Sometimes we need to give into to our nature to seek out the new – it might lead to something even better than before.
Category: Making
New materials probably won’t do it
It’s so easy to get sucked in to the possibility of new art supplies without thinking about what they’re for in the first place.
In solitude, In company
How much isolation does an artist need? And, in it’s pursuit, do we lose something important with a lack of novelty in our lives?
Known unknowns
Knowing that there are things you don’t know means we can design a learning curve that is both interesting and well-paced.
Making authentic marks
To find your own identity amongst the cacophony of expectations of others might be the point of it all.
Containing infinity
Is my long struggle with digital art because there are just too many options? Do constraints unlock expression rather than contain it?
Sprinting to the finish
What would happen if the tortoise and the hare tried to help each other rather than beat each other?
How does everyone else work so fast?
There’s a difference between performance, and practice. But in our social media driven world, the lines are blurring, and nothing infuriates me quite as much as all those artists out there who are doing ‘quick sketches’ that aren’t sketches at all. This is thumbnail sheet of what I call ‘quick sketches’: And, if you search… Continue reading How does everyone else work so fast?
The law of diminishing returns
Do we really need to do 99 versions of the same illlustration to get to one we’re happy with? Probably not.
Stepping away
Although it may not feel like it, taking a break and stepping back from the work is always useful in re-thinking it.