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A Fresh Start
Posted 7 years agoPanda has recently had a renewed interest in art!
Will it last? Time will tell, but panda plans to post more in the mean time~
Especially paintings, which are fun to do if panda doesn't get super perfectionist over...
This goes along with profile updates and etc, as panda sees something that needs updating.
Will it last? Time will tell, but panda plans to post more in the mean time~
Especially paintings, which are fun to do if panda doesn't get super perfectionist over...
This goes along with profile updates and etc, as panda sees something that needs updating.
About Thing-a-Day
Posted 10 years agoAs panda hasn't actually failed yet after 20 days, I feel I should say something about it...
The art panda does tends to be left unfinished, or otherwise considered not good enough to show anyone, but things got to the point where nothing was being posted for months at a time, or much longer.
To counter that, panda wanted to try posting art each day for a month, new or old, finely polished or otherwise, just to get used to posting things on a regular basis.
Panda is trying to make something new most days, falling back to posting an older piece if things don't work out, and improving the piece as much as possible as time allows before posting it by midnight.
Panda decided the art for this should be G-rated so it can be posted everywhere, and also should include at least one character, so the landscapes don't count~
From doing this, panda hopes to be less shy about posting new things in the future, but also to get better at finishing art in a timely manner, even if there is more detailing that could be done to marginally improve the piece.
It seems even rough pieces have charm though, as people seem to like the things panda doesn't consider finished, too~
The art panda does tends to be left unfinished, or otherwise considered not good enough to show anyone, but things got to the point where nothing was being posted for months at a time, or much longer.
To counter that, panda wanted to try posting art each day for a month, new or old, finely polished or otherwise, just to get used to posting things on a regular basis.
Panda is trying to make something new most days, falling back to posting an older piece if things don't work out, and improving the piece as much as possible as time allows before posting it by midnight.
Panda decided the art for this should be G-rated so it can be posted everywhere, and also should include at least one character, so the landscapes don't count~
From doing this, panda hopes to be less shy about posting new things in the future, but also to get better at finishing art in a timely manner, even if there is more detailing that could be done to marginally improve the piece.
It seems even rough pieces have charm though, as people seem to like the things panda doesn't consider finished, too~
Making Progress
Posted 11 years agoIt seems I have gotten behind on posting art in the last couple months. I have still been making new art but not finishing any of them, and I've not set aside time to scan any older traditional arts.
So I made some effort recently to finish up a few pieces that were nearly done, and I picked out some others that I would like to finish soon. There is this one piece that has been in the works for a long while, and I hope it will impress... I just need to draw a line on how much more detail to add, heh.
In any case, thanks for watching~
So I made some effort recently to finish up a few pieces that were nearly done, and I picked out some others that I would like to finish soon. There is this one piece that has been in the works for a long while, and I hope it will impress... I just need to draw a line on how much more detail to add, heh.
In any case, thanks for watching~
First Thoughts
Posted 11 years agoOookay, first journal post go~!
Last October I picked up a 'new' tablet off e-bay to replace an old one that predated USB and thus was unusable on a modern computer, and I have since had a renewed interest in doing art, producing a fair number of digital pieces, much more than the average over previous years. I've been doing traditional art for a long time, really, but keeping it to myself unless you happened to meet me IRL at some point.
I felt it was time to start posting my art, and along with that I made a sort of new years resolution to do so in earnest. During the month of January I have posted a number of things that I am happy with, not perfect as seen by my artist eyes but out there for others to enjoy, and so I might in return receive encouragement to continue producing arts~
But still looming in the back of my mind is the large backlog of traditional art that I have produced on and off over the years, and that few people have ever seen. The quality of these older pieces vary greatly, but I believe there is content in there that should be shared as well. So as of a couple weeks ago I started going through it all, trying to decide which items to post.
This turned out to be a tough judgement, and thereby delayed my submission of new art. I found many pieces that showed potential if they were only finished or otherwise edited, but also a large number of doodles that were cute and all but perhaps not substantial enough to be submitted on their own. Also, if I were to start digitally editing old work, the question arises how the work should be dated... Okay not a big deal but a nagging detail to me.
In any case, I have taken one of my best vs. oldest pieces, and after a fair bit of trying this and that I decided to replace the original background, but still leave the original creation date on it. For anything with more substantial changes I may change the date and post the original as a Scrap.
I still have quite a large backlog of traditional art to organize and post, but I hope to take care of it in the coming months while still working on new digital pieces. In the mean time, I hope you enjoy the art I have already submitted, and do please give me feedback and/or encouragement as I need all that I can get to keep motivated~!
Last October I picked up a 'new' tablet off e-bay to replace an old one that predated USB and thus was unusable on a modern computer, and I have since had a renewed interest in doing art, producing a fair number of digital pieces, much more than the average over previous years. I've been doing traditional art for a long time, really, but keeping it to myself unless you happened to meet me IRL at some point.
I felt it was time to start posting my art, and along with that I made a sort of new years resolution to do so in earnest. During the month of January I have posted a number of things that I am happy with, not perfect as seen by my artist eyes but out there for others to enjoy, and so I might in return receive encouragement to continue producing arts~
But still looming in the back of my mind is the large backlog of traditional art that I have produced on and off over the years, and that few people have ever seen. The quality of these older pieces vary greatly, but I believe there is content in there that should be shared as well. So as of a couple weeks ago I started going through it all, trying to decide which items to post.
This turned out to be a tough judgement, and thereby delayed my submission of new art. I found many pieces that showed potential if they were only finished or otherwise edited, but also a large number of doodles that were cute and all but perhaps not substantial enough to be submitted on their own. Also, if I were to start digitally editing old work, the question arises how the work should be dated... Okay not a big deal but a nagging detail to me.
In any case, I have taken one of my best vs. oldest pieces, and after a fair bit of trying this and that I decided to replace the original background, but still leave the original creation date on it. For anything with more substantial changes I may change the date and post the original as a Scrap.
I still have quite a large backlog of traditional art to organize and post, but I hope to take care of it in the coming months while still working on new digital pieces. In the mean time, I hope you enjoy the art I have already submitted, and do please give me feedback and/or encouragement as I need all that I can get to keep motivated~!
