06-21-2016, 08:45 AM
Hey man, i´ll just drop my few cents and hope it helps.
I myself am struggling to enter into the side of art where you see your work paying back, a few years have passed, i look back and see the amount of work and that i´m advancing, yet it´s frustrating to see that breaking through is still complicated and i´m the worst critic of myself.
I´ve started a thread about start having work, and there a lot of useful answers from our fellow daggers; http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7494.html
Theres a lot of juice in it.
There are out here guys much more qualified to answer to you, still i would like to provide some emphasis on a few points you brought;
1- Don´t feel guilty if you´re doing your best, it sucks but persistence can win. If you have a good family don´t regret the time you spend with them because time flies and sometimes we regret the time we wasted not being with our loved ones. ;)
Not trying to sound arrogant.
2- Hope you don´t mind but i´ll not say what is missing on your art, i see that you´re putting a lot into it, and that helps a lot, create a few markeable pieces about something you like and start with a small portfolio.
Just one thing i see, and i have the exact reverse problem; you use a lot of soft brushwork on your forms, i use a lot of sharp edges and i need to soften them up.
3- Yup, Sycra´s advice is very good, stick with art, don´t quit.
Hope it helps mate.
I myself am struggling to enter into the side of art where you see your work paying back, a few years have passed, i look back and see the amount of work and that i´m advancing, yet it´s frustrating to see that breaking through is still complicated and i´m the worst critic of myself.
I´ve started a thread about start having work, and there a lot of useful answers from our fellow daggers; http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7494.html
Theres a lot of juice in it.
There are out here guys much more qualified to answer to you, still i would like to provide some emphasis on a few points you brought;
1- Don´t feel guilty if you´re doing your best, it sucks but persistence can win. If you have a good family don´t regret the time you spend with them because time flies and sometimes we regret the time we wasted not being with our loved ones. ;)
Not trying to sound arrogant.
2- Hope you don´t mind but i´ll not say what is missing on your art, i see that you´re putting a lot into it, and that helps a lot, create a few markeable pieces about something you like and start with a small portfolio.
Just one thing i see, and i have the exact reverse problem; you use a lot of soft brushwork on your forms, i use a lot of sharp edges and i need to soften them up.
3- Yup, Sycra´s advice is very good, stick with art, don´t quit.
Hope it helps mate.