Is art for everyone?
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I have been a member on Deviantart since 2004. I have had an interest in art and in drawing ever since.. hmm.. I'd say.. the fifth grade. It started off with cute little bunny things and funky-looking hedgehogs. It went to dragons, and then to chibi/anime and continued to grow until it finally reached what it is today.
I used to be very self-conscious of my art. (Even moreso around people who could actually draw fairly well.. i.e. Ren). I never used to like showing my drawings to people.
I was pretty sheltered from the other kids at school. They didn't know much about me, and I didn't really feel too connected with them. If they were interested in my drawings, or wanted me to draw something for them, I would feel a lot of pressure. Like they were judging me based on my pictures.
Plus, my drawings were my little escape. My own little world. And for someone else to see that.. and judge it.. well.. the idea just made my heart sink. I didn't want to be rejected.
I often thought about giving up drawing. I asked my teacher, once, if I should. That was also in the fifth grade (lolz. I was such a serious kid). And she told me that, if I enjoyed it and it was my thing, to stick with it.
I often became frustrated with my style. It was too chibi for me. It was flat; it had no perspective. It was too happy and it wasn't deep. It bothered me back then and it still irks me.
It is still flat, I cannot draw in perspective, and I often have trouble drawing more than one character in one picture. (One's head is often much larger than the others' :D)
But this is not a rant about my style. This is about other people.
A friend of mine on DA, often has those same feelings about his drawings. Like me, he is probably not patient with his work (I cannot stand the idea of working on a picture in photoshop for 6+ hours). Like me, he probably feels judged, personally, when his works are. He doesn't know if he should continue with drawing.
And I want him to know that.. he should.
Art is about style- your own style. Everyone has a different one. Everyone has something fresh and new to contribute to the world of art.
Art, no matter how simple, can have a message. Our own styles embody our own selves. We might not have the style we want. At this moment, we may not have full mastery of our own styles.. But our art, our style, is always improving.
It can only get better from here.
Art is not about being the best. There is no best. The best artists are the ones that stick with their style strengths and work out their kinks. The best artists are masters of their own styles.
Not everyone will be a Da Vinci. Maybe not everyone wants to be. I would love to be able to draw humans. To draw realistically. To draw things in-perspective. At this moment, I cannot. But I can work on it.
Art is quirky and it is subjective. Art is beautiful and magical.
Art is for everyone. No matter how simple, how deep, how chibi, how mastered, or how realistic. Embrace it.
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I will go look for old pictures of my style. I will get a timeline of my art and show how my style has (and hasn't) changed. I will post the pictures somewhere. And I will make it available here. My scanner takes a while, though. So it won't be up for some time. But it will be here. I will show you.
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I have been a member on Deviantart since 2004. I have had an interest in art and in drawing ever since.. hmm.. I'd say.. the fifth grade. It started off with cute little bunny things and funky-looking hedgehogs. It went to dragons, and then to chibi/anime and continued to grow until it finally reached what it is today.
I used to be very self-conscious of my art. (Even moreso around people who could actually draw fairly well.. i.e. Ren). I never used to like showing my drawings to people.
I was pretty sheltered from the other kids at school. They didn't know much about me, and I didn't really feel too connected with them. If they were interested in my drawings, or wanted me to draw something for them, I would feel a lot of pressure. Like they were judging me based on my pictures.
Plus, my drawings were my little escape. My own little world. And for someone else to see that.. and judge it.. well.. the idea just made my heart sink. I didn't want to be rejected.
I often thought about giving up drawing. I asked my teacher, once, if I should. That was also in the fifth grade (lolz. I was such a serious kid). And she told me that, if I enjoyed it and it was my thing, to stick with it.
I often became frustrated with my style. It was too chibi for me. It was flat; it had no perspective. It was too happy and it wasn't deep. It bothered me back then and it still irks me.
It is still flat, I cannot draw in perspective, and I often have trouble drawing more than one character in one picture. (One's head is often much larger than the others' :D)
But this is not a rant about my style. This is about other people.
A friend of mine on DA, often has those same feelings about his drawings. Like me, he is probably not patient with his work (I cannot stand the idea of working on a picture in photoshop for 6+ hours). Like me, he probably feels judged, personally, when his works are. He doesn't know if he should continue with drawing.
And I want him to know that.. he should.
Art is about style- your own style. Everyone has a different one. Everyone has something fresh and new to contribute to the world of art.
Art, no matter how simple, can have a message. Our own styles embody our own selves. We might not have the style we want. At this moment, we may not have full mastery of our own styles.. But our art, our style, is always improving.
It can only get better from here.
Art is not about being the best. There is no best. The best artists are the ones that stick with their style strengths and work out their kinks. The best artists are masters of their own styles.
Not everyone will be a Da Vinci. Maybe not everyone wants to be. I would love to be able to draw humans. To draw realistically. To draw things in-perspective. At this moment, I cannot. But I can work on it.
Art is quirky and it is subjective. Art is beautiful and magical.
Art is for everyone. No matter how simple, how deep, how chibi, how mastered, or how realistic. Embrace it.
[No spell checkz.]
--
I will go look for old pictures of my style. I will get a timeline of my art and show how my style has (and hasn't) changed. I will post the pictures somewhere. And I will make it available here. My scanner takes a while, though. So it won't be up for some time. But it will be here. I will show you.
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