Coming to terms with colorblindness...
18 years ago
It has been something that has plagued me for a long time... Being deuteranomalous, that is having blindness to certain wavelengths of red/green/yellow , has made being an artist difficult... And it's made life difficult sometimes too.
Lately I've been having a hell of a time getting the art-mobile moving. It's partly to my own decreasing stamina and partly due to frustrations around my inabilities. The color thing has been getting harder and harder, as perfectly nice line art disintegrates before me as soon as my Prismas hit the paper. Photoshop is also completely out because my colorblindness is worse on monitors. I mean... I can try. And I have... But I mostly get lucky if it comes out well.
So I'm trying something new and it's thanks to a customer I had at my current vocation. I commented on his art and then he asked if I was an artist. A few turns later I admitted I had deuteranomic colorblindness and he told me that I should try my hand at greyscale. I always feel like grayscale is the poor man's style... Particularly in the vibrant, digital world of furry... But it lifted my spirits.
So alot of my work from now may look different... Less colorful and perhaps even a bit more stylish... We shall see.
This is mostly talking off the hip, but I wanted to tell this little story to you: my friends, fans, and family.
Lately I've been having a hell of a time getting the art-mobile moving. It's partly to my own decreasing stamina and partly due to frustrations around my inabilities. The color thing has been getting harder and harder, as perfectly nice line art disintegrates before me as soon as my Prismas hit the paper. Photoshop is also completely out because my colorblindness is worse on monitors. I mean... I can try. And I have... But I mostly get lucky if it comes out well.
So I'm trying something new and it's thanks to a customer I had at my current vocation. I commented on his art and then he asked if I was an artist. A few turns later I admitted I had deuteranomic colorblindness and he told me that I should try my hand at greyscale. I always feel like grayscale is the poor man's style... Particularly in the vibrant, digital world of furry... But it lifted my spirits.
So alot of my work from now may look different... Less colorful and perhaps even a bit more stylish... We shall see.
This is mostly talking off the hip, but I wanted to tell this little story to you: my friends, fans, and family.
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But even if my pics look weird once in awhile, I won't stop.
(though I am lazy :3 )