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This is how things are with me atm
5 years ago
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Hello folks, I figured it's time for an update.
I won't go into the effects of corona and the fear-mongering the media and my government gets horny on or any of that stuff.
I took a 2-week break because I was burned out. In the meantime I got a few messages from people anticipating more of the comic, as well as their commissions (naturally).
I suppose those weren't the only ones noticing the slow speed I still seem to have; it's something that has been bothering myself for much longer even.
This year I took in 2 entire books with about 85 pages of handwritten notes to refine my anatomy skills and I have been looking for other methods to get my work done more efficiently.
The Cera and Angel pics are the first results of these new findings of mine. If any major differences to previous work was obvious, I think more people would have pointed it out, which just did not happen ~ a goal reached as it seems to me.
However I have to say that I've been only at this for a few years on a more professional level. I am not good, I still lack practice, the knowledge I acquired still needs to sink in more, which has finally begun to happen, fortunately. My works from 2007 to mid 2017 were 100% amateur.
Some techno babble about what I actually mean because I feel the need of pointing it out:
I abandoned the super clear ink-lines, other artists who are better than me aren't doing it this way either as I noticed, so one very time and brain-power consuming method is gone
I use my sketching method for the clear drawing, which seems to maintain the flow and dynamics much better
I do the shading and lighting free-handed as well, much like the sketches, which also got rid of the rigid dead-on precision I had before with the stabilized lines
Before I adapted only the things I listed there, I actually often suffered physical pain in my head and back due to the extended tension and concentration the old methods required. Hopefully these are on their way out now.
A more complicated ink (for 2-3 characters for example) took up to 7 hours sometimes, same for the shading and lighting. I don't even want to go into the economic consequences of that.
So... Not sure what else to say after this, if you read the above you know what's been happening.
I know you want to see me doing the naughties now, especially the comic ~ I want the same I can assure you.
Personally I think I'm at a point were thinking about stuff and planning around is done; I need to finally put stuff out now to actually show my capabilities and what I'm about as an artist.
Commissions and comic-work will resume this week, I suppose it's proper again to do this on certain days.
~Trias
I won't go into the effects of corona and the fear-mongering the media and my government gets horny on or any of that stuff.
I took a 2-week break because I was burned out. In the meantime I got a few messages from people anticipating more of the comic, as well as their commissions (naturally).
I suppose those weren't the only ones noticing the slow speed I still seem to have; it's something that has been bothering myself for much longer even.
This year I took in 2 entire books with about 85 pages of handwritten notes to refine my anatomy skills and I have been looking for other methods to get my work done more efficiently.
The Cera and Angel pics are the first results of these new findings of mine. If any major differences to previous work was obvious, I think more people would have pointed it out, which just did not happen ~ a goal reached as it seems to me.
However I have to say that I've been only at this for a few years on a more professional level. I am not good, I still lack practice, the knowledge I acquired still needs to sink in more, which has finally begun to happen, fortunately. My works from 2007 to mid 2017 were 100% amateur.
Some techno babble about what I actually mean because I feel the need of pointing it out:
I abandoned the super clear ink-lines, other artists who are better than me aren't doing it this way either as I noticed, so one very time and brain-power consuming method is gone
I use my sketching method for the clear drawing, which seems to maintain the flow and dynamics much better
I do the shading and lighting free-handed as well, much like the sketches, which also got rid of the rigid dead-on precision I had before with the stabilized lines
Before I adapted only the things I listed there, I actually often suffered physical pain in my head and back due to the extended tension and concentration the old methods required. Hopefully these are on their way out now.
A more complicated ink (for 2-3 characters for example) took up to 7 hours sometimes, same for the shading and lighting. I don't even want to go into the economic consequences of that.
So... Not sure what else to say after this, if you read the above you know what's been happening.
I know you want to see me doing the naughties now, especially the comic ~ I want the same I can assure you.
Personally I think I'm at a point were thinking about stuff and planning around is done; I need to finally put stuff out now to actually show my capabilities and what I'm about as an artist.
Commissions and comic-work will resume this week, I suppose it's proper again to do this on certain days.
~Trias
You do great work, great work takes time
I hope to see your works again soon.
I do like how you continue to strive on improving, so you can keep on doing that.
Don't be worried about taking breaks or anything like that either; Just take your time with it, and it'll all be better in the long run.
Keep on doin' what you do Trias. Hope everything works out in the end.
Oh btw uh, speaking of Angel, tell her I said hi. If ya could.
Tbf there is always a disconnect between artists and those who follow their work, as it doesn't take long until a recent image becomes cold coffee for me, while you guys still say you like it x3
Either way, I won't stop trying to improve and keep working!
Also yes, I really Really REALLY do love Angel.
Like... seriously.
Anyways YES! Never stop trying to improve, for that is the path to true mastery and perfection!
Hope to catch you some time online again. :3
Yeah, I guess one could really say it's also about moving towards a style that is more "you" in this regard.
I can't remember when it was, has surely been a while though, that "my sketches look much better than the finished piece" or something like that. The only way I can make sense of that nowadays would be that I invested most of my braincells in drawing itself. That being said, I think that comment confirms my suspicion of my inks making the art stiff with their precise lines, getting rid of the more natural, rougher flow.
Anyway, I'll keep working on it and I encourage everybody else to do it too, because it definitely pays off ^^
The art you do is amazing! And is good to hear you're working to improve even more. I guess we can always learn new things but still, what you do is great and I'll be here to see more :3
Learning new stuff indeed, mainly being more practical and economic than before x3
Not sure what else to say, really, glad you wanna be there in the future too x3