No, this is not about the ’80s song by the Fixx. Though I like the song. This is about how a seemingly small project grows.
Last week I felt like I got tackled or at least swarmed by a pack of squirrels. I’m not sure this week was much better. In doing chores I found an issue with the sealant in my shower. It was coming off. I have these awful sliding shower doors and the sealant at the bottom of the track was failing. So I decided I needed to reseal that area and the rest of the bottom area of the shower where the tile meets the pan. This lead me to thinking how much I dislike the shower doors and that I should just take them out. And now I’m thinking, since I did take the doors out, that with everything all torn up and a few more things to do before I can use the shower again anyway, maybe I should refresh the grout. You know, scrape the old stuff out and put new in. One thing leads to another and now another.
That wasn’t the only case of that sort of thing happening. I’m preparing to paint my music room a new color, or colors as is now the case. That idea started as what color and what about doing different colors on two of the walls. It has now progressed to also painting the entry way and possibly the living room, or at least one wall in the living room. I think I want the squirrels back.
Speaking of squirrels. I found a great picture of a squirrel looking like he was about to tackle something. So I had to sketch it. Now I’m thinking of making it in 3D on the computer. I don’t know if I will t-pose it so I can rig it, or just model it in the one pose. But I think it would be fun to have, and use. Here’s the sketch.
I’ve finally decided what I want to do about the background for the Gibson head stock painting. Or I think I have. I haven’t gotten
to that part started yet. However, I did get some work done on the tuning keys so that they look better. There are a few other things to work on but I may go ahead and fill in the background. It can help to identify what needs an extra layer or additional attention to make it pop. This is how it’s looking now.
I had a conversation with someone this past weekend that helped to give me a little more perspective on things and that has me excited to be working on 3D projects again. Not that I’ve managed to get past the projects and squirrels enough to do it yet. But having some renewed excitement is helpful even if progress ends up being a little slow for a while. I do have to put my shower back together and there is the painting project. Still, I think I’m ready to start wedging some 3D work back in between other things. Check back to see how well I’m doing on that.