What got me going again?

I recently tried out a VR oil painting application called Vermillion. It's great beacue you can have your easel, canvas, paints, and tools in a virtual space. No set up, no clean up. It's really immersive.

Of course the result wasn't great. I was just trying out the app and testing the paints and brushes.

It got me hooked and I started looking up videos on YouTube to learn more. That lead me to this artist named Alex Antuna. He's an artist and he tries out new ways to create during his lunch hour. I found it super motivational.

That lead me to start researching other painting styles like watercolor where I found a watercolor artist named Niaz Hannan.

After seeing how cool his watercolor art is, I saw this video and was blown away. It's like watching magic happen. You can't actually believe what you are seeing, I was amazed at this art and how it felt like it shouldn't be possible. The channel name is 미술부화실 misulbu. Check it out.

Anyway. Now all that's left is for me to get started putting pen to paper.

Let me know what you think of these videos.

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