Introduction
I signed up on this website a while ago but always put off writing on it because I just kinda suck at writing. I wanted to start writing with stronger intention, a clear goal, and uh, better grammar. I think that caused more hesitation than action.
So, until I can get into the habit of writing things that are more thoughtful, most of my posts will be thought garbage.
Anyway I've been working as a programmer for nine years. Lately I've been trying to improve my art. My goal this year is to complete some art in the form of stickers, sticker sheet designs. I'm having a lot of fun learning art but it makes me realize that I know so little. And that art requires a lot of knowledge from so many different areas. Some of that knowledge feels natural to other people. I have always had a extremely difficult time learning things.. what seems natural to other people, seems like a complete mystery to me. Or, I have to learn it through really small, gradual steps. Somehow I was able to graduate with a Computer Science degree.
I feel like my art is 'top heavy'. I have these ideas, things I want to execute but in the process of trying to execute I realize I don't have the sufficient skill to communicate my ideas. It's probably something a lot of people go through. I haven't taken art classes before but there are a lot of resources online that have been really good for building foundation. The issue I have is finding the time to do it... Which I'm sure a lot of people go through too.
I'd really like to improve. But is "what I'd like to do" that important? A little, but at this point, "what I do" feels much more important... I think it'd be nice to post my drawing progress here, as well as some other things.
Here is a value study I tried the other day. Halfway through I forgot what I was supposed to do. The lemons are not a true value study but I'm not done with it yet. I'll watch a video about values again.
- Today I will (try?) to make a concrete plan for studying art.
- I like digital art but I mostly use it because it's convenient and I don't have to clean anything up. I want to be better at traditional art too. I recently bought some new pencils and a new sketchbook. They are very nice and it's exciting to use nice tools.
- I finished making a Nero sticker. The next sticker I make will be Ella on a croissant. Ella is a husky.
- In addition to art, I'll probably post about learning sewing/cosplay, learning Japanese and learning new things about programming.
- By the way, bearblog is very cool. Thank you to anyone who reads my post.