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Draw crap for a year
7 years ago
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@Snapai (me) / @Snapimation (art)This is just a thought I had tonight after waking up in the middle of the night, so not necessarily something I'm going to do.
But like....a lot of us get to a certain level of skill that we're happy with, and then we draw the same thing because that's what people like, and I find myself wishing that I could develop new styles and techniques and learning the way that current students do.
But at the same time, with a little perspective, the time people spend in college to learn things, or whenever they decide to work on art, seems really short.
The time spent developing styles that stick with us forever.
So I think maybe what locks in those stuck styles is the insistence on drawing well in a way that's proven appealing because "I finally got it!" or whatever. It's far easier to experiment when you're not happy with any of the results.
So why not draw crap for a year? If you've already done the decade long slog of moving from poor art to art you're happy with, is it really that long to take one year and do "experimental art" - just mess things up, break down how you do your art, make awful decisions for design and technique, and in the process expand the range you're comfortable with and find better maxima than the one you initially stuck with?
Reminds me of art school's admonition not to work on developing your own style (though they forget that it's OK to copy someone else's as an experiment). Style is just the set of habits that automatically make art work for you. Copying someone else's habits may well break you out of your own. But at the same time, I wonder if setting a goal somewhere other than "good" can do the same, but into uncharted territory?
But like....a lot of us get to a certain level of skill that we're happy with, and then we draw the same thing because that's what people like, and I find myself wishing that I could develop new styles and techniques and learning the way that current students do.
But at the same time, with a little perspective, the time people spend in college to learn things, or whenever they decide to work on art, seems really short.
The time spent developing styles that stick with us forever.
So I think maybe what locks in those stuck styles is the insistence on drawing well in a way that's proven appealing because "I finally got it!" or whatever. It's far easier to experiment when you're not happy with any of the results.
So why not draw crap for a year? If you've already done the decade long slog of moving from poor art to art you're happy with, is it really that long to take one year and do "experimental art" - just mess things up, break down how you do your art, make awful decisions for design and technique, and in the process expand the range you're comfortable with and find better maxima than the one you initially stuck with?
Reminds me of art school's admonition not to work on developing your own style (though they forget that it's OK to copy someone else's as an experiment). Style is just the set of habits that automatically make art work for you. Copying someone else's habits may well break you out of your own. But at the same time, I wonder if setting a goal somewhere other than "good" can do the same, but into uncharted territory?
It's an interesting idea you are pitching. I'm sure someone who threw out their quality bar in favor of experimenting with different styles and techniques for a year would learn allot from it. For sure, they wouldn't be making art in the same way after a year of that.
