“In committing to artistic growth, you need to refine your skills to support your instincts.” Joni Mitchell
"The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Best quotes about art
“In committing to artistic growth, you need to refine your skills to support your instincts.” Joni Mitchell
"The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Thoughts on style
When finding a style, try to make a list of the things that you dislike, on top of the things that you like. One is not the opposite of the other.
Also, try to make a distinction between the things you genuinely want to create yourself and the things that you just enjoy consuming.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
January - Continuation of Design and Prep Work for Months to Come
Another year, another batch of days to improve or atleast claw my way out of the holes I dig myself! One thing I'll to do this year is to track my progress each month. I find that doing so keeps me motivated, sometimes by the sheer shame of how I practically did nothing to move forward.
Besides playing the stupidly addicting card game Hearthstone, here are the things I've worked on.
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| A fairly shy Frankenstein design |
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| Aladdin, inspired by looking at old MAD Magazines |
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| Shangri-La |
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| Cockaigne, an imaginary land thought of by smelly medieval peasants |
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| Avalon, where the trees are delish and King Arthur's blood flows freely |
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| Sodom and Gomorrah, now known as Vegas |
5 out of 6 of these illustrations are done when I didn't have a freelance gig. After I had one, things have progressed turtle slow. Hearthstone, big surprise, is something I blame for this as well. But forward motion is forward motion so onwards to February.
