I hope everyone is having a good new year thus far. I've had a great one with my girlfriend as she was visiting and is now on her way home
To the point of the journal though, this new year I continue to be indecisive about what to post for art! It really gets to me how hard it is for me to feel comfortable posting what I want to show. I have hard I can share but its always in the back of my head of just " Noo...thats not good..Post something else". I cant just POST freely in my head. I can't narrow it down either.
I feel bad cause I know people want to see my art and im always soooo slow in showing anything. And I cant figure out why.
I feel that way a lot, but generally it's -while- drawing. I'll erase the canvas and close the program in frustration a lot of the time. It's not a good feeling to have. CC put things into perspective for me not long ago, though, and it went something like this:
People are going to watch you because they like what you make, not how you make it. It's not necessarily the quality. A lot of the time it's the expressions and the feeling put into the drawing, or the concepts and themes that people like. It's your personal mark that draws people in to begin with.
Indecision is kind of a terrible thing to have, it can be crippling and cut your opportunities short. If you're up for suggestion, take advantage of the scraps folder. Just pop anything and everything in there. Even if it's a little embarrassing.
This is very common bro. Whether you look towards one perspective or the other, there's always a few forks in the road. One thing is always an alternatie is displaying a piece of your mind into an image. The couple of images that yuou posted for awhile from your head on the table with a grim look on your face when you were feeling down or the on your recent tumblr of you drawing but with words all around your head. Self doubt and other things it looked, but it's only one perspective on how you display your thoughts. Try and think of the emotions that make you function from one way of thinking to another. Take all of those and put them on a canvas. Every pic can represent a thought, emotion, or struggle inside your head. Every image they say speak a thousand words right? They also speak a thousand ways to one thought or motivation.when I see your work, the emotions of most of the characters can represent a happy look along with other ways to smile. Whether it's cute, funny, x-rated or whatever, the faces represent the mood of the artist or the way they want to feel. Honestly with me, I draw alot of happy faces, b/c I'm usually happy or caalm most of the time in my life. The other reasons why I draw the positive looks, is b/c there are times where I wish I have the same feelings as the smiles that I draw...even when I'm unhappy. Do the images show a hint of what mindset the artist has, or a gateway to something they wish to be more of?
That's prettymuch all I got man. Still, I'm rooting for you. salutes
There's a lot of things I don't post either because I feel like it's bad or I simply want to keep it to myself. There's nothing particularly wrong with being picky about which drawings you post and there should be no shame felt if you want to keep special pieces to yourself. Don't take this as advice or a suggestion, I just felt like typing out my thoughts for a change.
I just post everything. It's everything or nothing. Every piece of art that I post could be inspiration for another person, and at the VERY LEAST, posting art is ANOTHER WAY OF BACKING UP YOUR FILES.
Yes, I know you have Dropbox (what artist doesn't?) but what happens if Drop box ever suffers a catastrophic failure of some kind? Any art that you kept there and only there might be lost. "Well, I also have it on my harddrive!" What if your harddrive crashes too? Posting your artwork is just that extra little bit of insurance against something going down, an archive of artwork so that you don't lose everything if that EMP hits your town.
Post more! You can do it!
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