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Why I art? F5 it please.
13 years ago
-grabs firm hold of your paw, and puts big puppy eyes- "Take me with you"~ Why do I art? First off, I don't think my art is art, yet. Well, only by definition my drawings may fall onto that category. but, as my drawing are losing more and more quality, I think it's not really art.
Yes, perspectives and points of view are varied, but it's my opinion. Remember art is perceived subjectively, and you don't really have to justify why you like or don't like somebody's artwork. But technique, process, time, effort and quality can be measured or categorized a little bit more subjectively. And in those aspects:
Technique: My technique sucks. Can't make to make fur look adequate, and I shouldn't even mention my coloring.
Process: Takes me from 15 minutes to an hour to work up a not so bad sketch. Take me another 15 minutes to ink, and 1-3 hours in coloring. (All of this for a single character).
Quality: Losing lots of it. Can't focus enough in this. My inking is still very shaky, and not even stabilizers help.
Effort: Well, this is the best point of the list. I draw, re-draw, re-trace, erase lots of things...
After all this mentioned, what does it have to do with the reason I art? The primary reason is because I love to express a few feelings I have, and even when not drawing for Bernard, I try to manifest some sort of emotion I'm in. Just ask
while I'm in school. Secondly, I don't mean to be selfish, but attention is quite nice. Right now I'm very close to 200 watchers, and someday I want to get that prized 1k worth of watchers. It feels pleasant to be known. Third: I simply love cute. Even though my art still isn't very cute, compared to [insert any name], I try to make it look as cute as possible, and after a sketch is done, among all the anger and self hatred over the drawing, there is a bit of happiness, that I achieved a tad of cuteness. Fourth: I like to offer services to people who can't pay for art. While I haven't really been a request artist as of lately, I still like to draw others for free. And that wont ever change, unless somebody is willing to give me money for art, which I honestly won't refuse. And if Ibecome a great artist, I'd still run the same policies.
Why keep arting? Because I know if I'm constant, that I can draw good. Someday. It will happen. Won't give up.
What's my current condition? Struggling. I haven't sketched anything good in almost 2 weeks, and recently uploaded doodles suck in my opinion. I'm trying to get all the requests done, because if I don't, I'll feel bad and will hate myself for my laziness.
Also, my 2 art heroes:
lucca I really love her art and her attitude towards it. I someday aspire to be like her.
cmtmrqz Her expressions are amazing. She also does insanely well-done base lines, and she has improved like I've never seen before in anybody else.
Thanks for reading, if you could stand reading it.
Oh, and please answer: how can I improve my attitude? (Not the art itself)
I wish you all to be safe, and have a great evening/night/day. I loves you people.
Yes, perspectives and points of view are varied, but it's my opinion. Remember art is perceived subjectively, and you don't really have to justify why you like or don't like somebody's artwork. But technique, process, time, effort and quality can be measured or categorized a little bit more subjectively. And in those aspects:
Technique: My technique sucks. Can't make to make fur look adequate, and I shouldn't even mention my coloring.
Process: Takes me from 15 minutes to an hour to work up a not so bad sketch. Take me another 15 minutes to ink, and 1-3 hours in coloring. (All of this for a single character).
Quality: Losing lots of it. Can't focus enough in this. My inking is still very shaky, and not even stabilizers help.
Effort: Well, this is the best point of the list. I draw, re-draw, re-trace, erase lots of things...
After all this mentioned, what does it have to do with the reason I art? The primary reason is because I love to express a few feelings I have, and even when not drawing for Bernard, I try to manifest some sort of emotion I'm in. Just ask
while I'm in school. Secondly, I don't mean to be selfish, but attention is quite nice. Right now I'm very close to 200 watchers, and someday I want to get that prized 1k worth of watchers. It feels pleasant to be known. Third: I simply love cute. Even though my art still isn't very cute, compared to [insert any name], I try to make it look as cute as possible, and after a sketch is done, among all the anger and self hatred over the drawing, there is a bit of happiness, that I achieved a tad of cuteness. Fourth: I like to offer services to people who can't pay for art. While I haven't really been a request artist as of lately, I still like to draw others for free. And that wont ever change, unless somebody is willing to give me money for art, which I honestly won't refuse. And if Ibecome a great artist, I'd still run the same policies.Why keep arting? Because I know if I'm constant, that I can draw good. Someday. It will happen. Won't give up.
What's my current condition? Struggling. I haven't sketched anything good in almost 2 weeks, and recently uploaded doodles suck in my opinion. I'm trying to get all the requests done, because if I don't, I'll feel bad and will hate myself for my laziness.
Also, my 2 art heroes:
lucca I really love her art and her attitude towards it. I someday aspire to be like her. cmtmrqz Her expressions are amazing. She also does insanely well-done base lines, and she has improved like I've never seen before in anybody else.Thanks for reading, if you could stand reading it.
Oh, and please answer: how can I improve my attitude? (Not the art itself)
I wish you all to be safe, and have a great evening/night/day. I loves you people.
It takes me forever to finish a piece that I feel like posting anywhere. I'm not gonna even estimate how long. I've been told that I do inanimate objects pretty well, but animals and human or furry characters seem like a real struggle for me. But I always try to push myself, do something I've never done before, try a new style or technique idea, etc.
We seem similar in some ways. I love cute too! There's this purely emotional "Awwwwww" effect that just can't be matched by anything else. I want to be able to do that with my drawings. What's more, the fact is that I have an unrealistic self-image -- I'm not physically a baby or a pink anthropomorphic cartoon bunny -- so the only way I can experience that or actualize that self is through art. Then the art fuels my imagination, resulting in more art. I don't know if it's any good, but it's a huge amount better than nothing!
How can you improve your attitude? Well, I'm not sure what's wrong with it exactly. You've already got what I think is a great place to start -- that is, the knowledge that if you keep at it, you'll improve, so you're not going to give up. That's awesome! And it's true. The attitude that your work sucks is, frankly, healthy. :) There are a lot of people who everybody else thinks are great, but who think their own work sucks. All that really means is that you think you need to improve -- and anybody who doesn't think they can or should improve is mistaken. It's a journey, and really the only way to stop improving is to stop drawing. I guess the important thing is not to get down on yourself. There are people both better and worse than you are -- and there always will be. A lot of that is totally subjective, too. In my book, you're fine as long as you're trying.
But I quite like your art I love the simple style and the broadness of it..
Your attitude is the exact same attitude I have towards my art..
I really honestly dunno how to fix it, other then tell you you are doing fine
and you are on the right track so far.. like me
But see you are soo much better then I cause you can actually ink and color and such
I can't even work a tablet, all I can do is sketches.
The time you say you spend on art?
That seems well on average..
I spend at least an hour or two on a sketch
and if I were to ink it myself.. ugh ._.;
might take all day..
Sila takes almost twice as long sometimes
she struggles just as much as I
and there are some things she doesn't know how to do her self and she has been drawing longer then I
But yeah keep arting and keep going, art is like a muscle, the more you work it the stronger it gets =3
and besides I like seeing the stuff you do ^_^;