Back to the basics

[calebartist]

It makes me want to cry when people talk about Conceptart.org :(
I think a lot of us miss those days dearly. Your sketchbook reminds me of that site.
Glad to hear you're getting back into it, you should go full ham mode for 6 months and then you'd be a beast for sure ^^
Looking forward to more art

Thanks, man! I’m really glad I could bring you back to that era though it’s sad the site shut down. I actually lost a ton of drawings and paintings because they were only saved in my sketchbook.

Your idea’s a good one. It’d be nice to feel that sense of progression in my life again. I’ll try to stick with it as much as I can—Honestly, if money weren’t a factor, I’d just spend all day practicing and making art. I’m sure a lot of people feel the same. it goes back to those age-old questions - like what would we do if our survival and daily needs were met. Instead, I've lived a life for a while that while may look like poverty to some, let me continue pursuing goals. I do regret it at times, but I've gained a lot of life lessons (and did a lot of odd jobs) since then. Health issues also got in the way, but I' focused on improving my overall health, fitness and diet alongside everything else so that it doesn't happen again.

I miss having that goal of reaching the pinnacle, I think the rise of AI kind of made my dreams fizzle out for a while, but there’s no changing that. At the very least, I just want to make art for the joy it brings me. If it ever becomes something real again, that would be more than I could ever hope for. Hard to imagine right now though, because from where I stand I still feel like I'm looking from the bottom of the well, up at the bright and beautiful stuff other people are capable of creating.

In the meantime, I was actually leveling up my writing—working on around six different stories and studying the styles of other authors, and did a whole heap of reading. Maybe that knowledge of story and storytelling could impact my future art, who knows really.