With knitting pairs of socks sometimes us knitters run into a
term we call Second Sock Syndrome. Have you ever felt, once working hard to
finish your first sock, that you have little to no motivation or just can't
finish the second sock of the pair? This is second Sock Syndrome. I've had
something similar to this syndrome lately but I think it would more
appropriately be called First Sock Syndrome. Yeah I'm still working on my
Afterthought Heel sock project using self striping yarn and I've dropped off my
stride a few times over the past few weeks. Despite this I've actually finished
my first sock!
I've finally conquered this first sock and I'm going to get the
other one casted on as soon as possible. I started this sock pair back on
January the 28th using size 2.75 MM needles and some self striping sock yarn.
You might be thinking, where is the heel, Zach?! Don't worry! The
Heel will be added in! This sock pair are going to be afterthought heel socks,
I've never attempted this before and I love new challenges so I just had to
make a pair. Mum has done these quite a few times and they always leave nice
looking heels. For now I'm leaving the heel out until I finish the second sock
so I can tackle both heels at the same time.
Other then the afterthought heels these socks actually have a bit
of cable knitting in them. Yes I've been crazy about cable knitting ever since
attempting my first cable project back in December of last year, aka Mum's Waffle Owl Washcloth.
I decided to add a cable to the knit portion of ridge
every so many rows giving a nice twist to your average ridge.
This is my second sock project (Check out my first pair here.) and I can say I really like how
it's coming out so stay tuned! I'm going to try my hardest not to take as long
on the second sock.
I've been wanting to discuss comic books for the longest time
here on the blog, I've been a big fan of comics ever since I was a kid, I mean
great storylines mixed with awesome artwork? Sign me up! Well today I'm talking
about a comic that takes a long time TV franchise from my childhood and
reimagines it with a modern twist.
It's Morphing Time! (Always wanted to say
that.)
March 24th is looming closer, this marks the theatrical release
of the brand new Power Rangers movie. I talked about this movie a month back
and despite first impressions being iffy I'm really looking forward to this
movie. It seems to have brought me back into the Power Rangers mood again,
which I sorta stopped watching a few years ago. Despite not being as interested
in the new seasons as I used to be (Though I want to give Ninja Steel a go,
maybe I'll get back into the show again.) I've always loved the old seasons and
Power Rangers as a whole. Another interest of mine has always been comic books
so what happens when Power Rangers and comic books collide? It goes BOOM of
course! By that I mean BOOM! Studios, a comic book studio who back on January
of last year launched their Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic book series.
This series is based on the original 1990s TV series of the same
name with the same characters and same setting, though there's a twist, it's
actually set in a separate canon from the show and is actually a modern day
2015-2017 version of Angel Grove and the characters we grew up watching on the
show. Basically this means the characters have Smart Phones, which is CRAZY.
MMPR the comic also ads a bit more of a mature tone while still holding the
same tones from the original show.
Even before it was released my interest was piqued and my inner
power ranger fan hyped itself up at the fact that MMPR was getting it's own
Comic Book series. This wouldn't be the first comic series Power Rangers has
released over the years, some from Hamilton and Marvel have existed (Which to
my surprise I didn't actually know these existed! I need to check these out at
some point.) but this new series from BOOM! might be the best yet and I finally
got the chance to dive into this series recently.
Taking place after Tommy, the Green Ranger is released from Rita
Repulsa's evil grip our Green Ranger joins the team to fight against the evil
he was controlled by. Things aren't always so smooth as Tommy goes through
tough times dealing with the after effects of the evil witch's control and the
struggle of fitting in with his new friends, the other 5 Rangers Zack, Kimberly,
Trini, Billy and Jason. (Zordon and Alpha 5 are along for the ride too.) It may sound similar to the plot of the show but this
story is completely original to the Power Ranger series leading up into whats
looking to be an incredible story arc. I've only read up to issue 8 so far but
I absolutely love this series. BOOM! Studios and writer Kyle Higgings have
completely fleshed out our favorite Rangers and the incredible art style, made
possible by Inker Hendry Prasety and Colorist Matt Herms only adds to the life
of our the Angel Grove residents.
Rita Repulsa isn't the only villain hanging around this series
brings to the table a brand new villain who I will try my hardest to keep my
mouth shut on it's pretty crazy. I totally recommend you pick up this comic
book from your local bookstore or online digital if you're a Power Ranger fan,
especially of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Kimberly, the Pink
Ranger currently has her own spinoff series running from BOOM! as well and I'll
talk more about that in the upcoming weeks.
Oh yeah! Bulk and Skull, the hilarious duo of MMPR have their own
short comic story at the end of each issue featuring many of their hijinks,
things like this are like the cherry on top making this comic series a love
letter to fans of the series and even new fans just getting into Power Rangers.
Before we wrap I've still been working on my sketch of Aeris
Eclipse, my OC from a story I've been brewing in my head for years. I announced Wednesday that I've been diving into art in the sense of vector art, drawing
and sketching. I'm not trying to be a professional or anything but I'm tired of
having all these things I want to draw and not doing anything about it. I'm not
just slapping pencils to paper though I am researching how to actually draw and
with the help of my way more artistic Sister and Mum I think I'm doing pretty
good so far.
Actually the sketch is done, I'm not adding anymore to it. Of
course I have a lot of room for improvement but I don't want to mess with this
sketch any longer. With this sketch completed I decided to take it further and
use Mum's brand new light box, which is super light and thin to my surprise, to
make lineart of this sketch and then color it in using colored pencils. I
don't think I'll show you guys the lightbox just yet but here's what I've done.
I think Aeris used double team. When marking out the lines using the lightbox I slipped slightly on the first one, you won't be able to tell because it's such a small slip up but regardless I traced her out again on the other side of the paper. Taking this opportunity into hand I decided to color one in marker and one in colored pencil. I really love how the colored pencil one came out (The marker one well it was fun to do but I didn't have many color options so Aeris is kind of pinky, ignore that one.) Colored Pencil is definitely a favorite coloring method of mine that I want to continue to use. What is bugging me though... The smudges! Ugh! I guess I was a bit fast when doing my lineart and I must of had my hand on some of the pen lines. Ohh well, live and learn, right?
I want to do a digital lineart/coloring of this sketch as well so in the end I'll have four versions of this drawing, the sketch, marker, colored pencil and digital version. Don't forget to read Wednesday's Blog to read more about Aeris as well as my sister's blog LadyAnnaVintage.blogspot.com she has a brand new blog up and some awesome art as well. Don't forget to flip back to Friday's blog if you're seeking a brand new Mario Maker level to play! I'll keep you guys posted on all my art
stuff so until then...
That's a wrap folks!
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