May 28, 2018

Drawn at Gary's house in Tijeras, New Mexico:

Altered in Google's Deep Dream Generator,

and further tweaked in XnView

Watch with sparkles

Altered in Lunapic (psychedelic)

Wooden pencil case housing

Josh made this wooden pencil case housing for me on the lathe at QueLab hackerspace.  I just slip a store-bought lead holder inside, and it stays snug.  The extra thickness around the pencil makes a huge difference, as I can control the pencil better.  

I still hold the pencil the same way I would for writing, but the thicker pencil casing throws a lot of the movement into my shoulder, allowing me to draw longer lines.  As it is round, I can still twist the pencil tip a bit with my fingers, as I push and pull the pencil at the same time, with my shoulder.

Lead holders always break on me, and I can push them out of the pencil case holder when that happens (and put in another lead holder).   With the custom made thicker pencils, like I had in the past, I'd have to throw away the whole pencil when something goes wrong.