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[Art] Fear of Dreaming?
15 years ago
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I was just browsing through the pictures available on FA...I was bored, it's cold outside and I really didn't feel like doing anything else. Anyway, FA - or any furry art site, for that matter - can be a wonderful place to just explore if you stop long enough to do so. A multitude of characters in just about every body type, in every state of dress (or undress), doing things both family-friendly and downright sinful.
Then it hit me. I've been on this site for a few years now, and have faved just about every conceivable type of art picture at one point or another. But the one thing that is really missing from my collection is anything representing my personal character.
It got me to wondering why this was. It's not like I can't afford to commission artists to draw my two existing fursonnas...I can if I wanted to...but...I haven't. And then it occurred to me that I just don't have any vision for my characters that I could give to an artist to go nuts on and create something that could contribute greatly to the traffic of this website.
This might sound a bit nuts, but I'll ask this anyway: Is there anyone else on my watchlist who is in the same situation I'm in? I mean, the more I think about it, the more I come back to the only reason I can think of as to why this is the case. I think I might actually be afraid to dream big as far as my character.
Within this site, there are literally hundreds (possibly thousands) of artists who have the talent to take a character description and a brief storyline or scene idea and transform it into something truly magical - whether it be in drawn form or written form. Is it crazy of me to not take advantage of such a pool of talent to expand my own vision of what could be in my fantasy life?
...or am I just talking crazy?
(I have to wonder at times...) :-P
Then it hit me. I've been on this site for a few years now, and have faved just about every conceivable type of art picture at one point or another. But the one thing that is really missing from my collection is anything representing my personal character.
It got me to wondering why this was. It's not like I can't afford to commission artists to draw my two existing fursonnas...I can if I wanted to...but...I haven't. And then it occurred to me that I just don't have any vision for my characters that I could give to an artist to go nuts on and create something that could contribute greatly to the traffic of this website.
This might sound a bit nuts, but I'll ask this anyway: Is there anyone else on my watchlist who is in the same situation I'm in? I mean, the more I think about it, the more I come back to the only reason I can think of as to why this is the case. I think I might actually be afraid to dream big as far as my character.
Within this site, there are literally hundreds (possibly thousands) of artists who have the talent to take a character description and a brief storyline or scene idea and transform it into something truly magical - whether it be in drawn form or written form. Is it crazy of me to not take advantage of such a pool of talent to expand my own vision of what could be in my fantasy life?
...or am I just talking crazy?
(I have to wonder at times...) :-P
To me, the best art commissions have always come from being rather intentionally vague in the description of what I want. (some people will give artists a 5 page written essay, in which the artist has practically NO creative freedom!) Granted, a character reference sheet is very handy to have so there's at least a common set of traits to draw from artistically regarding the character, but beyond that I really love the fact that every artist draws my character a bit differently and with their own style. Some results will admittedly be a bit 'eh', but the other results will very often times turn out well beyond anything you could have imagined and would have never been able to put in to specific words as a description of what you wanted. To me, that alone is what makes commissioning art so much fun.
So I'd say to pick an artist or two whose style you like, give them some general ideas, and see what happens!