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Pensive Pondering (navel-gazing, you may want to skip this)
17 years ago
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I'm in.... its hard to say what the mood is.
The drawing is going OK. Not great, but OK. I wish I could say there was improvement, but it seems I'm more just keeping at status quo. The problem is that the status quo in the larger scheme of things keeps getting better.
It seems I really just draw for a small little niche, but don't produce anything that really goes beyond that. A niche within a niche in fact. The thing is, really, that's about it. The skill level of people is rising fast and there are quite a few that can do a good job of rendering things.
Nawww, I think what concerns me more is the lack of my own ideas. When I started out I was drawing so that one day I could illustrate my ideas. I should have written down more of those now. That's more my concern, that I'm not really coming up with any ideas. I figure decent illustration is one thing, but an idea, like a joke, that's something that can stand out. Certainly that's what makes a picture stand out to me more than anything.
I guess the other thing that goes with that is I've not done a lot of trades or anything with people. Honestly, I'm not that sociable around many artists. I continuously worry about being the fanboy to the point where I shut down getting to know many with skills in this area. Those I know that do draw are more the exception than the rule. I've said this before though so I'm probably repeating myself ad-nauseum. I suppose I could do OC or something, but again, initiating such, I'd not ask. The problem with OC is that I draw and re-draw things a lot, and get self-conscious about the lines if someone is watching, which makes the thing rather stressful.
So, I guess maybe for this weekend I'll try just sketching a whole bunch of things. Odd, unusual, whatever comes to mind. Just do that and put them up as scraps. I hope nobody minds a dump of such images. I know sometimes if someone dumps 10 or 12 images at once I can get a little annoyed. Maybe make a little game of it and see which gets the most notice.
I still need to get to a couple of E-mails about commssions. Hopefully soon. I don think I need to do this this weekend however.
The drawing is going OK. Not great, but OK. I wish I could say there was improvement, but it seems I'm more just keeping at status quo. The problem is that the status quo in the larger scheme of things keeps getting better.
It seems I really just draw for a small little niche, but don't produce anything that really goes beyond that. A niche within a niche in fact. The thing is, really, that's about it. The skill level of people is rising fast and there are quite a few that can do a good job of rendering things.
Nawww, I think what concerns me more is the lack of my own ideas. When I started out I was drawing so that one day I could illustrate my ideas. I should have written down more of those now. That's more my concern, that I'm not really coming up with any ideas. I figure decent illustration is one thing, but an idea, like a joke, that's something that can stand out. Certainly that's what makes a picture stand out to me more than anything.
I guess the other thing that goes with that is I've not done a lot of trades or anything with people. Honestly, I'm not that sociable around many artists. I continuously worry about being the fanboy to the point where I shut down getting to know many with skills in this area. Those I know that do draw are more the exception than the rule. I've said this before though so I'm probably repeating myself ad-nauseum. I suppose I could do OC or something, but again, initiating such, I'd not ask. The problem with OC is that I draw and re-draw things a lot, and get self-conscious about the lines if someone is watching, which makes the thing rather stressful.
So, I guess maybe for this weekend I'll try just sketching a whole bunch of things. Odd, unusual, whatever comes to mind. Just do that and put them up as scraps. I hope nobody minds a dump of such images. I know sometimes if someone dumps 10 or 12 images at once I can get a little annoyed. Maybe make a little game of it and see which gets the most notice.
I still need to get to a couple of E-mails about commssions. Hopefully soon. I don think I need to do this this weekend however.
Now... I'm trying wolves, dogs, hmmmm.. got to try lions again ( I can hear Lionus cheering!~) Anyway... don't get yourself discouraged and I don't mind having you as a fanboy!~ Unless you get to be like fanboy from FREAKAZOID who goes after Leonard Nimoy's autograph!~ (ROFL!) Take care.... (huggles)
ToRo... your minotaur brethren south of the Canadian border, in Le Floride!~
I guess its also a matter of finding the right thing that I want to do. Something that really makes me go I HAVE to do this. The difference between a being and a doing. Or something completely different. Maybe a trade or two. Try and reach out to some folks and see if I can at least inquire about trades.
*hugs* Thank you very much *snugs*