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What are some things that seem easy to you, but once you try it - it's not as easy as it seems?

For me, I thought painting something like tree branches was easy. I was so wrong. It's so hard painting tree branches. It frustrates me so badly that I can't get it right.

September 24, 2012

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bryanjohnny

@Wisperer Honestly, I've never tried painting with observation. I try to paint them without much thought, but it's still a problem for me. I try looking at tree branches when I drive in the car to get different perspectives, but it doesn't work well. Maybe I should try and do the reverse & paint with observation. Maybe it'll work for me, & possibly help me improve

Reply September 24, 2012
bryanjohnny

@Turakii OMG yes... They can't even spend a few seconds to put something on and align it.
@Sergio676 It's the same with painting things of nature. T.T I've experimented with all kinds of brushes & I try to find the best one. I found the right brush for me, but my flow is so bad with it. My branches all look the same when I DO get them right, & it just looks weird.

Reply September 24, 2012
bryanjohnny

[quote=Turakii]@bryanjohnny: I KNOW, RIGHT? I just blend out the feet, and give the person some type of gloves to cover the hands. I hate my OCD sometimes. LOL.[/quote]

One time I went to a public bathroom & the floors where all small white tiles with black tiles making lines. One of them were shifted to the left completely by one block. I was so annoyed. It bothered me so badly. OCD sucks.

Reply September 24, 2012
bleachedguy

Playing Touhou on lunatic.

Reply September 24, 2012
bryanjohnny

@Turakii It makes you not even feel like doing it & working on it cause you just assume the "hands" and "feet" will just mess it up. It's the same for me with trees. T.T It's such a pain in the ass to paint a REALLY NICE background & get the tree started, but once those branches come in, I just end up taking my 2 inch background brush & smudge paint all over it to cover it LOL.

Reply September 24, 2012
bryanjohnny

[quote=Taisuke]eating healthy.[/quote]

Agreed. The same with exercise. Although I lose weight just by changing some simple things I do that are unhealthy.
I hate when you get so motivated to eat healthy or exercise. I usually do it for a week or so, & I just forget about it -.-

@Wisperer It's so hard to get that natural flow of tree branches. When I do tree branches, they always look the same. I have such a bad habit of making things evenly & it ends up looking like an awkward tree. It's so hard getting that "natural balance".

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fun2killu

it's true. You look like a tomato, but you aren't one

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Taisuke

eating healthy.

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Laker1294

Sketching detailed things

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bryanjohnny

@lilseventeen I agree with the drawing part. When you see something, even an outline of something, it looks so easy. I feel like I can draw it in my head, but once that pencil touches my hand, it turns into scribbles.

I feel like I'm only good at drawing when I'm forced to draw - Like in art class, when it's for a grade. lol

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lilseventeen

Drawing in general.
Also, singing high. (Not something you can see but you get the point)
Being able to beat Fox's in competitive SSBM as a Marth main.

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11penguin11

10 mile runs.

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