Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts

Friday, May 29, 2009

Growth

I spent a good chunk of yesterday perusing the awesome art highways that the internets have to offer, mainly going through Matias Basla's list of artists, and I realized that my art has suffered from a common plague: sameness. It has been some time since I last had any real growth in my art. Basically, I tend to draw the same types of characters in the same types of ways in the same types of positions. To remedy this, I've decided to devote myself to drawing more dynamically posed figures AND using straight lines for awhile.

The above is my first attempt at doing this, and I hope to keep adding new sketches or work as this progresses. There are just too many super-cool artists out there, and I'd be a fool not to learn something from them. So expect some new arts from time to time as I muck through this new venture, and if there is anything/anyone that you'd like to see me draw, drop me a line, and I'll do what I can. I figure the more I draw from what someone else wants, the more I'll be able to break out of my own pre-conceptions.

In the meantime, have a mighty fine weekend of relaxing, and I'm assuming, seeing Up. See you Monday.

Monday, April 27, 2009

The Jenkees and Cat Sedation

Through a good friend of mine, I jumped on the late bandwagon of Jenkees fans. No idea if you've heard of this guy before, but as many have said before me, this guy is going places. No, he's not an idiot savant--I thought the same think. He's just a rather socially awkward guy that makes some of the coolest music I've ever heard.

This, to me, is exactly what the interweb is for, and what makes it so good: Allowing those with talent to actually be recognized for their talent WITHOUT having to jump through the usual bureaucratic hoops that is the entertainment industry. I haven't bought his album yet, but it will be one of the first records I'll have purchased in some time--been too broke for new music. The whole of the internet is/should be used to find, discover, and be inspired by one another. Jenkees is an awesome example of this.

In other news, my cat spent the majority of yesterday spaced out and sedated. He had to have a quick visit to the vet for what we found out was/is a bladder infection, and he's gone back this morning, because he still hasn't eaten. I know them kitties is nothing short of little boogers, but they grow on you, and it's never good to see something in pain that can't tell you what's wrong, be it person or animal.

Hope your day is a good one. Gibberish tomorrow.