{"id":1918,"date":"2016-07-15T15:55:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T19:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2016-07-15T15:55:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T19:55:28","slug":"today-is-a-drawing-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/today-is-a-drawing-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is a drawing day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I couldn't concentrate on writing today. So, since I've been binging on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Misfits_(TV_series)\" target=\"_blank\">Misfits<\/a>, I decided it was a good opportunity to do a new portrait and try out some new brushes for fun. I do love my new drawing tablet. So smooth...<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1916\" style=\"width: 666px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Simon-Bellamy-2400.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1916\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/gallery\/simon-bellamy-2400\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Simon-Bellamy-2400.png?fit=2400%2C1553&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1553\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Simon Bellamy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Iwan Rheon as Simon Bellamy (Misfits)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Simon-Bellamy-2400.png?fit=1024%2C663&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1916\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Simon-Bellamy-2400-1024x663.png?resize=676%2C438\" alt=\"Iwan Rheon as Simon Bellamy (Misfits)\" width=\"676\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Simon-Bellamy-2400.png?resize=1024%2C663&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Simon-Bellamy-2400.png?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Simon-Bellamy-2400.png?resize=768%2C497&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Simon-Bellamy-2400.png?resize=676%2C437&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Simon-Bellamy-2400.png?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iwan Rheon as Simon Bellamy (Misfits)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, if you'll excuse me, my Bluray of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Men_%26_Chicken\" target=\"_blank\">Men &amp; Chicken<\/a> just arrived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I couldn&#8217;t concentrate on writing today. So, since I&#8217;ve been binging on Misfits, I decided it was a good opportunity to do a new portrait and try out some new brushes for fun. I do love my new drawing tablet. So smooth&#8230; Now, if you&#8217;ll excuse me, my Bluray of Men &amp; Chicken just arrived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Today is a drawing day. 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