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Tinydragon News 4
10 years ago
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NEWS
Alrighty then! So news for the past few weeks... hmm.. Well let's see, Commissions have been going well, I'm on the path to get a new cell phone which I assure you Verizon has been making excessively difficult, and my mentorship with
is going incredibly well. I'm learning from lots of different artists both inside and outside the furry community, and I've never felt more like an artist.
Now as far as news for the future goes, I'll let you in on things that I'm planning as far as the furry community goes. There is a list of conventions I intend to go to. They involve Iluxcon, Furpocalypse, and MFF. Whether I'll ACTUALLY be going or not will all be up to how much money I can make by then. And to that end I've made a short term goal. What I'd like to do is be able to bring my savings account back up to $1k before any of these cons. And if I'm unable I highly doubt I'll go. Now as far as actually dealing at these cons that's all a matter of whether or not I have my table planned out, prints available, and any novel ideas to make available for the cons specifically.
If you can't catch me at cons you may be able to catch prints of my work! I am currently in the process of working with Inked Fur Prints to make my artwork available at most cons even if I'm not there! Only time will tell if anything will come of this but I've got high hopes and the experience will always be beneficial to me! I hope you guys like the stuff that I make with Inked Fur! Here's a list of prints I intend to sell so far! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17321441/
Schedule
Schedule can really be made more concise since I operate primarily out of Google Calendar now! Here is a basic map of what I'm looking at in terms of work for this week! https://gyazo.com/24fa68e80e441079f6bbf4a7e582ea52
As for specifics, I'm working on that right now! But here's a breakdown of my ideal!
Monday: 11-5 Finish Dasa Commission
Teusday: 11-2 Thrakos Commission, 2-5 Start on Nalz Commission
Wednesday: 11-1 Finish Nalz Commission, 1-3 Mint Commission, 3-5 Start Rose Commission
Thursday: Day off/ relax
Friday: 11-3 Finish Rose Commission, 3-5 Start Indogali Commission, (OPENING UP FOR NEW COMMISSIONS ON THIS DAY!)
Saturday: 11-5 Indogali Commission Continued
Sunday: Day off/ relax/ make new journal
Commission Status:
Dasa: In the works
Thrakos: On the bench
Recommended Artists
So you guys know I'm one of those pretentious types who gets an art boner from seeing things incredibly well done from people who have obviously taken a few classes on artwork and know the general theories and rules behind making a piece good, right? I can say definitively that
's work satisfies all of these qualifications. Not just good at color theory, shape dynamics, and idea generation, but excellent at rendering VERY clearly what it is that he/she wanted to draw. Her work has these nice crisp edges that I envy greatly. Do yourself a favor and get a commission from This person definitely knows what they're doing!
Advice for the Growing Artist
A new section that I'm testing out in these journals. Though I doubt many people would read this far but we'll find out!
So we all know what off days are. They are those days that are occasionally given for us to recover from the grind of the shit we have to deal with in daily work! It's not until working for myself as an artist that I realized how important these days off are and how, as an artist or a musician or anyone who winds up being their own boss, important these days are. I remember this notion coming to me as I was walking back from Wal-Mart listening to music getting my zen on when my thoughts turned to that of me having this day off. (It's a relatively new thing for me and I think about new things I do very often) I thought to myself, it's nice to have this time to sit back and think and tune the rest of the world out. Just get away from the internet and into my own head and look at what I've done and where I'm going. It was around here that I hit a pretty striking revelation.
Taking a day off, is almost exactly like taking a lecture class in college (Thinking about things). And days you're doing things are more lab like classes (doing those things). It was at this point that I understood a small depth of the importance of giving yourself a day off. It's not just a time for you to recover. It's a time for self analysis and seeing where you've been and coming to terms with where you're going and if that's even the right direction for you. It's important that you have these days where the entire world is gone from you and you have just yourself and your thoughts. Take a walk outside. Get away from everything you know and everything that might draw your attention. And just take a relaxed think about yourself. Who you are. Who you'd like to be.
BUT there's a danger there. You can't give yourself too many days off. Otherwise you'd get nothing done! So exactly "how" do you know when you should or shouldn't give yourself days off. Some people feel bad about giving themselves days off because they've been told lots of things like, "Get a real job", or "your work isn't that hard", or "this artist works harder than you so you should work at least as hard." All of this has coalesced into many artists starting up setting standards that are too high to meet and giving up because they feel they aren't cut out for it. Please understand, you are giving yourself to art when you draw. Throwing in your time and effort and care and love. Your work is just as legitimate as the bitter person working at McDonalds who told you, you don't do "real work". And you, just like them, need to take a break from it. When you don't, you suffer burnout and grow to hate the thing you do because it begins to feel like a grind. But back to the crux of things how does one give oneself days off? A good rule of thumb, if you've ever worked in retail is to go off those types of schedules. Working a few days in a row and then giving yourself a day off rarely ever giving yourself two days off in a row. It's important to remain in the habit of a good work ethic. And it takes two days in succession to throw off a blooming work habit! It is also important to experiment and find what works for you. This model doesn't work for everyone, and it's okay if it doesn't work for you. You just need to find the time o come up with a method that works for you. But remember too much thinking is just as much of a bad thing as too much working is. Give yourself time to think, give yourself time to work, and if it's right for you, it's right for you and don't let anyone make you think that that's a bad thing.
-Eyrich "Tiny" Dragon
Alrighty then! So news for the past few weeks... hmm.. Well let's see, Commissions have been going well, I'm on the path to get a new cell phone which I assure you Verizon has been making excessively difficult, and my mentorship with
is going incredibly well. I'm learning from lots of different artists both inside and outside the furry community, and I've never felt more like an artist. Now as far as news for the future goes, I'll let you in on things that I'm planning as far as the furry community goes. There is a list of conventions I intend to go to. They involve Iluxcon, Furpocalypse, and MFF. Whether I'll ACTUALLY be going or not will all be up to how much money I can make by then. And to that end I've made a short term goal. What I'd like to do is be able to bring my savings account back up to $1k before any of these cons. And if I'm unable I highly doubt I'll go. Now as far as actually dealing at these cons that's all a matter of whether or not I have my table planned out, prints available, and any novel ideas to make available for the cons specifically.
If you can't catch me at cons you may be able to catch prints of my work! I am currently in the process of working with Inked Fur Prints to make my artwork available at most cons even if I'm not there! Only time will tell if anything will come of this but I've got high hopes and the experience will always be beneficial to me! I hope you guys like the stuff that I make with Inked Fur! Here's a list of prints I intend to sell so far! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17321441/
Schedule
Schedule can really be made more concise since I operate primarily out of Google Calendar now! Here is a basic map of what I'm looking at in terms of work for this week! https://gyazo.com/24fa68e80e441079f6bbf4a7e582ea52
As for specifics, I'm working on that right now! But here's a breakdown of my ideal!
Monday: 11-5 Finish Dasa Commission
Teusday: 11-2 Thrakos Commission, 2-5 Start on Nalz Commission
Wednesday: 11-1 Finish Nalz Commission, 1-3 Mint Commission, 3-5 Start Rose Commission
Thursday: Day off/ relax
Friday: 11-3 Finish Rose Commission, 3-5 Start Indogali Commission, (OPENING UP FOR NEW COMMISSIONS ON THIS DAY!)
Saturday: 11-5 Indogali Commission Continued
Sunday: Day off/ relax/ make new journal
Commission Status:
Dasa: In the works
Thrakos: On the bench
Recommended Artists
So you guys know I'm one of those pretentious types who gets an art boner from seeing things incredibly well done from people who have obviously taken a few classes on artwork and know the general theories and rules behind making a piece good, right? I can say definitively that
's work satisfies all of these qualifications. Not just good at color theory, shape dynamics, and idea generation, but excellent at rendering VERY clearly what it is that he/she wanted to draw. Her work has these nice crisp edges that I envy greatly. Do yourself a favor and get a commission from This person definitely knows what they're doing!Advice for the Growing Artist
A new section that I'm testing out in these journals. Though I doubt many people would read this far but we'll find out!
So we all know what off days are. They are those days that are occasionally given for us to recover from the grind of the shit we have to deal with in daily work! It's not until working for myself as an artist that I realized how important these days off are and how, as an artist or a musician or anyone who winds up being their own boss, important these days are. I remember this notion coming to me as I was walking back from Wal-Mart listening to music getting my zen on when my thoughts turned to that of me having this day off. (It's a relatively new thing for me and I think about new things I do very often) I thought to myself, it's nice to have this time to sit back and think and tune the rest of the world out. Just get away from the internet and into my own head and look at what I've done and where I'm going. It was around here that I hit a pretty striking revelation.
Taking a day off, is almost exactly like taking a lecture class in college (Thinking about things). And days you're doing things are more lab like classes (doing those things). It was at this point that I understood a small depth of the importance of giving yourself a day off. It's not just a time for you to recover. It's a time for self analysis and seeing where you've been and coming to terms with where you're going and if that's even the right direction for you. It's important that you have these days where the entire world is gone from you and you have just yourself and your thoughts. Take a walk outside. Get away from everything you know and everything that might draw your attention. And just take a relaxed think about yourself. Who you are. Who you'd like to be.
BUT there's a danger there. You can't give yourself too many days off. Otherwise you'd get nothing done! So exactly "how" do you know when you should or shouldn't give yourself days off. Some people feel bad about giving themselves days off because they've been told lots of things like, "Get a real job", or "your work isn't that hard", or "this artist works harder than you so you should work at least as hard." All of this has coalesced into many artists starting up setting standards that are too high to meet and giving up because they feel they aren't cut out for it. Please understand, you are giving yourself to art when you draw. Throwing in your time and effort and care and love. Your work is just as legitimate as the bitter person working at McDonalds who told you, you don't do "real work". And you, just like them, need to take a break from it. When you don't, you suffer burnout and grow to hate the thing you do because it begins to feel like a grind. But back to the crux of things how does one give oneself days off? A good rule of thumb, if you've ever worked in retail is to go off those types of schedules. Working a few days in a row and then giving yourself a day off rarely ever giving yourself two days off in a row. It's important to remain in the habit of a good work ethic. And it takes two days in succession to throw off a blooming work habit! It is also important to experiment and find what works for you. This model doesn't work for everyone, and it's okay if it doesn't work for you. You just need to find the time o come up with a method that works for you. But remember too much thinking is just as much of a bad thing as too much working is. Give yourself time to think, give yourself time to work, and if it's right for you, it's right for you and don't let anyone make you think that that's a bad thing.
-Eyrich "Tiny" Dragon
I WILL GIVE U HATS!