Pob Hosking | Art & Poetry

Last Wish - “Wish not so much to live long as to live well.” Benjamin Franklin

Today’s gentle reminder to live your best life, to rest when necessary and focus on your goals.

Vin and Kelsier - Masters of the Mist

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Here is my FINALLy finished drawing of Vin and Kelsier. And while I don’t really think they are perfect how I see them here, I can’t but be very happy with how this turned out. It was so hard from start to finish, and even considering all the flaws, I am very happy and proud of this one! It could have turned out A LOT worse, thats for sure! It was however very fun to explore some softer pencils for once. It seems Ive grown fearful of using them vs the hard pencils which I have worked so much with lately. And its a real shame, because soft pencils does provide such a wide and fun range of techniques I had almost forgotten all about. Shame on me! Don’t be afraid to use all the pencils in your box, everyone, they all have their own unique effect that needs to be explored!   So the mist-effect was made with soft pencils (B to 5B) and finger-smudging, while erasing with my kneaded eraser (which really should be retired soon!!!) and I am so happy the effect worked so well. It gave such a dimention and depth to my drawing which I had lost all hope for. Now, finishing this I hope I can get back to my much demanding silm fandom, and all the fanart screaming in my head, most recently of Idril and Tuor. Hopefully this drawing can give me some confidence and beat the stupid fear that helps no-one! I hope you enjoy this, and let me know what you think!  

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kinda losing motivation to do daily tasks/study/ responsibilities so here’s a spell to say while stirring your coffee.

(stir clockwise 3 times while saying. Also works for other drinks just replace the word coffee)

𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐟 𝐮𝐩,

𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩𝐬,

𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐢 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐫 𝐮𝐩.

𝐦𝐨𝐭i𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲,

𝐢 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐲,