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Coloring - Motivation vs. Work Load
12 years ago
So I've colored two pictures so far of Kame-sama88's work and I found it both an adventure and satisfying, but I'm noticing that the more I have ahead of me, the more motivated I am. I knocked two pictures out in two days and took another picture a friend sent me of Spitfire and Vinyl with a motorcycle and colored that today, but when I was done I found my ... 'push' starting to sway. I colored in another set of lines a friend dropped into my lap and put that aside, then felt myself waning in my chair. I was streaming the whole time and by the end of it, I was randomly doodling (it was crap too, I keep telling people I can't draw for shit) and after about a half hour I simply gave up and closed the stream.
I noticed so far that if I have a stack of lines (A few pages at least), I am motivated and I am in the headspace, but without that I'm not.
Bottom line.. I need more, but I don't want to push people any more than simply asking occasionally. I even poked an artist while I was sitting in my stream and asked about getting some lines right then. I kinda feel a bit crappy for that now. :(
What do I do?
I noticed so far that if I have a stack of lines (A few pages at least), I am motivated and I am in the headspace, but without that I'm not.
Bottom line.. I need more, but I don't want to push people any more than simply asking occasionally. I even poked an artist while I was sitting in my stream and asked about getting some lines right then. I kinda feel a bit crappy for that now. :(
What do I do?
Also you totally sound like an addict right now XD
The thing is that for the longest time I was trying to get lines to color and couldn't, and now I had gotten a few to take a shot at. Add that on top of waxing and waning motivation/urge to color and learn to shade. It was like playing for interest in a game of russian roulette, in a way. :S
As for the 'addict' bit, a little.
I want to saturate my motivation as much as I can to keep it strong. As such, I really do want a stack of inked lines to keep me going on and on with so I don't start drifting in wait, ya know?
I doubt I will burn myself out. That would be like somehow taking too many pictures. I could never manage to burn myself out on that even if I wanted to.