{"id":1952,"date":"2025-03-21T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-crystal-lift\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T18:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:14:14","slug":"sketchbook-crystal-lift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-crystal-lift\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook \/\/ Crystal lift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another mouse mage, I think.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1953\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-crystal-lift\/img_9215\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9215-scaled.jpeg?fit=1703%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1703,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 13&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1741621357&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.1&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00082508250825083&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Crystal lift\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;a pencil drawing by Kir Talmage of a mouse wearing a hooded robe, viewed from the back. The mouse is holding a prism above its head.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9215-scaled.jpeg?fit=681%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1953\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9215.jpeg?resize=681%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"a pencil drawing by Kir Talmage of a mouse wearing a hooded robe, viewed from the back. The mouse is holding a prism above its head.\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9215-scaled.jpeg?resize=681%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 681w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9215-scaled.jpeg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9215-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1154&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9215-scaled.jpeg?resize=1022%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9215-scaled.jpeg?resize=1363%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1363w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9215-scaled.jpeg?resize=600%2C902&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9215-scaled.jpeg?w=1703&amp;ssl=1 1703w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9215-scaled.jpeg?w=1540&amp;ssl=1 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another mouse mage, I think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-vu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1196,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-mouse-mage\/","url_meta":{"origin":1952,"position":0},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ Mouse Mage","author":"Kir","date":"20 May 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Myrtle the Mouse Mage (from my sketchbook)","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/8640e7f121ad0f1bc5e9cf7388eec18a.jpg?fit=774%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/8640e7f121ad0f1bc5e9cf7388eec18a.jpg?fit=774%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/8640e7f121ad0f1bc5e9cf7388eec18a.jpg?fit=774%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/8640e7f121ad0f1bc5e9cf7388eec18a.jpg?fit=774%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2074,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/coloring-crystal-mouse\/","url_meta":{"origin":1952,"position":1},"title":"Coloring \/\/ crystal mouse","author":"Kir","date":"14 May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Well my dear Krystal, I don't know about embroidery but here's a coloring page version for you! Sketch post: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/Metasilk\/posts\/sketchbook-lift-124072775The header image here is just me experimenting with some digital watercolor. The attached files (scroll down to view\/download) are the whole image. 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I like this idea but next time I think the proportions of the weights will be a little different. Also I still like the consistency of the monoline brush, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1505,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-smoky-star\/","url_meta":{"origin":1952,"position":5},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ smoky star","author":"Kir","date":"11 August 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Is a crystal ball floating in the air? Or something else? I think I\u2019m going to enjoy putting black lines on this. \u2026If I can find the sketchbook where I drew it! 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