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Epiphany of the Day #1
13 years ago
So Cleaning this week is actually going by pretty damn well, and as you can see, my art slump is fading as seen by this pic for a friend's Birthday
http://fav.me/d5ah5ow
But I noticed something as I was working on the above piece mentioned, I noticed that in comparison to my other Cellshaded pic that was recent http://fav.me/d56t1xj
I was wondering why these pics felt so different, why the RokuShion pic felt more... Lively than the Team Galaxy one, then it came to me.
The one of Roxas and Xion was Sketched and Inked by hand, colored digitally where as the other was done from sketch to finish on the computer. Now I've been working on a commission for another friend that is mostly sketching by hand, and it feels the same way! It feels more alive.
I think I figured it out
When it comes to doing stuff in the traditional way, I HAVE to put TLC and Effort into it. I have to be more careful than I would with Photoshop or any other program with a Layer feature.
Because with Art programs, You take the piece for Granted and make it your bitch. You can use as many layers as you want to alter the pic with relative ease. If you draw by hand, you have to pay attention to the piece and such. Because on pieces that are traditional, there Is no Undo button, no trash button to remove a layer, ect.
Now before anyone calls me out and say anything, I'm not insulting anyone here, if anything I am insulting myself and stating that either I need to work more on computer sketching and being more careful, or get back to sketching on paper. I think I will do both.
http://fav.me/d5ah5ow
But I noticed something as I was working on the above piece mentioned, I noticed that in comparison to my other Cellshaded pic that was recent http://fav.me/d56t1xj
I was wondering why these pics felt so different, why the RokuShion pic felt more... Lively than the Team Galaxy one, then it came to me.
The one of Roxas and Xion was Sketched and Inked by hand, colored digitally where as the other was done from sketch to finish on the computer. Now I've been working on a commission for another friend that is mostly sketching by hand, and it feels the same way! It feels more alive.
I think I figured it out
When it comes to doing stuff in the traditional way, I HAVE to put TLC and Effort into it. I have to be more careful than I would with Photoshop or any other program with a Layer feature.
Because with Art programs, You take the piece for Granted and make it your bitch. You can use as many layers as you want to alter the pic with relative ease. If you draw by hand, you have to pay attention to the piece and such. Because on pieces that are traditional, there Is no Undo button, no trash button to remove a layer, ect.
Now before anyone calls me out and say anything, I'm not insulting anyone here, if anything I am insulting myself and stating that either I need to work more on computer sketching and being more careful, or get back to sketching on paper. I think I will do both.
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When there's no undo button, it makes you think about what you want the piece to be long before you finish it. I guess by having to plan a little bit your mind just plans a little bit more that you'd expect making the piece better. I spend a lot of my time wood carving just staring at the project trying to figure out how to tackle it. It's one of my favorite parts about woodcarving!
