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I have had a kind of artistic epiphany. After spending five 14 hour days trying to complete my Poledancer commission, going to bed at 3 am. Spending the majority of the project veering between panic and hysteria, I decided it was time to have a rethink.
For a while I have been frustrated by my lack of time to spend drawing. Not being able to grow and learn because I am always rushing just to get the work done. Then being unhappy with the results because I haven't been able to move on skillwise. I think the poledancer project really brought home to me how much I have to learn.
I know that I can shade and colour although there is always room for improvement I have the knowledge I need to get better. The areas that I am weakest in are all around trying to bring that extra something to my work. Whenever I finish a drawing my biggest criticism of my work is that it doesn't sparkle or pop. They always seem stiff and flat to me. Technically they are right but they don't have any personality.
Therefore, apart from a couple of commissions that I have to do this year, I am hoping you will be seeing lots of sketches from me. The main areas I need to get down are poses and facial expressions. (any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated) I think this is what comes from being self taught - I taught myself the wrong stuff first then got swamped by projects that didn't allow for me to learn the basics. I was too blinded by the work to be able to stand back and say I am not ready for this yet.
The last piece of work that I was really happy with is my rough sketch. I know its not perfect but that was the point. As soon as I started over focussing on it I stopped, because I wanted to enjoy the work rather than fight with it. Yesterday I decided to do another one (which I will upload as soon as I get my scanner working). Again I really enjoyed the process. There was no pressure to make it perfect because that wasn't the purpose. Again I was really pleased with the results.
I figure as I get better I can revisit these sketches and work them up into completed projects.
What do you all think? Maybe you can see another area that I should work on, or can recommend a better way to approach the issue.
If you have managed to read this far I would really appreciate your comments
and thank you
Happy New Year to you all
hot steamy kisses
Faye
For a while I have been frustrated by my lack of time to spend drawing. Not being able to grow and learn because I am always rushing just to get the work done. Then being unhappy with the results because I haven't been able to move on skillwise. I think the poledancer project really brought home to me how much I have to learn.
I know that I can shade and colour although there is always room for improvement I have the knowledge I need to get better. The areas that I am weakest in are all around trying to bring that extra something to my work. Whenever I finish a drawing my biggest criticism of my work is that it doesn't sparkle or pop. They always seem stiff and flat to me. Technically they are right but they don't have any personality.
Therefore, apart from a couple of commissions that I have to do this year, I am hoping you will be seeing lots of sketches from me. The main areas I need to get down are poses and facial expressions. (any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated) I think this is what comes from being self taught - I taught myself the wrong stuff first then got swamped by projects that didn't allow for me to learn the basics. I was too blinded by the work to be able to stand back and say I am not ready for this yet.
The last piece of work that I was really happy with is my rough sketch. I know its not perfect but that was the point. As soon as I started over focussing on it I stopped, because I wanted to enjoy the work rather than fight with it. Yesterday I decided to do another one (which I will upload as soon as I get my scanner working). Again I really enjoyed the process. There was no pressure to make it perfect because that wasn't the purpose. Again I was really pleased with the results.
I figure as I get better I can revisit these sketches and work them up into completed projects.
What do you all think? Maybe you can see another area that I should work on, or can recommend a better way to approach the issue.
If you have managed to read this far I would really appreciate your comments
and thank you Happy New Year to you all
hot steamy kisses
Faye
New blog update!!
and I am going to upload a couple of WIP deviations here. I wouldn't you lovely people to miss all the fun.
Well heres the blog link http://bezfaery.blogspot.com/.........but don't all go rushing at once there's plenty of room for everyone..ha
kisses
Faye
No I'm not dead.....
....but I have started a blog.
Check it out http://bezfaery.blogspot.com/2011/01/first-wip.html?zx=c4a363cc1212882f
Apologies for the protracted delay. If I ever find time I'll explain.
Did you all miss me??
kisses
Artistic hangovers anyone???
Okay this may or may not seem like a strange question but....does anyone else suffer after spending time working on their art???
I ask because I had to take a couple of months off after christmas because I felt physically and emotionally drained. I finished a big project on Christmas eve and the whole time I worked on it I felt sick and completely exhausted.
I have realised that this has always been the case. If I spend a period of time drawing, say an hour or more I end up really messed up. Achy and headaches. I also can't focus on anything vaguely logical like cooking a meal or holding a conversation. Its almost like coming down off a maj
Social Networking and sex ,)
Okay I haven't been around much at all recently apart from checking in every now and then. But once New Year is over with I am planning to go all out updating all my social networks and hopefully sketching sexy girls on a regular basis ;)
I have got a new girl to upload - she is the reason I disappeared for a while, but I am waiting for that deviation counter to get nearer the 100,000,000 mark (hey you never know :shrug:)
Anyway back to the point of this journal. Social Networks from an artists viewpoint. I am currently on here (obviously), Facebook, Redbubble and Erotic Signature - with varying success. I am toying with the idea of joining
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Well, asides from echoing what everyone else has mentioned, I also recommend experimenting with dynamic poses as a lot of the time pinup poses are very static and end up forcing the illusion that the work is flatter than it really is. So, instead of having a woman just lying in bed as a lot of pinup works tend to do, you could have her in the process of an action, say rising up or rolling over, and it will change the mood of the piece a bit.
In the end, practicing along with experimenting will help more than anything.
In the end, practicing along with experimenting will help more than anything.