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Some thoughts, some plans. How are you?
8 years ago
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Hey guys!
Lately I've been constantly torn between struggling with my art and feeling like I've improved. I'll go from feeling like I stagnated and disliking what I do to feeling like I did a huge leap going forward. I have no clue how to feel! But I also blame it on going through a mentally weird and draining time.
Fortunately, the overall result of this is me wanting to improve my art; my anatomy, my style (esp the consistency of it), to broaden my horizons and appeal to a larger audience.
I also ended up not liking any other drawing program that much unfortunately, BUT Clip Studio Paint Pro went on another sale which I've been waiting for for months, so I finally got it. I'm in the process of getting used to it and figuring everything out. Fingers crossed it was worth it. I have a feeling I will keep switching between several programs for a long time though. There's ALWAYS something one program offers that another doesn't, but I'm a little sick of being stuck with SAI forever.
On another note, I've never been big on personal projects. I rarely ever do personal art, but really by my own choice. I just often lack the motivation and even interest, in a way. Commissions have been a major motivator and they're something I genuinely love doing! But I realize it's led to small burn-outs countless of times before so I want to learn to do more for myself.
This all sort of culminated in me suddenly having the motivation, plans, and ideas/concepts for a bigger, story-focused projects. I follow several people who do such things and have always observed from afar. I see many pouring a lot of time, love, and thought into their projects over a long time. I also see others who have had their ideas for a while but never actually start, in fear of "not being good enough".
I feel like that sort of helped me to not take any project too seriously, because anything I get done will help me improve to do better on the next thing. So I won't stress too much about it being The Most Perfect Thing I could create, but rather something that brings me (and hopefully also others) joy. I also don't really want to talk too much about it in fear of overhyping myself and being disappointing/disappointed in the end. I've been spending a surprising amount of time and energy on working it out all of a sudden so I will see where it leads. If I end up with a finished draft, and create a proper beginning, I will post it. And see where it goes. And hopefully learn from it. It definitely helped me out of a slump, so I might already have.
How are you guys doing? How are you feeling about your art right now? Anything you're bothered by, anything you're proud of? If you've recently finished something you're really happy about, please feel free to link it!
Lately I've been constantly torn between struggling with my art and feeling like I've improved. I'll go from feeling like I stagnated and disliking what I do to feeling like I did a huge leap going forward. I have no clue how to feel! But I also blame it on going through a mentally weird and draining time.
Fortunately, the overall result of this is me wanting to improve my art; my anatomy, my style (esp the consistency of it), to broaden my horizons and appeal to a larger audience.
I also ended up not liking any other drawing program that much unfortunately, BUT Clip Studio Paint Pro went on another sale which I've been waiting for for months, so I finally got it. I'm in the process of getting used to it and figuring everything out. Fingers crossed it was worth it. I have a feeling I will keep switching between several programs for a long time though. There's ALWAYS something one program offers that another doesn't, but I'm a little sick of being stuck with SAI forever.
On another note, I've never been big on personal projects. I rarely ever do personal art, but really by my own choice. I just often lack the motivation and even interest, in a way. Commissions have been a major motivator and they're something I genuinely love doing! But I realize it's led to small burn-outs countless of times before so I want to learn to do more for myself.
This all sort of culminated in me suddenly having the motivation, plans, and ideas/concepts for a bigger, story-focused projects. I follow several people who do such things and have always observed from afar. I see many pouring a lot of time, love, and thought into their projects over a long time. I also see others who have had their ideas for a while but never actually start, in fear of "not being good enough".
I feel like that sort of helped me to not take any project too seriously, because anything I get done will help me improve to do better on the next thing. So I won't stress too much about it being The Most Perfect Thing I could create, but rather something that brings me (and hopefully also others) joy. I also don't really want to talk too much about it in fear of overhyping myself and being disappointing/disappointed in the end. I've been spending a surprising amount of time and energy on working it out all of a sudden so I will see where it leads. If I end up with a finished draft, and create a proper beginning, I will post it. And see where it goes. And hopefully learn from it. It definitely helped me out of a slump, so I might already have.
How are you guys doing? How are you feeling about your art right now? Anything you're bothered by, anything you're proud of? If you've recently finished something you're really happy about, please feel free to link it!
ButterCup01
~buttercup01
Oh what's this project you're talking about? I recently got motivated to start a comic series....... If I could draw that is. I'm still looking for people to collaborate with for that.
