{"id":864,"date":"2023-07-20T15:40:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madmother.ca\/?p=864"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:58:40","slug":"to-record-or-not-to-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madmother.ca\/index.php\/2023\/07\/20\/to-record-or-not-to-record\/","title":{"rendered":"To Record or Not to Record…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Sorrynotsorry for the cat video teaser – there IS one farther down the page)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t like making videos (that’s videos of me drawing). Yes, I mentioned that before. I usually put together animations of some kind, if I\u2019ve had the presence of mind to take enough photos while I\u2019m working. I get so far into the zone while drawing that hours will pass before I think of recording at all, so the process has a lot of gaps. I need to be followed around by a videographer (maybe one who also cooks and cleans and makes a perfect Manhattan). Since I am a pencil on paper person, digital recording is not a thing. I love watching the work-in-progress of Pestacular<\/a>, check it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do like watching other creator videos and they say they\u2019re popular, but that only matters if you know exactly who THEY are and just WHO is watching. So, before I began my last portrait I decided to rig up my own camera setup to record for the length of the drawing. An old Samsung phone, a selfie stick, and some clamps (NO I DON\u2019T HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT LOL) and it was ready to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a few short sessions I had to move all my drawing gear into the house when I l gave up my studio space to Thing Two for a few days so they could get a job done (needed more quiet than I did). I did not move the camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A week or so later, I moved my gear back into the studio and resumed work there…until my air conditioner failed. A fan sufficed for a couple of late evenings but at 42\u00b0 I gave up (only after an evening of very sweaty troubleshooting) so the drawing board was moved back to the house again. No recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s always<\/em> something. Life has a way of getting in the way of itself, especially if you\u2019re me. My decrepit house, my dying car, failing equipment (there’s a joke in there somewhere). Sometimes I cook food and eat it, then I have to clean that up. And then there\u2019s the day job. So the marketing\/recording part gets…well, gets not done. (Yup, those are excuses.)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with that round of excuses, here\u2019s what I managed to stitch together. Grab a beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n