This post (along with other posts found in the category Unprompted) isn't responding to a blog prompt, and is just my thoughts on something I felt like writing about. This reflection is going to be about my digital art in general, not just in class, and my frustration with it. As the title suggests, I do not have a drawing tablet, and thus have to do all digital drawing with a mouse, so keep that in mind as I continue. However, I can not blame all of my frustrations on this, some of it is just lack of practice and technique.
A lot of my frustration in my digital art comes from comparing myself to others. My lines look more wobbly than the average artist, and without pen pressure, my lines often also feel less interesting to me. My art can sometimes feel blocky and messy because of this. I've tried using many different tools and many different programs in desperate attempts to make my lines look cleaner, and while I have made some progress, I wouldn't say that I'm incredibly happy with the result yet. It doesn't help that I also often have to resize things and the program that I use creates a few off-color pixels around the lines that I make, making coloring harder. All of this can probably be fixed through practice and proficiency in the different tools in the program I've been using, so I will continue to work at this. One thing I do like in my art is my shading, but I realized that my lighting (highlights, different light sources, etc.) isn't that great. I have been working at this however, and getting noticeable results. It still isn't great, but I am improving and eventually I can get there. I think lighting is much easier to do in digital art though, so I need to also work on it with traditional art. Practice is helping, and I'm glad it's helping enough that I can see it, so that I know it's working and won't give up as easily on it. This post may be a little pessimistic, but it was also therapeutic to write about my doubts in my own art work, as well as to look at some of the reasons why, and things that I'm doing or can do that actually help. Overall, I actually am very happy with my art, I just also want it to improve, and recognize that these are some problems with it. I'm hoping that I'll have more time to practice soon so that I can address these problems.
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