01-21-2024, 02:03 AM
@ballpoint Thank you so much on the kind words towards my studies. Yes it can be nice to see things spread out and sometimes I just like cramming everything together. I'm being more conscience of that.
@CBinnsIllustration Thanks so much man and some of the work is new and some old, but yes, I have been keeping myself pretty busy. I'm glad you like the graffiti style work, most people in general don't, but it's something I have always been passionate about. I just like doing studies to improve in every way possible and keep my hand sharp. I feel like most creatives in the respect that if you don't use it you'll lose it, so it's good to always stay doing something and most importantly learning, and enjoying the journey.
You're doing it right with learning and incorporating understanding of anatomy through your own filter; Frazetta did this, people gave him shit, and he's still Frazetta; same with many of the other artists. I think it's good to consider people's advice but to always just take it as an opinion cause it can be more damaging to you as an artist and your journey to follow what people say than if you did your own thing and figured things out in your own way; after all, that is what will make you stand out from all the other millions of artists out there already. Some of the greatest artists were criticized for doing things their way, or un-conventionally, against academic protocol, and procedures, etc...
We can never please everyone, and it will never be good enough in general, just like there is no best artist, just ones that are exceptionally good at certain subject matter, or niches. I always look back at my younger self and that quickly reminds me why I do what I do. I have always enjoyed making images since I was a kid, and nothing changed as I aged here in life. The world tried to beat, kidnap, and ultimately take that inner child away from me, but I have always conveniently rebelled and have always followed my heart in doing my own thing. If I'm not enjoying anything in my life, I'm going to make it a point in my life to try and make it enjoyable or abandon ship and seek, or find something else I can enjoy.Life is too short to be miserable, it really is, and me just doing my art has always been there for me regardless of whatever other shit storms were occuring in my life, my art makes me happy. My art gives me my prime meaning and purpose in life where otherwise I don't have much of a purpose here aside from showing love and trying to treat the world and people kindly. I just keep on doing my best each and every day, and staying in my lane and just enjoying the journey. Thanks for the kind and encouraging words bro 100
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@CBinnsIllustration Thanks so much man and some of the work is new and some old, but yes, I have been keeping myself pretty busy. I'm glad you like the graffiti style work, most people in general don't, but it's something I have always been passionate about. I just like doing studies to improve in every way possible and keep my hand sharp. I feel like most creatives in the respect that if you don't use it you'll lose it, so it's good to always stay doing something and most importantly learning, and enjoying the journey.
You're doing it right with learning and incorporating understanding of anatomy through your own filter; Frazetta did this, people gave him shit, and he's still Frazetta; same with many of the other artists. I think it's good to consider people's advice but to always just take it as an opinion cause it can be more damaging to you as an artist and your journey to follow what people say than if you did your own thing and figured things out in your own way; after all, that is what will make you stand out from all the other millions of artists out there already. Some of the greatest artists were criticized for doing things their way, or un-conventionally, against academic protocol, and procedures, etc...
We can never please everyone, and it will never be good enough in general, just like there is no best artist, just ones that are exceptionally good at certain subject matter, or niches. I always look back at my younger self and that quickly reminds me why I do what I do. I have always enjoyed making images since I was a kid, and nothing changed as I aged here in life. The world tried to beat, kidnap, and ultimately take that inner child away from me, but I have always conveniently rebelled and have always followed my heart in doing my own thing. If I'm not enjoying anything in my life, I'm going to make it a point in my life to try and make it enjoyable or abandon ship and seek, or find something else I can enjoy.Life is too short to be miserable, it really is, and me just doing my art has always been there for me regardless of whatever other shit storms were occuring in my life, my art makes me happy. My art gives me my prime meaning and purpose in life where otherwise I don't have much of a purpose here aside from showing love and trying to treat the world and people kindly. I just keep on doing my best each and every day, and staying in my lane and just enjoying the journey. Thanks for the kind and encouraging words bro 100
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LEGEND'S SKETCHBOOK_001
To all artists struggling to create and are intimidated by A.I. (anti-imagination)
"Everything has been done, but not by you"
To all artists struggling to create and are intimidated by A.I. (anti-imagination)
"Everything has been done, but not by you"