04-29-2014, 01:18 AM
Tygerson: Thanks! They're fun to do, and I meant to do that for a while, and with other things like food and minerals (another, way better, artist had also done a series of gem/mineral inspired creatures)
Kaffer: Yeah, you're right. One of the keys is just keep doing more. Another one of the keys, I think, is to set some kind of generous time limit, while willing myself to let a drawing go after time's up.
Lyraina: Doing finished pieces is my current biggest weak point/fear. That's why I hover on the outskirts of all those forum events but never join... . But one does not grow by being comfortable... or chicken.
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Those flyers got me into the second round of art test, doing a 10 feet by 60 feet banner. Which means it has to be done in Illustrator, something I've never used before. Several tutorial lessons later, now it's down to 2 days, and coming up with design stage.
I want to be able to partition my days - "business hours" for job/commission/art test/stuff I simply don't love doing but must. Then morning/evening doing art stuff that either contribute to the science illustration career I want, and sometimes chip away at the Miscellaneous List. Instead, I concentrate entire day of a few days on the art test I don't really love, doing nothing else but eat/etc. Then in between kind of scattered-effort-ly doing something for sci-art, or studies, or the never ending gift/volunteer art, dragging things on instead of intense focus as required for growth and breakthrough. It's like I never out-grow the work style as a student.
The gold background might be a mistake now because the blue part can't shine against it at some view angle. Experiments on painting luminescence on gold, blue, and white bases, the illusion of light from the painting surface from the gold background, how oil paint gold and spray paint gold differ, different blues, how to layer thin coats of other colors to mimic the luminescence, and which colors to layer.
Best friend from high school became a homeowner. This is for her barren walls. Maybe one of the butterflies if they don't end up total disasters.
Kaffer: Yeah, you're right. One of the keys is just keep doing more. Another one of the keys, I think, is to set some kind of generous time limit, while willing myself to let a drawing go after time's up.
Lyraina: Doing finished pieces is my current biggest weak point/fear. That's why I hover on the outskirts of all those forum events but never join... . But one does not grow by being comfortable... or chicken.
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Those flyers got me into the second round of art test, doing a 10 feet by 60 feet banner. Which means it has to be done in Illustrator, something I've never used before. Several tutorial lessons later, now it's down to 2 days, and coming up with design stage.
I want to be able to partition my days - "business hours" for job/commission/art test/stuff I simply don't love doing but must. Then morning/evening doing art stuff that either contribute to the science illustration career I want, and sometimes chip away at the Miscellaneous List. Instead, I concentrate entire day of a few days on the art test I don't really love, doing nothing else but eat/etc. Then in between kind of scattered-effort-ly doing something for sci-art, or studies, or the never ending gift/volunteer art, dragging things on instead of intense focus as required for growth and breakthrough. It's like I never out-grow the work style as a student.
The gold background might be a mistake now because the blue part can't shine against it at some view angle. Experiments on painting luminescence on gold, blue, and white bases, the illusion of light from the painting surface from the gold background, how oil paint gold and spray paint gold differ, different blues, how to layer thin coats of other colors to mimic the luminescence, and which colors to layer.
Best friend from high school became a homeowner. This is for her barren walls. Maybe one of the butterflies if they don't end up total disasters.