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State of Mind Matters in Artby ~DanielAraya

Traditional Art / Drawings / Illustration / Conceptual

First, let me say that this is OLD ASS ARTWORK.

Back when I was in school, I was working on one of the many projects I never finished and I had to do a character design of Thor, who was a central character in my story.

The first time I tried to tackle that design, my head was just not in the right place. I wasn't feeling confident about how I was gonna approach this, I was feeling sick, I lost my car keys, I didn't own a car, my gf and I had broken up for the hundredth time, my dog ate my homework. Whatever. Regardless of the reason, my head was just not in the right place and I felt like I was struggling before I even put stylus to tablet. As a result, the piece of shit that is #1 came out.

About a week or two or three later, I tried again. This time, I was more going at it with the intention of just doodling and I wasn't putting any pressure on myself at all. I was just kinda messin around. Since I was so relaxed about it, I produced a significantly better piece.

So I guess I'm trying to say just relax when you're working on stuff. There's always another piece and you're constantly progressing, whether you know it or not.

But I haven't been able to really relax with my artwork since that one time. So really I'm full of shit.

Don't use drugs.

*gemmillw Jul 25, 2012

words to life by!

*gemmillw Jul 25, 2012

I mean live by, ARRRGGH! Curse you prematurely-posting-disease!!!!!!!

~SilverB-2814 Jun 16, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

That's great advice...I tend to I think, expect too much when I draw and end up getting obscenely frustrated and just not bothering at all. But you're definitely right about being in the right frame of mind.

~re45on Sep 7, 2011 Student General Artist

lol point takenXD

~eduardovieira Jul 30, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

It's always great to see how things can come really better when you are relaxed, huh? There's really no secret to get better and to produce great art, bigger than "take your time, relax, and really enjoy what you're doing". I always hear this, and I always forget this. Thanks for the remind, dude.

*gemmillw Jun 17, 2011

great write-up.
I found it very significant and inspiring.
Also loving your gallery
-cheers.

~DanielAraya Jun 17, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks!

~sKELLz-DA Apr 13, 2011

I find that when your just playing around and sketching you have more fun with your idead in your head and they can flow to paper alot more easier then trying to concoct this epic master piece of this character design that must be done within 15 minutes and has to look like the Next Hottest thing outta lava then all the pressure builds up and you really lose touch with what your doing and focus more hardships of the task.

*garyjsmith Jun 5, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

I like how furry his boots are

~NERFCOMMIE Jun 4, 2010

I find that sometimes I work better when I cover my hands in raw fish and just slap it around on the paper.

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