I finally had time to get into painting zone again. The trip to Koh Kood island was fantastic, but we lost a day in travelling each way and the 2 days there were spent exploring, playing, eating and yapping.
I have spent a lot of time trying to get the skin tones and soft shadows on her tummy just right, still not perfect. The highlights in the hair work ok and were easy to do.
Part 1 of this project shows where I got up to last time.
Next I will give the skin a break and work on adding some shape to her skimpy shorts.
Meanwhile the EOS token price has come down with the rest of the market.
Dan Larimer and Vitalik Buterin have had some interesting discussions on Github regarding security of EOS compared to Casper. I don't pretend to follow the logic enough to judge either way, however, Dan's earlier work on this platform and on Bitshares speaks for itself. The fact that EOS is able to make changes and improvements quickly and without creating hardforks is impressive. Main Net launch is in 12 days, so we don't have long to wait for initial results, not to mention air-drops.
BTC dumps from the Mount Gox case, provide strong headwinds and are perhaps making institutional money nervous about entering. Successful EOS Daps, that emulate or exceed STEEMIT performance may just de-couple ALT's from the BTC price. With the heavy cost of POW mining and the slim returns due to dumps, we could see some more "flippening" action in the weeks ahead. Who knows, this is crypto and its a wild frontier.
I hope our portfolio's are all looking a lot more healthy by the time I post the next instalment of EOS girl.
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