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8 years ago
First of all, I know for sure I dont work on my commisions as much as I should. not even close.
however, it seems the amount of hours I have to spend on a commision to complete it increased drastically at some point and now it takes 25+ hours work to complete an 80$ commision.
I spent 7 hours yesterday trying to complete a commision I thought was almost done and its still not done.
The problem is I feel like most artists have a heavy artistic process. The basic, draw lines, do flat colors, shading then lighting ect ect.
I literally just do vague lines and then paint over it 1 stroke at a time as if it is a literal painting. I do some filter effects and editing and stuff after but still I am really just painting when I create art.
The solution I guess is to learn real methods and improve them, However I feel that 90% of the time I am doing art it is doing commisions and I dont have time to learn the "real and faster way" So I just ironically hatch slowly at these paintings in order to try and finish them faster.
I dont really know what to do. I mean if I really was working as much as I should, it wouldnt be much of a problem,
like just look at this
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/23942442/
and compare the detail to this
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25726769/
What I feel I try to do is always make my next image better then the last. The first image took me about 4 hours to do. The second one took me 25+ hours.
I dont really know if Im good at art. I think I may not be as good as I let on to be. I just pick slowly at these images for exorbitant amount of hours until they eventually somehow look good. But maybe thats just what good artists do? I dont know
however, it seems the amount of hours I have to spend on a commision to complete it increased drastically at some point and now it takes 25+ hours work to complete an 80$ commision.
I spent 7 hours yesterday trying to complete a commision I thought was almost done and its still not done.
The problem is I feel like most artists have a heavy artistic process. The basic, draw lines, do flat colors, shading then lighting ect ect.
I literally just do vague lines and then paint over it 1 stroke at a time as if it is a literal painting. I do some filter effects and editing and stuff after but still I am really just painting when I create art.
The solution I guess is to learn real methods and improve them, However I feel that 90% of the time I am doing art it is doing commisions and I dont have time to learn the "real and faster way" So I just ironically hatch slowly at these paintings in order to try and finish them faster.
I dont really know what to do. I mean if I really was working as much as I should, it wouldnt be much of a problem,
like just look at this
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/23942442/
and compare the detail to this
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25726769/
What I feel I try to do is always make my next image better then the last. The first image took me about 4 hours to do. The second one took me 25+ hours.
I dont really know if Im good at art. I think I may not be as good as I let on to be. I just pick slowly at these images for exorbitant amount of hours until they eventually somehow look good. But maybe thats just what good artists do? I dont know
I just wish now that I didnt live in such an expensive part of the country
You fucking joking here? You poured so much effort into mine that you're one of the few artists to bother making a Philippine eagle that looks like the actual bird.
You know my best friend looked at it and actually wants to know how you did it? He's a learning artist.
I'm not trying to kiss your arse here, I'm saying I personally think you're good enough. It's less about the quality that I like about your art, it's the effort. A picture can be not as good as long as there is obvious effort put into it.
My only real criticism is that they're sometimes too dark in lighting and unsaturated, making pics grungy. But it kinda fits the gore themes anyway.