Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, March 14, 2008
an artist?
so i've been unactive on this thing for a hot minute so i figure i'd come back wit sum thing eh? no art jus a rant on being an artist and stuff so lets begin shall we?
1st off i'm starting to realize that as artists we all strive to NOT reinvent the wheel, which is a very daunting task. wut do i mean by reinvent the wheel? simple, it means to like not do wut other artists have done and or take sumfin that has been done and take it to the next level. very difficult but i believe it can be done, now lately i've watched many of artists simply think that they can jus copy sum1's process and call it there own. i've never had a problem wit learning sum1's process but to blatantly copy and not attempt to make sumfin of ur own is unacceptable in my eyes. any1 can copy but the genius will invent.
does an artist NEED to be passionate? shit yes. does an artist NEED to flex his skills daily? yes and no. yes because theres always a technique to be learned. no because creativity doesnt always hit an artist on the spot...at times creativity can be completely random and sumtimes its hard to capture it consistantly. of course thats wut we strive to do, capture our creativity and keep consistant wit it. also, flexing ur skill daily DOES come wit a price called...burnout. i can easily see that at times burn out can totally effect an artist if he/she doesnt take a break and clear out to start a new. the problem wit burnout is that it can last alot longer than 1 could want it to last. there were times where i personally didnt want to even look at a got damn pencil much less paper in general. even wit me figuring out stuff that i need to work on, it can jus get frustrating! now of course it'll be different for every1 but i'm speaking from wut i've seen and from my perspective experiences.
am i diehard as an artist? i'd like to believe so. my only thing is that, i'm taking my time and enjoying life along the way. i see many artist that are great, but have no kinda ppl skills cuz they sat at home being a hermit. in no way am i knocking that, cuz i've seen crazy crazy sick artist that do nothing but art and are simply amazing. my only gripe or wonder is, do they have ppl skills? i mean sheltering urself to get ur skills up is fine and all but to create i feel that u need life experiences as well to help shape the creations. in everything i do, i've always tried to add that lil effect of realizim because i think thats wut gets the audience's attention alot more if theres sum kinda real life connections. an artist's life/friends/experiences/relationships or anything of that matter play a key role in their art in my opinion. cuz as i said, it adds to the effect of getting a connection between the viewer. back on point to the hermit status...now at times i can be a hermit i totally admit, but i enjoy being around my friends and family to help me keep my ppl skills up. sum artists that go hermit CANT work with other ppl which isnt a good thing because if a hermit artist gets on a major project and cant communicate wit the other ppl on board, how is it going to work? my point here? dont be a damn hermit!! get out there and experience and enjoy ur life!! u only live once so enjoy every bit of it cuz when u look back on things u may feel u have missed out on stuff. so yea try to get around to it and experience everything u can.
i've learned that sum ppl take success further than it needs to be at times. wut do i mean? well think about it...wut is success TRULY? money? fame? a million hits on a website? wut is it to me? well to ME, success is psychological. if i feel that i'm successful then i am and i believe no1 can tell me otherwise. every creation of art that i come up wit i feel is successful in its own right. meaning i conqured sumfin that i found difficult and wit each new peice is sumfin to be learned from. now, do i care to be famous? at 1 point i did however i realize that simply comes in time and its not relevant to create. my thing is, i dont care to be famous, i jus kno i wont remain namless ya kno? superstardom also has a price, every1 expects u to be good all the time when the truth is there are things 1 make create that they arent completely comfortable wit. its jus the nature of things lol.
oooohh a subject i like to touch base on is the long war of anime/manga art vs western/comic art! this war really is interesting to me seeing as to how both are respected styles in their own right and each has its followers. the issue is when one or the other tends to hate on the other, i'd say in most instances is the western that shits on the anime from wut i've seen over the years. well, i believe that if there is a clientel or audience for that style then i dont see wut the problem is? sum western artists believe that theres no room for that art style in the states when infact the art style has become 1 of the most popular things artwise for cartoons, games, and even animated films. why the hatred? well it is an exaggerated style sumtimes but it has its basic anatomy within. the style is normally summed up when lookin at a face and immediately the general consensus is "oh its anime art". now if 1 puts their finger over the face of an anime character u see basic anatomy and design all there. but of course there are those that choose not to view it in that light. now the anime crowd also shits on western art but even that style has its awesome perks. the detail in western art is simply amazing and it really can bring out a char or enviro no problem. the complaint most anime artists have wit western style is that it can tend to be stiff at times and it can be overly detailed. myself? i like'em both and as a matter of fact i intend to find a good balance between the 2 in my own works. i'm still in the process of figuring that out as i type this...but i think both have audiences regardless of wut ppl say about the so called industry, there IS a market for both so its a matter of the artists preferences.
yep...being an artist is crazy tough...so much to learn and experience its well...crazy lol? my closing statment is, if ur an artist and ur reading this rant of mine...think about sum of this stuff it may apply to u or perhaps its jus simply food for thought...
peace
1st off i'm starting to realize that as artists we all strive to NOT reinvent the wheel, which is a very daunting task. wut do i mean by reinvent the wheel? simple, it means to like not do wut other artists have done and or take sumfin that has been done and take it to the next level. very difficult but i believe it can be done, now lately i've watched many of artists simply think that they can jus copy sum1's process and call it there own. i've never had a problem wit learning sum1's process but to blatantly copy and not attempt to make sumfin of ur own is unacceptable in my eyes. any1 can copy but the genius will invent.
does an artist NEED to be passionate? shit yes. does an artist NEED to flex his skills daily? yes and no. yes because theres always a technique to be learned. no because creativity doesnt always hit an artist on the spot...at times creativity can be completely random and sumtimes its hard to capture it consistantly. of course thats wut we strive to do, capture our creativity and keep consistant wit it. also, flexing ur skill daily DOES come wit a price called...burnout. i can easily see that at times burn out can totally effect an artist if he/she doesnt take a break and clear out to start a new. the problem wit burnout is that it can last alot longer than 1 could want it to last. there were times where i personally didnt want to even look at a got damn pencil much less paper in general. even wit me figuring out stuff that i need to work on, it can jus get frustrating! now of course it'll be different for every1 but i'm speaking from wut i've seen and from my perspective experiences.
am i diehard as an artist? i'd like to believe so. my only thing is that, i'm taking my time and enjoying life along the way. i see many artist that are great, but have no kinda ppl skills cuz they sat at home being a hermit. in no way am i knocking that, cuz i've seen crazy crazy sick artist that do nothing but art and are simply amazing. my only gripe or wonder is, do they have ppl skills? i mean sheltering urself to get ur skills up is fine and all but to create i feel that u need life experiences as well to help shape the creations. in everything i do, i've always tried to add that lil effect of realizim because i think thats wut gets the audience's attention alot more if theres sum kinda real life connections. an artist's life/friends/experiences/relationships or anything of that matter play a key role in their art in my opinion. cuz as i said, it adds to the effect of getting a connection between the viewer. back on point to the hermit status...now at times i can be a hermit i totally admit, but i enjoy being around my friends and family to help me keep my ppl skills up. sum artists that go hermit CANT work with other ppl which isnt a good thing because if a hermit artist gets on a major project and cant communicate wit the other ppl on board, how is it going to work? my point here? dont be a damn hermit!! get out there and experience and enjoy ur life!! u only live once so enjoy every bit of it cuz when u look back on things u may feel u have missed out on stuff. so yea try to get around to it and experience everything u can.
i've learned that sum ppl take success further than it needs to be at times. wut do i mean? well think about it...wut is success TRULY? money? fame? a million hits on a website? wut is it to me? well to ME, success is psychological. if i feel that i'm successful then i am and i believe no1 can tell me otherwise. every creation of art that i come up wit i feel is successful in its own right. meaning i conqured sumfin that i found difficult and wit each new peice is sumfin to be learned from. now, do i care to be famous? at 1 point i did however i realize that simply comes in time and its not relevant to create. my thing is, i dont care to be famous, i jus kno i wont remain namless ya kno? superstardom also has a price, every1 expects u to be good all the time when the truth is there are things 1 make create that they arent completely comfortable wit. its jus the nature of things lol.
oooohh a subject i like to touch base on is the long war of anime/manga art vs western/comic art! this war really is interesting to me seeing as to how both are respected styles in their own right and each has its followers. the issue is when one or the other tends to hate on the other, i'd say in most instances is the western that shits on the anime from wut i've seen over the years. well, i believe that if there is a clientel or audience for that style then i dont see wut the problem is? sum western artists believe that theres no room for that art style in the states when infact the art style has become 1 of the most popular things artwise for cartoons, games, and even animated films. why the hatred? well it is an exaggerated style sumtimes but it has its basic anatomy within. the style is normally summed up when lookin at a face and immediately the general consensus is "oh its anime art". now if 1 puts their finger over the face of an anime character u see basic anatomy and design all there. but of course there are those that choose not to view it in that light. now the anime crowd also shits on western art but even that style has its awesome perks. the detail in western art is simply amazing and it really can bring out a char or enviro no problem. the complaint most anime artists have wit western style is that it can tend to be stiff at times and it can be overly detailed. myself? i like'em both and as a matter of fact i intend to find a good balance between the 2 in my own works. i'm still in the process of figuring that out as i type this...but i think both have audiences regardless of wut ppl say about the so called industry, there IS a market for both so its a matter of the artists preferences.
yep...being an artist is crazy tough...so much to learn and experience its well...crazy lol? my closing statment is, if ur an artist and ur reading this rant of mine...think about sum of this stuff it may apply to u or perhaps its jus simply food for thought...
peace
Saturday, December 22, 2007
work sketching,,,
bored at work today so i decided to take a lil time outta the work day to scribble down sum random crap in my small sketchbook. sigh yet another 12 hr day 2morro!!
Thursday, December 6, 2007
3d modeling and its frustrations...
flippin a...i've been at this modeling stuff for like a hot minute now and i'm making sum kinda progress thank god. celia is comming along well enuff due to my frustrations and a lil bit of help from an old friend from deviantart. we havent talked in ages but it was good talking to her again and gaining sum 3d max knowledge at the same time. i'm sure i was bugging the flying crap outta her but she didnt seem to mind much^^;; lol. i owe ya 1 brit!!
aside from that, i had a pretty funny convo with my long time, long distance friend from hong kong olivia. its actually amazing that we've been cool for the last 6-7 years now over messengers. O_O lol. i really gotta take a trip out there to visit her 1 of these days seriously. i think i've called it out a great deal when i was younger, but now i'm hella older and i'm sure i can scrap up sum kinda cash flow to get at least a weeks worth outta HK. here's to hoping for the future to that idea eh? ha! well i guess i better get back to this modeling stuff...shits due next tuesday! wish me luck!
outtro...
aside from that, i had a pretty funny convo with my long time, long distance friend from hong kong olivia. its actually amazing that we've been cool for the last 6-7 years now over messengers. O_O lol. i really gotta take a trip out there to visit her 1 of these days seriously. i think i've called it out a great deal when i was younger, but now i'm hella older and i'm sure i can scrap up sum kinda cash flow to get at least a weeks worth outta HK. here's to hoping for the future to that idea eh? ha! well i guess i better get back to this modeling stuff...shits due next tuesday! wish me luck!
outtro...
Sunday, November 25, 2007
warm ups
did a bit of doodling and thought to myself i dont give some of my other characters enough attention. so i did up a celia to get warmed up for my long night of modeling for my final. shes going to be in 3d soon enough so why not i figure?
hmm aside from art, i'm a tired mofo...went to sleep a lil later than i thought and i was at my 2nd job tired as all hell! getting up at 4-5am is hella rough...seriously. i was falling asleep partially on and off which was rather irritating cause i'm doing live audio stuff and any little thing thats off key can ruin the production and i'd of course have to bite the bullet and catch a bit of complaining. but i made it through and thats all that matters. bleh...
Friday, November 23, 2007
A trek back to CS
decided to take a trek back to photoshop and up my coloring skills within it. i think i'm starting to get the hang of it a bit more so than when i 1st started lol. i'm noticing that this and painter are almost 1 and the same...major differences are apparent such as blenders vs filters and such. blah anyway i think i'm going to try and keep this updated as much as my deviantart account...providing i dont slack off or jus simply forget about it lol.
and the outtro begins right about here....
kensou out
Monday, October 29, 2007
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