AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’msoinloverightnow 

lavisant:

hbreckel:

artist-confessions:

I do think classes help, and that some people do have more talent for grasping things quicker than others, but I still believe most credit should go towards the hard work that people do - and not the methods they learn through.

I do think there is at least some talent involved, at least initially, to become an artist. I was able to draw ever since I was a kid, just obviously it took a lot of hard work and practice to get better at it, but the ability to do it was there.

I started drawing when I was four, and yes, perhaps there is a bit of inheritance involved what with my father being an artist, but environment played a big role. However, the amount of time and passion I’ve put into my artwork my whole life is the most contributing factor. I really believe it is about how one uses their brain: right vs. left. There are lots of ways to strengthen one’s ability to use the right side of their brain, and this is where such an ability manifests. Shit, I should really be doing those exercises myself. XD

But yes, this has always been a pet-peeve of mine. I’m always beyond flattered when someone likes my artwork, but to compare oneself to me, especially from someone who never even draws, just makes it seem like they want me to feel bad about what I’ve done or something… I dunno.

Practice and education, whether self-taught or in a classroom setting, has the utmost to do with with whether one has the ability to draw or not. I’ve met a lot of great artists who started out barely better than a five year old, but they applied themselves and the powers of observation and technique to improve. I remember the first thing I ever drew. I was about four years old. Maybe five. But it was a circle with a smiley face and sticks coming out of it for arms and legs. It looked like something a four year old would draw. Just the act of creating the image, I think, was where the real difference took place - I became infatuated with the idea of creating an image from out of my own head. The passion for it came at a very young age, and I just kept going with it from there.

I hate hearing people tell me all about how they can’t draw when they look at anything I’ve drawn. It’s idiotic. I’ve put years of practice and education and observation into what I do. To whine about having no talent insults all that work I’ve pushed myself through.

erikaeriksone:

Joseph Campbell’s monomyth expressed in a diagram. 

You actually see this is far more ways than just how it seems literally.
A “Hero’s Journey” can happen without the hero ever really going that far from home. The journey can represent a state of mind as well.
Anyway, I love Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell. I remember when I was twenty and reading this stuff in college, I was still quite arrogant and obsessed with the idea that I had to create a story that was totally original and had never been told before.
Then I learned that was impossible. All stories have been told in some form or another, over and over again, and this has been going on for all the centuries that involve human civilization.
It’s not a bad thing. Actually, once you understand the formula and the archetypes, this can be used to the extensive benefit of a story teller. This taps into the collective subconscious human reaction to myth and metaphor. This is what everyone is looking for in a good story without even knowing it.
I’d love to go on about this more right now but I’m tired. :) 

(Source: fallingfortheendless)

kageshinzo:

…sooner or later, we all meet her.

bluenighttiger:

I’ll… I’ll finish you tomorrow, or Sunday, one of the two Fulton, I promise. I just, have to go to bed and cannot right now I’m sorry ;_; I swear this’ll look at least a little better when I clean it up… hopefully.

Btw the fellow I am TRYING to draw belongs to miss Azi, who you should really go check out, like, right now.

I really don’t care, finished or not, he’s adooooooooooorable!!!!

(Source: leben-ist-wirr)

moloha:

Niagara Falls <3