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Entering Cryo-Sleep
5 years ago
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I won't be submitting any finished artwork for the next year or two. I end up spending too much time on each piece, and all that effort drains too much of my motivation to keep going. I'm definitely not quitting the transformation art hobby though. Instead, I'll be using my free time in the near future to move over to Clip Studio Paint and try relearning how to draw faster from the ground up. Quality will definitely take a hit, but my hope is that I'll eventually be able to finish sketches in less than a day similar to most artists. Fewer references, fewer revisions, and more fun. I'll still be uploading any sketches I feel are good enough under "Scraps" on rare occasions though, so it won't be full incognito for me.
Keep it real - I shall return. o7
Wake me... When you need me.
Keep it real - I shall return. o7
Wake me... When you need me.
Just stay in touch!
Via con dios!
Like I think your own work is immensely good, and I'm sure I and most of your followers would still like something you made even if you free-styled it in a short time. But how other people feel about it probably isn't going to change how you feel about it - it's gotta feel earned. Whether that means improving your art all-around, going through tons of quick-but-unsatisfying sketchwork until everything starts to look satisfying, or getting feedback on your progress from someone you respect - something important to you will eventually make you feel comfortable enough to breeze through it.
... Or I could be completely wrong and we're all just here suffer. lul.
I will say, there is absolutely some virtue in having high standards. I firmly believe people can detect high effort when they see it. I get that natural reaction out of your work, and it lasts in memory because of it. I'm trying to achieve this...balance of feeling like I put my best in a piece, but having a threshold where I gotta be like, "Yeah this is just gonna have to do". I find soft deadlines are good for this sort of thing.
Maintain a high standard but also know when to finalize, then learn from mistakes and channel that desire to improve onto the next project.
Setting deadlines and timing things is definitely something I plan to do though. Good look in finding your own balance - you're already in a very good place in my opinion, so it can only get better from here.
I'll be chiseling away a sequence, then see artists like Wat and Guoh posting fifty doodles in a single day and im like "fuuuuck i really want that".
And it's funny, whenever I do switch to that state, I slowly develop a dissatisfaction for it, and switch back to bigger things. It's a weird loop for me.