02-20-2019, 02:58 PM
Eraiasu: Thank you for the long comment bro and no i didnt find any of it offensive, im not sure what could be in that... Is art a chore for me, well its not exactly the most entertaining thing, but its something i can certainly sink time into and enjoy enough to do it for multiple hours every single day. What do i want out of art, I'd like a career, i want to make money, i want to be a hired gun to bring peoples visions to life to pay my bills, move out of my parents house, and finally in my late 20's begin my adult life.
I say late 20's because i have constantly incorrectly estimated and overesteemed my own abilities and competency of landing work. I'm a choosing a conservative estimate, though things could pick up even in the next few months, i can't really know. Ive been studying anatomy because it has been the thing that has compromised the speed at which i could have become a professional. I wasted about 3 years of my development building bad habits of sloppy, formless drawings and excessive time obsessing over rendering and brush techniques. So i always hesitate to do paintings because after exploring drawing, i see how much more technical it will be than painting.
Painting just feels very easy to me, be it digital or traditional.
I like your suggestion about the longer effort, and i was feeling doing that for a while, so i started one. Im gonna do a nice fanart of raven, with a somewhat challenging background of a cityscape. I like this idea so far, i am skeptical about it though, flying on a cityscape in a cross legged position isnt something you see everyday
"Frustrated like hell, because the most I get in feedback these days are: "Oh that looks nice." Or: "This is interesting"... No one is willing to give me any serious feedback. To go deep and give some good critiques. " Will Terrell in his "why artists fail to get good feedback" notes that this is the hardest place to be. good but not great. It'll feel like the longest time of transition to greatness, as there are many minor factors at work that add up to the work just not being inspiring. You have to really bolt down those fundamentals, thats the secret. thats where style comes from.
But thank you for the writeup and i hope youll keep posting. Im enjoying a lot of the newcomers to daggers as of these recent months, and i'll be here because i dont have anywhere better to be. Even when (if) i get good enough to get work, i'll still try to post at least a scribble, because i like this forum, and well, most other art forums have collapsed or are just stuffed with beginners :D
I say late 20's because i have constantly incorrectly estimated and overesteemed my own abilities and competency of landing work. I'm a choosing a conservative estimate, though things could pick up even in the next few months, i can't really know. Ive been studying anatomy because it has been the thing that has compromised the speed at which i could have become a professional. I wasted about 3 years of my development building bad habits of sloppy, formless drawings and excessive time obsessing over rendering and brush techniques. So i always hesitate to do paintings because after exploring drawing, i see how much more technical it will be than painting.
Painting just feels very easy to me, be it digital or traditional.
I like your suggestion about the longer effort, and i was feeling doing that for a while, so i started one. Im gonna do a nice fanart of raven, with a somewhat challenging background of a cityscape. I like this idea so far, i am skeptical about it though, flying on a cityscape in a cross legged position isnt something you see everyday
"Frustrated like hell, because the most I get in feedback these days are: "Oh that looks nice." Or: "This is interesting"... No one is willing to give me any serious feedback. To go deep and give some good critiques. " Will Terrell in his "why artists fail to get good feedback" notes that this is the hardest place to be. good but not great. It'll feel like the longest time of transition to greatness, as there are many minor factors at work that add up to the work just not being inspiring. You have to really bolt down those fundamentals, thats the secret. thats where style comes from.
But thank you for the writeup and i hope youll keep posting. Im enjoying a lot of the newcomers to daggers as of these recent months, and i'll be here because i dont have anywhere better to be. Even when (if) i get good enough to get work, i'll still try to post at least a scribble, because i like this forum, and well, most other art forums have collapsed or are just stuffed with beginners :D
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]