Open to Suggestions...
Journal Entry:
Fri Jul 3, 2009, 8:16 PM
You guys- I need your help. This may end up being a slightly long post, but PLEASE read it all AND COMMENT! (It's pointless unless you comment.) I know everyone is busy and stuff and you have your own life to lead, but I SERIOUSLY need help here! Just read real quick and comment- even if it's only 3 words! That's all I need!
Those of you who follow my artwork already know very well that I have been drawing life drawing and figure drawing and models and observational pieces like CRAZY lately. In fact, I have done little else. Well, I am getting some interesting help on all of that on a forum elsewhere and am working on improving all that, but lately I have been feeling very "lost".
I am finally beginning to draw the human figure the way I always wanted, but it's ALL I DRAW NOW! And while I am improving- the suggestions I am getting (and they range!- from the good stuff to the outRAGEOUS!- like... "using 'nice' paper as a 'CRUTCH'", I shit you not!) are causing me some internal issues... The latest comment was something along the lines of: my stuff is not "experimental" enough for CalArts... As an artist, this is somewhat traumatizing... So I talked to an artist I respect (though sometimes I question why that is...) and he prompted me into an internal discussion of what my personal style is and what it is I can bring to CalArts... He also mentioned that he can't give me a good analysis of my work because all he's SEEN is the life drawing stuff. And I realized as I flipped through my gallery here to try to show him something NOT life drawing, and the thing is... there isn't MUCH! He challenged me to try drawing NON-observational stuff.
When I was in high school, this would not have been a problem... I had WILD dreams and ideas, etc. But that was TEN YEARS AGO! (yeah, don't do that math for me!) I fear that the "creative" side of me has died... So, in an attempt to revive that bitch, I want help. I want suggestions of different styles to try (expressionism, minimalism, etc.- ANYTHING but realistic!), objects to draw, genres, artists! (who's your favorite artist & why do you like their work?), themes, places- whatever! Throw something my way!
By the way- for the time being- "anime" is NOT a style... I am not showing anime to CalArts. I want UNIQUE suggestions. And here's what I will do- I will draw TWO drawings of each suggestion. I will post them all here for easy reference- now all I need are the suggestions to start piling in. PLEASE give me something! Here's a little starter kit- run from here:
Tim Burton?
Chris Sanders (look him up if you aren't familiar with the name- he's here on DA)
monsters, aliens, faeries?
Steampunk?
PLEASE you guys? This means a lot to me. I have to find my voice.
Suggestions:
- add strange element (ex: hands with teeth)
- draw in reverse on black paper with white pencil or paint
- cut-outs
- without picking up pencil/ one line drawing
- surreal
- monsters
- "cartoony"
- poem/short story in one picture
- Caricatures
- Ben Templesmith
- Futurism *
- blocks of color, then outline *
- left handed drawing
- familiar character in different style *
- H.R. Geiger or Dali
- woodcuts
- ink blotches *
- Sci-fi
- Fantasy
- American-style Illustration
- costumes sets and story for Cirque performance theme in Alice in Wonderland, or the epic of the Monkey King *
- Mary Blair
- Rolito
- Tara McPherson
- Marcos Chin
- Martis Hsu
- Chris Appelhans
- Scott C
- Aya Takano
- nakamura yusuke
- black paper & colored pencils
- graffiti (Banksy * and Asain-style)
- Sofie Wikström
- Ian McConville
- Yuko Ota
- Da Vinci
- Steampunk *
- combine animals
- combine humans with animals
- Brom
- Mood:
Enjoying The Show - Listening to: some music at Bennu Coffee
- Eating: ice from my chai
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I looked at your gallery and envied you having so many models to work from.
I my self could despairately benefit from such a luxury. My knowlege of anatomy is good, but not fully realistic in its softness and subtleties.
Your gallery struck me Very much as a drawing majore for it.
Cannot wait to see your work in animation if you can bring some realism too it one day that others and thier cutsie figures sorely lack.
Hugz. - G.
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The Flame that burns half as long, burns Twice as Bright.
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For the Prophecy said that one day, rubber devil duckies would rule the Earth...
Custom Harry Potter journals for SALE- [link]
And I am living off old royalties, and occasional commissions. this is totaled to roughly 1000.oo a MONTH! Gasp.
Thats right, I am for the time being the very definition of the poor starving artist.
Maybe Ill just do My nude model drawings from Yours. hahaha.
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