Week 1:

I am just sad that I have to wait about a week for this. I'm a binger, what can I say? But I want to say, I hope Lisa is reading this, because I need you to know that you took me from zero to 100 with the last course. I am so so grateful for you.

Anyway, nuff o' that! *wipes away tear of happiness*

I can't decide this week on my favorite. I have two favorites. I really enjoyed both of these classes: the sun one and the rainbow one. I felt like I was really learning with all of these, but I don't know, with those two classes I kept being like "oh, cool!" about it. Compared to the moon one, where I felt like Lisa's looked really cute and whimsical and mine kept being like a little creepy, kinda like that face Conan O'brien makes when he pretends to be creepy, you know? But I do think it's really rad. And I don't use that word lightly. You can kinda see the vibe of the rainbow one, so I'm only going to show the larger version of the sun one, because I thought it came out really cool:

Thank you, Lisa! - image 1 - student project

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Week 2:

Oh boy oh boy oh boy, this one was tough! But I had so much fun. I can definitely say that I'm coming into my own as a digital artist by now. I am really proud of myself and the work I've been doing.

I've been on a Wicked kick recently (if by "recently" I mean "for the past 20 years"), and so the two things I'm most proud of showing off from this week are Wicked-inspired. First, the ballgown, which isn't in itself super inspired by Wicked, but the design around it is! And also, oh my god, getting to draw a dress was so much fun! I've been wanting to figure out how to draw dresses for YEARS and years. I don't know why, it just never... Never stuck with me. I could never feel like I could do it until now. Now I could! Aha!

And, of course, I made my denim jacket all Wicked-ified!

Here they are!

Can't wait for next week.

Happy new year, all! Hope 2025 is amazing!

Thank you, Lisa! - image 2 - student project Thank you, Lisa! - image 3 - student project

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Week 3:

Once again, I finished the week WAY too fast. What can I say? These classes are meditation for me. And Lisa, I'm stuck on page 114 of your book! So can't wait for next week.

This week was super fun for me. My favorites were the tulip, which I dedicated to Glinda Upton (of the.. upper Uptons!) because I stg, every time I watch that movie again, I can't stop thinking about it the next day. You know what I mean? Obsessive about this. I've never reacted this way to anything. Except for the musical, of course. It's unreal.

Anyway, except for that, my other favorite was the bouquet of flowers, which I dedicated to (and sent to!) my mom, who lives 7,400 miles away from me, and I love her so much. I also loved how the sunflower came out, but I loved my unique takes even more! I feel like I'm growing so much!

Lisa, I hope there's going to be a volume 3 to this class, because I can't get enough!

(In Galinda voice as she shows Elphaba her area in the room) Hereeeee it issss:

Thank you, Lisa! - image 4 - student project

Thank you, Lisa! - image 5 - student project

("Ima" is Hebrew for "mom"! Now y'all know a Hebrew word!)

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Final Week:

I am so sad this is over. Lisa, I hope you're working on a volume 3 of this! We're looking forward to it!

This week was my absolute favorite. It was SO hard, but I have been dying to get more comfortable with stylistic drawings of people for so long, and Lisa, even your book and youtube videos didn't seem to help enough — only this! But this sure did help! I'm most proud of myself for three different drawings this week: the eye, which came out phenomenal; the hair, to which I added a bit of a character and I'm really happy with it, and my self-portrait (peep the shirt)! And it was my birthday this past week so it was such a pleasure getting to do a self-portrait on my birthday. It felt like a real celebration.

I love these classes so much, they make me so happy and I really am able to tackle so many different art projects on my Procreate now that I've taken these. I am so happy with these. Lisa, you are SUCH a great instructor!

Here are my babies:

Thank you, Lisa! - image 6 - student project Thank you, Lisa! - image 7 - student project

Thank you, Lisa! - image 8 - student project

(I will say, the nose on the self-portrait was the hardest for me. I knew I wanted it to just be a stylistic thing, but I wanted it to still kinda look like me. I feel like it still doesn't fully look like me, but I'm not sure why. I think it has something to do with the nose! I'll figure that out)

Thank you again, Lisa. What a treat.

Em Gat

Empowered ADHD

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