02-02-2017, 01:32 PM
Haha I'm closing in on 100k Sketchbook pageviews, cool! That's a lot when you think about it ;)
Anyways, so I've set up a portfolio review with Zoe Robinson tomorrow, and hopefully that will go smoothly since our time zones are different and I always expect the worse lol.
But yea, didn't draw at all today, so here are some sketches i did studying some caricature artists.
I went out today and bought a guitar amplifier for 120$, a Peavey Viper, nothing special. I used to want to be a musician before discovering the art world (still kinda do), and before that, a writer (still kinda do.) So I'm still in contact with my best friend who kept pursuing guitar and he showed me this guy named Marshall Harrison, who is probably the most technically skilled guitarist I've seen. Better than Vai, Malmsteen, Becker, Friedman, Satriani, Buckethead, all the greats, and maybe even Shawn Lane...
I used to really be serious about guitar, wearing it around my neck and playing while watching TV like the great Van Halen did; sculpting the landscape of 80's guitar music. But seeing this guy Marshall Harrison inspired me in a different way, he reminded me of Kim Jung Gi. Just a maverick, in a world of his own. Someone who's soo good, that they have a kind of cult following and their work doesn't really reach the masses. There's something just so noble and fascinating about it, and this comment left on this video really got me going.
Someone asked him in the comments if he watches TV while playing guitar and he said,
"yes. I love watching hours and hours of tv WHILE practicing, noodling, and even sometimes composing. I composed a helluva piece while watching "Patton" with George C. Scott."
And I thought fuck man, his whole day is just playing and that's so cool. It's like what I do, but he's even more into it. He just never puts it down because he loves the craft so much. I wanna be like that. Just have fun doing it so much that I can't put it down, then awake again only to do it more. Learning everything at a fun manageable pace, and never putting it down. That's how you get into the league of the greats is being sustaining on that passion. Something you just do like breathing. And eventually you become the greatest ever, and the fame might or might not be there, but who cares, you're the illest eva.
I just want to be good, I don't care so much about jobs or anything, just being good for the sake of pushing the boundaries of human ability. There's ultimately no one I want to work for as a dream, just being that good; it's a never ending journey. See for yourself, it could inspire you: If you don't play guitar, I promise you, the stuff this guy's doing is nothing like even what the "greatest" guitarists are doing.
Kim Jung Gi an him have a lot in common.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U33yR9K9zRM
Anyways, so I've set up a portfolio review with Zoe Robinson tomorrow, and hopefully that will go smoothly since our time zones are different and I always expect the worse lol.
But yea, didn't draw at all today, so here are some sketches i did studying some caricature artists.
I went out today and bought a guitar amplifier for 120$, a Peavey Viper, nothing special. I used to want to be a musician before discovering the art world (still kinda do), and before that, a writer (still kinda do.) So I'm still in contact with my best friend who kept pursuing guitar and he showed me this guy named Marshall Harrison, who is probably the most technically skilled guitarist I've seen. Better than Vai, Malmsteen, Becker, Friedman, Satriani, Buckethead, all the greats, and maybe even Shawn Lane...
I used to really be serious about guitar, wearing it around my neck and playing while watching TV like the great Van Halen did; sculpting the landscape of 80's guitar music. But seeing this guy Marshall Harrison inspired me in a different way, he reminded me of Kim Jung Gi. Just a maverick, in a world of his own. Someone who's soo good, that they have a kind of cult following and their work doesn't really reach the masses. There's something just so noble and fascinating about it, and this comment left on this video really got me going.
Someone asked him in the comments if he watches TV while playing guitar and he said,
"yes. I love watching hours and hours of tv WHILE practicing, noodling, and even sometimes composing. I composed a helluva piece while watching "Patton" with George C. Scott."
And I thought fuck man, his whole day is just playing and that's so cool. It's like what I do, but he's even more into it. He just never puts it down because he loves the craft so much. I wanna be like that. Just have fun doing it so much that I can't put it down, then awake again only to do it more. Learning everything at a fun manageable pace, and never putting it down. That's how you get into the league of the greats is being sustaining on that passion. Something you just do like breathing. And eventually you become the greatest ever, and the fame might or might not be there, but who cares, you're the illest eva.
I just want to be good, I don't care so much about jobs or anything, just being good for the sake of pushing the boundaries of human ability. There's ultimately no one I want to work for as a dream, just being that good; it's a never ending journey. See for yourself, it could inspire you: If you don't play guitar, I promise you, the stuff this guy's doing is nothing like even what the "greatest" guitarists are doing.
Kim Jung Gi an him have a lot in common.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U33yR9K9zRM
70+Page Koala Sketchbook: http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3465.html SB
Paintover thread, submit for crits! http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7879.html
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.882)]e owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke.[/color]
Paintover thread, submit for crits! http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7879.html
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.882)]e owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke.[/color]