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The "Lack of Direction" Journal Post
10 years ago
Digital drawing and digital painting; traditional drawing on paper, with pencils and ballpoints and inkpens; illustration; sketches; concept art; animanga and cartoonime and semi-realistic; colorization and B/W; comic strips and manga; fanwork and original content; storytelling; video game development...
There's too much shit that I do, in terms of creative content. And because of that, I lack artistic direction. I know what I want from myself, and that is to tell stories, especially through the medium of illustration. But I don't know what to do about it. I don't know how to advance.
2014 was a shit year for me (both figuratively and quite literally), and it wasn't just because I was sick 8 months of it, but because, perhaps for the first time since I can remember, I was truly isolated and chained to a routine that has been slowly eating at me, in mind and body. While on one hand I had two sets of works that sort of accomplished the goals I intended them to (improving my portfolio with "The Twenty"; and getting better at backgrounds and comics with the "Final Fantasy Lessons"), it just made it all the more confusing for me, on what to concentrate on, on what I can do, to at least aleviate my current situation.
So, this is a question to you, the rest of the world (but mostly the people who'll bother to read this drivel): what do you want from me, at least on this platform? Last month, I made the step in separating my unfinished work and sketches from other platforms, by creating a page dedicated to showing those things, and I've been slowly getting away from deviantArt, and making it more about portfolio content. So here, on FA, what do YOU want to see from me?
(FYI, the "just do what you want" reply is unnacceptable at this point. Don't bother leaving that comment)
And I also direct my doubts to those that have more life experience on their belt, or different experiences altogether. I'd like to hear from you, regardless of whether you're a hobbyist, a consumer, a full-time creator. Doesn't matter, I just want information.
P.S: I apologize for the incredibly petty and negative journal. But it was the appropriate time to do it, so why the fuck not.
There's too much shit that I do, in terms of creative content. And because of that, I lack artistic direction. I know what I want from myself, and that is to tell stories, especially through the medium of illustration. But I don't know what to do about it. I don't know how to advance.
2014 was a shit year for me (both figuratively and quite literally), and it wasn't just because I was sick 8 months of it, but because, perhaps for the first time since I can remember, I was truly isolated and chained to a routine that has been slowly eating at me, in mind and body. While on one hand I had two sets of works that sort of accomplished the goals I intended them to (improving my portfolio with "The Twenty"; and getting better at backgrounds and comics with the "Final Fantasy Lessons"), it just made it all the more confusing for me, on what to concentrate on, on what I can do, to at least aleviate my current situation.
So, this is a question to you, the rest of the world (but mostly the people who'll bother to read this drivel): what do you want from me, at least on this platform? Last month, I made the step in separating my unfinished work and sketches from other platforms, by creating a page dedicated to showing those things, and I've been slowly getting away from deviantArt, and making it more about portfolio content. So here, on FA, what do YOU want to see from me?
(FYI, the "just do what you want" reply is unnacceptable at this point. Don't bother leaving that comment)
And I also direct my doubts to those that have more life experience on their belt, or different experiences altogether. I'd like to hear from you, regardless of whether you're a hobbyist, a consumer, a full-time creator. Doesn't matter, I just want information.
P.S: I apologize for the incredibly petty and negative journal. But it was the appropriate time to do it, so why the fuck not.
You have to understand though that I am coming from a point of view of someone who usually wonders around FurAffinity mainly for pornographic material so seeing something funny is an awesome way to break the repetitive monotony, so I'd stick around for any project you wish to post.
Yeah, that was actually what some of the peeps that incentivized me to post on FA said: "you might not want to draw pr0n, but people'll still look at your work. And it's not like there's a lot of folk in FA that go that route."
But this isn't to say that I specifically want more FF comic. You've got me on board, so you could draw different comics, or just general artwork, you've got talent, so it's bound to be good.
Looking over your whole gallery, I just notice the thing with bundles.... like... you focus on one thing at once, like...
comic, comic, comic, comic, comic, comic, picture, picture, picture, picture, picture, picture, picture, comic, comic, comic,
I don't know, I mean I'm guilty of this myself a lot too, but perhaps you'd feel better if you would mix it up on a more regular basis?
When I organize these sets of works, it makes it easier to focus and produce more, because I end up having a routine/a formula for how to approach these things.