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I just want to let all my friends/watchers/etc know about something really important that I have learned through my experiences with my art abilities.
Some of my friends have joined deviantART recently and want watchers, but not more watchers because of me but because of them. I know how this feels and trust me, at first I had no clue what to do on deviantART. But eventually I started learning new things and 2 years later, I'm here and I have great friends and a great amount of watchers. What I'm saying here is; don't be needy and desperate for watchers to come to you, just upload whatever you want and the time will come, I assure you.
Also, I've noticed that many people I watch throw old artwork away after some time because they hate it and/or are ashamed of what they drew. In my opinion, this shouldn't be the case. If you haven't noticed already, I've been on deviantART for over 2 years and I have not thrown any artwork out.
This is because of Progression. If you throw away your old artwork because it doesn't look good, then in the future how are you going to show how much you have progressed over time? You wouldn't be able to draw like you used to because you learned better skills and maybe even had some help from others. I understand that you hate your old work, but it's the only thing to show your progression. Nothing else will.
Some of my friends have joined deviantART recently and want watchers, but not more watchers because of me but because of them. I know how this feels and trust me, at first I had no clue what to do on deviantART. But eventually I started learning new things and 2 years later, I'm here and I have great friends and a great amount of watchers. What I'm saying here is; don't be needy and desperate for watchers to come to you, just upload whatever you want and the time will come, I assure you.
Also, I've noticed that many people I watch throw old artwork away after some time because they hate it and/or are ashamed of what they drew. In my opinion, this shouldn't be the case. If you haven't noticed already, I've been on deviantART for over 2 years and I have not thrown any artwork out.
This is because of Progression. If you throw away your old artwork because it doesn't look good, then in the future how are you going to show how much you have progressed over time? You wouldn't be able to draw like you used to because you learned better skills and maybe even had some help from others. I understand that you hate your old work, but it's the only thing to show your progression. Nothing else will.
About Art Trades
Hello all, long time no see. ;) So, I thought I'd address art trades as I do appear to receive questions about them sometimes and I've been meaning to address why I haven't had them open much before. It was mainly due to me doing my half of the art trade and the other person "disappearing" (deactivated account for instance) or forgetting about it or something along those lines so then it's not really a fair trade in that sense, so that's why I'm a bit sketchy when it comes to doing art trades. But lately, I have been thinking of a solution for still doing art trades and ensuring that the art trade is even and fair. So, I will accept an art trade on the following conditions: ~ The artist provides detailed information of what their art should look like. ~ For each stage of the drawing, each artist should provide regular updates. ~ When a stage of the drawing is completed (e.g. sketching), this must be shown to the other trader. ~ Once both artists have shown that a drawing stage is
It's Time to Address my Comic...
So, I've been meaning to talk about my Love Triangle comic for some time now but I could not find the right words to say it, but I think now I've put the words together the best I can to describe what will be happening with it now. This comic was a project I started nearly 10 years ago, was an exciting adventure at the time, I loved all the people that followed it and shared enthusiasm with each new page that came up, but as time went on, less and less pages were made (due to real life taking over), and it seems now I have lost enthusiasm to keep on going with the comic. Almost every weekend lately I find myself charging up my tablet pen ready to use but never actually end up using it, or if I do, it's in the last hour of Sunday night before I have to go to bed, but that is if I am lucky to even get motivated. Now this weekend that had just passed, I have been fighting off a cold and that is a valid excuse, but at the same time I look at all the other weeks I was fine and didn't
Comic Help
Hello all, long time no speak. So as many of you you know I have been trying to work on my Love Triangle comic to finally finish it at some point, because this year in August will mark it as 10 years since I released the first page, and I hate to think it's been 10 years and I haven't even gotten halfway through part 2 of this comic yet. Basically, I want it done preferably by the end of the year, but unfortunately that is asking for a lot and I really don't want to have to ask other people to do the comic pages for me (unless they're either super cheap with their pricing or do it for free) because I'm not keen on spending money to get this finished. So, I am asking you all for help on how I can finish this comic 10x faster than I am now. It doesn't help I do work full time now, but even in my spare time I have trouble finding the motivation to do comic pages. Also, being a perfectionist is very much preventing me from pumping out pages faster and I don't know how to make that part
Quantity Over Quality?
Hello all, Happy New Year! I'm so glad to still be somewhat alive on deviantart after 11+ years, and I am glad many of you stayed around to view whatever artwork I post, I appreciate your feedback and your admiration for the work I do. ^^ So, in my previous journal, I had mentioned my Love Triangle comic which many of you may know by now is my very long ongoing comic, I believe it is either close to or is a decade old at this point, so I really don't want to drag this comic out too much longer, I would like it finished ideally by the end of this year, but that might be asking for a lot... Here's a repeat of what was said in the previous journal: I am really annoyed at myself for dragging out the Love Triangle comic for so long, it would be a good few more years until I actually complete it all, I am considering alternatives to try and finish it faster but I'm just not sure how. I have seen other comic artists slowly drop the quality of their work, such as doing it all in greyscale
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Well said. 