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How I have been doing things lately.
3 years ago
So I've been drawing a lot lately. Like crazy amounts. I don't have a process anymore. I just go with what I start putting on the canvas.
I've been avoiding commissions, because I can't really set time aside to do it. Art comes when it comes. Anything I do outside of this is from unique timing. I start drawing the second I even think I like an idea.
[Commissions?]
If I do start doing commissions, they will be spontaneous. If I post work, it is likely something I finally got to finish or I did on the spot. I won't be planning ahead and will just do what happens.
[Trades?]
In the past I have been asked to do trades by a few artists I admire. I have had to decline them all, because of some of my shortcomings. I will now pursue trades with others. Maybe this will motivate me into doing commissions, collaborations, or some other community related things.
Trying to do things in order hasn't been working for me anymore. These last couple years made me realize how much better I am for just doing what I want, when I want it.
It is time I just let art happen.
I've been avoiding commissions, because I can't really set time aside to do it. Art comes when it comes. Anything I do outside of this is from unique timing. I start drawing the second I even think I like an idea.
[Commissions?]
If I do start doing commissions, they will be spontaneous. If I post work, it is likely something I finally got to finish or I did on the spot. I won't be planning ahead and will just do what happens.
[Trades?]
In the past I have been asked to do trades by a few artists I admire. I have had to decline them all, because of some of my shortcomings. I will now pursue trades with others. Maybe this will motivate me into doing commissions, collaborations, or some other community related things.
Trying to do things in order hasn't been working for me anymore. These last couple years made me realize how much better I am for just doing what I want, when I want it.
It is time I just let art happen.
OneWayLearning
~onewaylearning
Hope that works out, and that the art flows easier for you with this new free-er approach.
OkidokiCharlie
~dragoono
I hope this will be working out well for you here.
Shunan
~shunan
Sounds like what I should be doing I feel like I gotta draw what someone else would want” not what I want.
Two-Ton-Neko
~two-ton-neko
OP
This is why I don't do commissions. Even if it is for money, I can't bring myself to draw what other people want on command without eventually hitting burnout.
Shunan
~shunan
I think that’s what brought me down over the years not drawing what want draw
