I don\u2019t usually use the left side of my sketchbook. This is just practice work. Eh, that\u2019s mostly true of all the work.<\/p>\n
It’s so hard and weird to get lighting to work.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I don\u2019t usually use the left side of my sketchbook. This is just practice work. Eh, that\u2019s mostly true of all the work. 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