal of the creative targets I set myself in…

Goodbye 2013

By Iain 31 December 2013Books, Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Music, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

So what happened in 2013 then? It was another mixed bag. The best thing ever happened: I stopped smoking. And I don't even miss it. I'm not suffering from some black depression because I'm holding myself back from smoking my precious cigarettes, I'm not deluding myself by switching to an eCigarette, I'm not counting down the hours until I can…

600th post spectacular – Questions galore

By Iain 9 October 2013Books, Creativity, Internet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

Ok, so the numbers say that this will be post number 600. I feel like I want to do something special for it, and after having a little think, I remembered that I’m currently reading a book on my Nexus called “Be creative” by Infinite Ideas – it was free and has so far given me a few decent tips. In one chapter it had a list of questions you should ask of yourself in order to understand yourself, because how often do you actually stop and question things?

So, here we are with the questions and answers. I endeavoured to be as brutally honest as I could be and I gave each question a lot of thought. I ended up spraying my thought process on to the page as I was typing, and I did repeat myself a little, so be warned!

WARNING!!! VERY LONG POST!!!

This post is going to have the most tags ever.

Experimental Painting

By Iain 27 August 2013Books, Creativity, ReviewsNo Comments

I know what you're thinking. "Mixed media? Really?". Well, yes, why not? Just because the majority of my work is digital does not mean I cannot glean anything from this book. It's all about inspiring the reader, getting them to look at their own work from a new perspective and being brave enough to introduce elements they would not normally…

Unexpected new look

By Iain 16 August 2013Films/TV, Internet, Reflections, Site RelatedNo Comments

While doing research and generally working out how I'm going to ---SECRET NEW PROJECT---, I found this theme and fell in love instantly. It is called Parabola, and is immense. I'm going to be using it on ---SECRET NEW PROJECT--- as well, but it'll look different enough for people to be able to tell them apart. This one is orange,…