#mini fail

Unfortunate update :( I was working on a miniature I won and I dropped it. It broke in multiple areas and I tried to use super glue and it ended up looking even worse. Sorry for the long waits for posts. I also had a lot of major life changes that affect posts.

For more positive news I decided to work on a more simpler new project. I just finished it and will post it soon.

This poor guy. First his eyes were weird and now this. It wasn't his fault really. I was doing something stupid #HowNottoPaintMiniatures. I was holding on to the mini, not the nice little stick which he was glued on to and... pressed funny... and then there was a snap, and then there was sadness.

Don't worry, he's all better now. A little super glue... three tries... and the spear is intact again.

How Not to Paint Miniatures Tip of the Day: You glued that miniature onto a stick for handle, use it dumbass! You know they're fragile and you don't want to rub off the paint you just put on it. Don't be Jen.

I like to post my mistakes. So, here she is!

I post my failures to give others confidence. For me, I find some validation that the same person who painted this monstrosity can also paint this:

So don't be too hard on yourself. Sometimes you just get a bad mini that no matter what you do to it the paint just won't lay right on it and it takes a far more skilled artist than I to make something decent.

What is wrong with that miniature might you ask? First of all, her hair. Obviously, she has a mullet but with no clearly defined bangs in the front you have to make them up and... that didn't work out so great. She is also proportioned weird which just became more obvious as I painted. I also didn't thin my paints enough for the type of paint I was using. So that is what happens when your paint is to thick it just doesn't sit right.

Here are the photos of the oil painting. Critisism is allways appreciated. 

At the beginnig of the next week, school starts again for me. It´ll be my last year there, so I won´t have time for large projects, but I still will post drawings and sketches if there is interest.

I also take comissions, if anyone is intrested just contact me. All comissions are for free, because I don´t have enough expirience yet to ask for any kind of payment. 

“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.” - Johnny Cash

Group Fail: The group fail was a blast. Thanks so much to Jackie, Theresa, Kiley, Tory, Kyle, DeCook, Rabs, and Matt for taking the risk and coming. A huge thank you to Nancy for all the teaching, encouraging, and motivating that went into it. We're considering having future lessons, so I'll keep you all posted.

Mini Fail Day 19

Today's Fail and a Weekend Fail:

Tell a joke (Google a joke if you have to)

Ask someone what his/her name is who you're supposed to know the name of but can't remember OR

Make up your own fail

Don't forget to post to the Fail Room on HipChat

Check Out Previous Fails

Visit the Tumblr for all the fails and the original presentation

Fail Better

Noah Kagan, the creator of AppSumo, has built an app to help a person fail better called Failure Games [Explore]

FAQs

1. What's a "Mini Fail"?

Mini Fail [min-ee feyl]

noun

1. A small action that pushes one's comfort zone to the point it has a high likelihood it will fall short of achievement

2. A small action that demonstrates to one's self that failure isn't that big of a deal

2. How do I get on the email list?

“Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.” - Robert T. Kiyosaki

Group Fail: Thursday, March 19 Salsa Dance Lessons as taught by Ryan Holdeman and Nancy Smith Note: Nancy's teaching me how to salsa so that I can teach it. Big fail?

Mini Fail Day 17

Today's Fail:

Get outside and take a great photo OR

Make up your own fail

Don't forget to post to the Fail Room on HipChat

Check Out Previous Fails

Visit the Tumblr for all the fails and the original presentation

Fail Better

Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, posted on his Facebook page about failure a few years ago. There were some good comments. [Read]

FAQs

1. What's a "Mini Fail"?

Mini Fail [min-ee feyl]

noun

1. A small action that pushes one's comfort zone to the point it has a high likelihood it will fall short of achievement

2. A small action that demonstrates to one's self that failure isn't that big of a deal

2. How do I get on the email list?

"Twyla Tharp says, “The best failures are the private ones you commit in the confines of your own room, with no strangers watching.” She rises as 5:30 AM and videotapes herself freestyling for 3 hours each morning, happy if she extracts just 30 seconds of usable material from the whole tape. This is a great example of a “safe space to fail.” But many of us don’t have this luxury of time or freedom. So how do we create this space?” - Sarah Rapp

Group Fail: Thursday, March 19 Salsa Dance Lessons as taught by Ryan Holdeman and Nancy Smith Note: Nancy's teaching me how to salsa so that I can teach it. Big fail?

Mini Fail Day 15

Today's Fail:

Consider what you're so good at that you're in the top 10%. Then decide one way you can take advantage of that more. OR

Make up your own fail

Don't forget to post to the Fail Room on HipChat

Check Out Previous Fails

Visit the Tumblr for all the fails and the original presentation

Fail Better

Kirsten Dunst gives a nice little 2 minute fail speech in 'Elizabethtown'' [Watch]

FAQs

1. What's a "Mini Fail"?

Mini Fail [min-ee feyl]

noun

1. A small action that pushes one's comfort zone to the point it has a high likelihood it will fall short of achievement

2. A small action that demonstrates to one's self that failure isn't that big of a deal

2. How do I get on the email list?

“Expose yourself to lots of different ideas and try lots of different approaches, on the grounds that failure is common.”  -Tim Harford

Group Fail: Thursday, March 19  Salsa Dance Lessons as taught by Ryan Holdeman and Nancy Smith Note: Nancy's teaching me how to salsa so that I can teach it. Big fail?

Mini Fail Day 12

Today I've got two suggestions for fails to carry us into the weekend

Do 5% more than you normally would in your next workout

Write a poem OR

Make up your own fail

Don't forget to post to the Fail Room on HipChat

Check Out Previous Fails

Visit the Tumblr for all the fails and the original presentation

Fail Better

Seth Godin interview about failing until you succeed [Watch]

FAQs

1. What's a "Mini Fail"?

Mini Fail [min-ee feyl]

noun

1. A small action that pushes one's comfort zone to the point it has a high likelihood it will fall short of achievement

2. A small action that demonstrates to one's self that failure isn't that big of a deal

2. How do I get on the email list?