so here’s my thinking; colored pencils aren’t exciting to me anymore so many a change to digital is the way to go? for the first time ever i have enough money to afford a new set up, even a new computer, so i suppose what i’m asking for you; my fans and peers, what your ideal set-ups are. tablets, programs, techniques?
i’ll likely be uploading on instagram more than here since just typing out this journal on my phone has me aggravated, but i’ll update you with the name since lydario got swiped by someone who wanted to troll me back in 2013 when my art was being used so stay tuned.
also here’s a pic of a miniature i made and painted!
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also also... idk if i ever acknowledged it here, and it’s been years since this has been the case but i’m FRIGGIN GAYYYYYYY!
Pogies?
K, well, sit tight. <3
Media Curation Through Facebook
Forgive the blow-hard title but being a community heavily involved in the internet communication space I wanted to bring this conversation I started on facebook to y'all as I felt you'd all have some great insights.
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I'm about to... thought-vomit on facebook about the idea of sharing and digital curation ON facebook, so humor me. many of you may skip over this due to it's length which in a way kinda validates some of the following points (that or maybe you just don't find it interesting, which is fair). I was gonna share a cute video (which I'll share in the comments) but I thought "it's so cute and funny, someone needs to see it" and if I don't no doubt I'll never be able to find it when I want to next. I've observed friends who use their timeline as a bookmark of sorts, posting articles or any content they wish to find later as facebook stands as a record keeper now (a comforting yet terrifying though) and a thought came to mind.
There is so much content on the internet these days, it seems facebook has truly capitalized on that fact by giving us an outlet to record ideas and curate media in a way that documents, encourages, and perpetuates our... digital ADD I'll call it. There is so much media that our brains seek to process sound bites and small pieces and too much as once is too much. This is shown in the wild success of Vine, and I find myself leaving multiple tabs open on my browser all the time in an effort to... preserve material that is important while also keeping it accessible. Long videos I tend to leave and procrastinate from watching favoring shorter materials and what not.
I guess my reason for sharing this is my own fear that the idea will slip away in the endless meanderings I take online. Does the act of having facebook create the compulsion to share media, are we sharing to serve us or the potential audience, are these simply human impulses that through facebook are more easily acted upon? What are your thoughts?
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What reminded me and made me think to share this with you guys was the fact that... I often neglect some of the more thoughtful comments and procrastinate on responding to them, and I've always done it, perhaps out of pressure of giving quality attention to what's been said... often doing just the opposite and leaving them till responding loses it's relevance.
ANYWAY! Here are two videos, the first being the cute on that inspired the thought train
Next a really cool TED talk I watched earlier that I'm pretty sure spurred the ideas that led to this.
So enjoy, feel free to think about the ideas, don't respond immediately. I'd LOVE for this to turn into a page-turning discussion!
Paralysis... of sorts
This last year has been really great, and challenging. I worked for a branch of our camp which is an accredited school. It was challenging in every way, hardest job I've had. I've worked at Biltmore Estate as a wine server. Met neat people as well as worked with many. I'm living with a bunch of neat people, and through it all earned back a lot of the mojo so far this summer that I felt I'd lost from the semester.
Back to the point of this entry. I've not made a lot of art recently. Small doodles, camp projects, etc... but nothing that's been sustaining. Granted much of it's been due to availability of time, as my jobs have kept me ridiculously busy but there's another matter to discuss. Since I've been in school I've felt myself pushed and pulled. I've tried to make a lot of come backs whose fire has quickly burned out, I've even gotten working on projects, tried doing commissions, but still nothing lasting. I'm going through a dry spell... or what feels like a paralysis.
Many of you bore witness to my drift away from pokemon. Being a big old art school guy, I had big ambitions, and in the process left behind pokemon as I thought it kept me from doing more important work. While I was in school it seemed to work, but now that I'm out of school (it's been three years already) I don't feel I've much to show for it, and... I feel rather lost. I have ideas for things I'd like to draw, things I'd like to see happen, but the passion seems... absent. This coming year I'll have a more regular job so I can make a routine or a ritual of my day/week which worked well mid 2014, and I have high hopes it'll work again. but I'm always so hopeful. I've definitely lost something that I'm striving to attain again, but I'm not sure where to go from here.
If you've had similar experiences, feel free to share. I'd love to hear your experiences related to... such things.
Caricatuuuures!
I've been restless, not having drawn anything or anyone in a month or two. Caricatures and people drawing are something I like doing and at which I excel, and I want to get better at them so I can maybe do them in person or on the street. That being the case, I'll likely charge far less than I would for my standard commissions prices.
$10 per head
$15 colored
Portraits would maybe be $20 and then anything more we can discuss, but think of this as a discount special occasion that may not last so long! I gots me paypal, so we'll work through there. In regards to mailing the original... I'm not going to figure that out just yet. Perhaps that can be arranged, but if you'd be willing to pay for postage.
For now I'm only doing faces n such. I want to get a little more active, so yay. We'll see how long this lasts. ;D