Onto the information portion of the bloggery. I have three brand spanking new pieces up on Society 6...one of which is the direction I am hoping to go in...there is one older piece and then a re-colour from last week. I have a lot of art stockpiled, just in case I get the dreaded block thing...which I almost gave myself yesterday, more on that in a bit. I'm really trying to evolve my style, try new things...I love the abstractions...but I want more than abstractions...I want my Graphic and Illustration skills married into the Abstract stuff. I think I'll be able to pull it off more after the PC gets a lobotomy, again more on that in a bit. For now, I am working with what I do have and what I can do. The new piece took quite a number of hours. I probably could have done it faster using the nifty neat digital tricks, buuuut...I didn't use said tricks because I wanted it to feel organic and traditional. There is a certain "feel" I get when I am doing traditional and I managed to get it digitally, which is awesome. Maybe to some, I'm insulting the program I use...to me I am staying true to myself.
Okay, lobotomies and almost blockages. Yes, the PC still needs a lobotomy...it is still at the "soon" stage as it's expensive and I don't have a lot of time to bring it in and be PCless. Even though it is only a few hour job, my PC guys knows my amazing luck (by amazing I mean shitty, craptastic luck) and it could end up having a sleep over. As for the blockage, I was overthinking...letting the icky fear almost block me. I am reading a book on art right now...and oddly enough it was about fear. I had to step away from the new piece to get the ickies out. I played some Don't Starve, which inspires me, and then I did some reading. Both helped me out. By the time I got back to the piece I was brimming with ideas...and well, so far so good. I can't say for sure it's going to work, it's too soon. I am thankful for digital canvas because a lot of canvas layers were already destroyed in the making of the piece. It has a long way to go and looks like it's going to be more detailed than the last piece...and yes I plan on doing it traditionally...even though I have the digital tools...I like the organic lines and feel of things. I prefer a shaky line to a razor sharp one. That's just me. I know I give myself more work...but I have been getting that amazing traditional feeling I get doing digital. Albeit I'm doing the pieces in a traditional style just with a digital canvas...whatever works, right?
On that note, I will actually let you minions off easy this time. There's updates to be updated, and this blog took far longer than I had anticipated. Remember to check Society 6 out. When there are sales I'll be posting them on the home page of this site. So share, like, follow, retweet, smoke signal, Morse code, interpretive dance this to your friends and enemies! Give them the opportunity for a laugh, some eye strain and maybe a few facepalms...all in one blog!! Take care my minions.