08-06-2015, 05:42 AM
ramalooke - Thank you! Really happy to hear it's finally starting to show through. It's been something I've been trying to work with.
Lyraina - Yeah, experimenting has been one of the best things to make art a little more fun. I think the next step might be lowering expectations, as negative as that sounds, raising them to the point that you expect a perfect or near perfect result each time is unrealistic. Part of the fear, I think, comes from that attachment to our work, and when a result hurts that, it's hard to take right away. The warmup thing sounds great! Gestures used to be that for me, so I might just get back into those, or find another thing that's just as good.
Sorry for being sort of on and off with the whole active nature of my sketchbook. I just finished up what might be the last piece for my current client, and I'm planning on doing hella studies as well as personal work. I was pretty stressed out procrastinating on the client stuff, so I suppose I'm not 100% "pro" just yet, and it really hurt some of my personal progress. This last thing I did for them was fun, and it was challenging as all hell. I've never attempted anything like this before.
It feels good to be done with it, though. I've got enough $$$ saved up to take some time for myself before I start finding more work again, which is really nice. Gaming is just awful, and I will do my best to play MUCH less games for more of those tasty art gains.
I always ask myself in regard to time "Is it worth grinding for that XP? Farming for that item drop?" The time spent acquiring those things might have been replaced by making progress elsewhere. A new kickass piece? A skill development? I dunno. These are just some thoughts I have sometimes. Haha.
There's some personal stuff I'm working on, and yes, project stuff! Gotta get to it! :]
Lyraina - Yeah, experimenting has been one of the best things to make art a little more fun. I think the next step might be lowering expectations, as negative as that sounds, raising them to the point that you expect a perfect or near perfect result each time is unrealistic. Part of the fear, I think, comes from that attachment to our work, and when a result hurts that, it's hard to take right away. The warmup thing sounds great! Gestures used to be that for me, so I might just get back into those, or find another thing that's just as good.
Sorry for being sort of on and off with the whole active nature of my sketchbook. I just finished up what might be the last piece for my current client, and I'm planning on doing hella studies as well as personal work. I was pretty stressed out procrastinating on the client stuff, so I suppose I'm not 100% "pro" just yet, and it really hurt some of my personal progress. This last thing I did for them was fun, and it was challenging as all hell. I've never attempted anything like this before.
It feels good to be done with it, though. I've got enough $$$ saved up to take some time for myself before I start finding more work again, which is really nice. Gaming is just awful, and I will do my best to play MUCH less games for more of those tasty art gains.
I always ask myself in regard to time "Is it worth grinding for that XP? Farming for that item drop?" The time spent acquiring those things might have been replaced by making progress elsewhere. A new kickass piece? A skill development? I dunno. These are just some thoughts I have sometimes. Haha.
There's some personal stuff I'm working on, and yes, project stuff! Gotta get to it! :]