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Why I post bad art
9 years ago
I post bad art!
Hurray!
There's a part of me that is sometimes afraid of being bullied. I imagine the person who preys upon the insecurities of others in order to forget their own insecurities. That person who says, 'I've seen six year olds who do better work, you should kill yourself.' It's funny though. That person hasn't appeared in my life in a very long time and in truth if I met him, I'd probably feel more sorry for him than bad about my own lack of skill.
I'm not the world's greatest artist. In truth, there's no such person. I'm a student. I'm learning things and trying new things. Not all of them work. Right now I'm learning new tools and new techniques of creating so I'm using old drawings as my base. The reduced investment in creating the story lets me focus on embellishing that story. I add details with color and form. Correct places where the piece did not flow. Add details that enrich the scene.
Part of me wants to hide her face in embarrassment. Much of my older works were even less good than my work today. This post is probably in part an attempt to make an excuse for them and to reassure myself.
On the other hand, I need to do the work to get better. I also do not need to be negative. What I see and what someone else sees may be completely different. Perhaps the work speaks to them. Perhaps seeing someone else work through the process of learning to create gives someone else that little bit of encouragement they need to pursue their own dreams. Even if it is expressed as 'I could do better than that!', I'm okay with it. We all whisper that to ourselves sometimes. Or we see something and say, 'I love that!' or 'I wish I'd thought of that!' or 'I should do a take on that!' Frequently I find I even say it to myself about myself. "I could do a better drawing than the one I just finished." Them's fightin' words and future me will have to prove it to past me. In this way, posting art is great too. It becomes a record of that battle. The internal struggle to evolve.
So yeah. I post bad art! You should too. That person who might give you grief for it is telling you more about their own vulnerabilities and shortcomings than yours.
Hurray!
There's a part of me that is sometimes afraid of being bullied. I imagine the person who preys upon the insecurities of others in order to forget their own insecurities. That person who says, 'I've seen six year olds who do better work, you should kill yourself.' It's funny though. That person hasn't appeared in my life in a very long time and in truth if I met him, I'd probably feel more sorry for him than bad about my own lack of skill.
I'm not the world's greatest artist. In truth, there's no such person. I'm a student. I'm learning things and trying new things. Not all of them work. Right now I'm learning new tools and new techniques of creating so I'm using old drawings as my base. The reduced investment in creating the story lets me focus on embellishing that story. I add details with color and form. Correct places where the piece did not flow. Add details that enrich the scene.
Part of me wants to hide her face in embarrassment. Much of my older works were even less good than my work today. This post is probably in part an attempt to make an excuse for them and to reassure myself.
On the other hand, I need to do the work to get better. I also do not need to be negative. What I see and what someone else sees may be completely different. Perhaps the work speaks to them. Perhaps seeing someone else work through the process of learning to create gives someone else that little bit of encouragement they need to pursue their own dreams. Even if it is expressed as 'I could do better than that!', I'm okay with it. We all whisper that to ourselves sometimes. Or we see something and say, 'I love that!' or 'I wish I'd thought of that!' or 'I should do a take on that!' Frequently I find I even say it to myself about myself. "I could do a better drawing than the one I just finished." Them's fightin' words and future me will have to prove it to past me. In this way, posting art is great too. It becomes a record of that battle. The internal struggle to evolve.
So yeah. I post bad art! You should too. That person who might give you grief for it is telling you more about their own vulnerabilities and shortcomings than yours.
i'd rather see 'bad' art that has ideas to it,
then professional looking product that doesn't.
i've also seen a lot of good artists do really bad art looking things and call it a style.
i'm not real sure i know why, but i suspect it has something to do with how strange
the business thing is.
anyway i can't really tell how good or bad art is supposed to be,
only how well it comes out like you had in mind,
and only ourselves can ever know that for sure.