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Setting the Record Straight
16 years ago
I'm a bit hesitant to bring this up, as I've been being all dramatic and making people frustrated as of late because of it, but I really want to get this out. You see this picture here?
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/661772/
That's the quality I'm capable of. In fact, I'm sure if I really put some effort into it, I could draw up something even more awesome. But during that year, I was creating some really nice stuff, and my quality was increasing at a noteable rate. It peaked at this picture. After then, my art hasn't been quite up to standard, and I started uploading sporadically, only really getting back into art recently. But the days of putting out real quality art seem to be gone.
You notice how long I say it took to draw that wolf picture? Almost 10 hours. That's the biggest reason I don't do art like that anymore. The harder I try, the longer it takes. Now, there are a couple things you should know.
During that year of great art, I had no job. So I had all the time in the world to create increasingly awesome artwork. I was also taking an extended break from video game making that year. That's right, I make video games, and as you can imagine, it's a time consuming-practice. And that's not all I like to do during my free time. I also like to write, I like to sprite, I'm now taking pictures, and I spend plenty of time chatting with friends on forums, chatrooms, and Second Life. And I'll sometimes play video games as well. And of course, now I have a job.
So while other artists might have the time to get their art as awesome as they can (even though they very much likely have jobs to contend with as well), I don't. I have other stuff to do, and if there's any one thing I'd rather try to get perfect, it's making great video games (and subsequentially writing). Sure, I could probably make the effort to create the really good stuff, but that would take days per picture, and I don't have that sort of attention span, plus I'd rather get through this comic before the end of the year.
Don't get me wrong, I like to draw, it's fun. I'd really love to create art that genuinely wows people, but I just don't have that sort of time. Maybe I'll slowly get better at this quick art. I know people that can create sketches in five minutes that would take me hours to make look as good. But for the time being, what you're seeing from me now is pretty much it. Sorry to disappoint.
(Oh yeah, I also don't have a lifetime of drawing experience behind me.)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/661772/
That's the quality I'm capable of. In fact, I'm sure if I really put some effort into it, I could draw up something even more awesome. But during that year, I was creating some really nice stuff, and my quality was increasing at a noteable rate. It peaked at this picture. After then, my art hasn't been quite up to standard, and I started uploading sporadically, only really getting back into art recently. But the days of putting out real quality art seem to be gone.
You notice how long I say it took to draw that wolf picture? Almost 10 hours. That's the biggest reason I don't do art like that anymore. The harder I try, the longer it takes. Now, there are a couple things you should know.
During that year of great art, I had no job. So I had all the time in the world to create increasingly awesome artwork. I was also taking an extended break from video game making that year. That's right, I make video games, and as you can imagine, it's a time consuming-practice. And that's not all I like to do during my free time. I also like to write, I like to sprite, I'm now taking pictures, and I spend plenty of time chatting with friends on forums, chatrooms, and Second Life. And I'll sometimes play video games as well. And of course, now I have a job.
So while other artists might have the time to get their art as awesome as they can (even though they very much likely have jobs to contend with as well), I don't. I have other stuff to do, and if there's any one thing I'd rather try to get perfect, it's making great video games (and subsequentially writing). Sure, I could probably make the effort to create the really good stuff, but that would take days per picture, and I don't have that sort of attention span, plus I'd rather get through this comic before the end of the year.
Don't get me wrong, I like to draw, it's fun. I'd really love to create art that genuinely wows people, but I just don't have that sort of time. Maybe I'll slowly get better at this quick art. I know people that can create sketches in five minutes that would take me hours to make look as good. But for the time being, what you're seeing from me now is pretty much it. Sorry to disappoint.
(Oh yeah, I also don't have a lifetime of drawing experience behind me.)
