Every journey begins with a step...and continues with countless more. There is no end to the creative path. Only progress. To get better you have to do. Your skills, your mind, your art will not get better unless you try. And trying means you will fail a lot. But, if you keep at it, eventually you will triumph, break through, and be where you want to be. Here is another step on my journey.
Another day, another bunch of drawings. These I did at the coffee shop and I had planned to do more once I got home, but instead I decided to take a bit of a break. I mean, don't want to burn myself out and force anything. That's what I did with photography.
While it's important to always be working on your craft, it's also important to take time out to let the mind and body rest a bit. After all, this is a marathon, not a sprint. The first chunk is like any race, full of adrenaline and energy, but, you need to be sure to get into a pace as that initial push comes to an end. I've got a long way to go and I don't want to run out of steam again. Last time took 7 years, but, still, lol.
I've been drawing a lot of single figures lately so this second one I did was especially important to me. Trying to get more than one to interact is tough. There's so much to consider between overlap and perspective it's nuts. Since I'm still in the skill building phase I use a lot of model images to draw from. Thank god for Pintrest...
I want to make something clear. These images I've drawn are not completely from my head. I'm not there yet. Not by a long shot. I get frustrated with other artists sometimes, doesn't matter what field, when they put out this stuff, everyone's like, 'wow!' and they take full credit instead of telling people what's going on in the background. I mean, it's disheartening for artists who haven't been down the road of struggle before and don't know all the things that need to be done to get better. Like a magic trick, showing the finale but not the prestige. You need to imitate and imitate and imitate until the skills are so ingrained, the strokes, the angles, the lines, the shadows, so that when you have an image in your head all you need to do is refer to the library of techniques to make it come to life.
Some people can just put the stuff in their head on to paper, but they are the lucky few. The rest of us have the struggle, and have to be comfortable with it. But, like all things, have faith in the process :) Hard work can overcome talent if you never give up.
Hope you enjoyed these drawings I did from last night! Some of my originals are for sale if you're interested. I need to shoot and post the most recent stuff I did on 11x18, but all my 8.5x11 work is up. I can't wait until they have more of those 8.5x11's at the $1 store so I can start riding the metro and sketching people. 11x18's are a bit conspicuous, hehe.
See available original drawings for sale
Currently $10 ea + $10s/h
