So as you may have noticed if you've visited this site more than once, it's changed a lot lately, from the navigation to the color scheme to the art that's on it. Well, that all goes into my feelings of inadequacy with my page, mostly due to my feeling inadequate in art. While ECGC was a fantastic experience, it has also left me feeling like I should be doing more. While I would love to put all of my energy into making brand new awesome work, I just don't have the time right now. Overall, this post will focus on my plans to fix that, and where those feelings come from.
The design of this webpage has changed a lot. My first attempt at changing the color scheme was a terrible failure as the color palate was okay for somethings, but this webpage was not one of those things. I've tried to remedy that with this color palate, and aside from the blog banner right now, I'm pretty happy with it. I also rearranged my portfolio. I felt that the page was getting crowded and I wanted to further categorize it so that I could show a slightly larger range in my work without all of the very best stuff being hidden. I'm happy with it so far, but it may be a bit tedious as I add more art, so we'll see. Just a few weeks ago I was making a lot of art, art that I was happy with and proud of. However, very little of that has made it to my portfolio, and that's because a lot of it was fan art. There's nothing inherently wrong with fan art, but I feel as though a lot of it would undermine the more professional (or trying to be) nature of this page. I think with the new page format though I will be able to publish more of that, but I think I would like to get some input from my teacher before I do so. Overall though lately I have been very tired and busy with exams coming up. I have a lot of ideas in my head, but neither the time or energy to currently bring them to life. I do have one big project in the works that I'm excited for, but that is going to take me a while and I likely won't finish it until summer. I don't mean to bash on my technology again as I've done in another blog post, but when drawing with a mouse, or using a computer that takes forever to render your animation, it can add to the frustration of not feeling good enough. When I can barely draw smooth lines no matter what I do, it is a little frustrating, and I can't tell you how many times I've had to wait for an awful amount of time before I can even tell if my camera is in a good position to render a shot. Overall, I want (after exams at least) to make more time for making artwork based on original concepts. I think having a schedule over the summer and working on a large project or two would be really good for me. I can probably overcome some of my technical hindrances with more practice and time, so putting in the time will probably pay off, though I may look into buying a tablet. I really just want to have some good quality work to show here, because I know I am capable of doing good work, and I do have some good work, but I want a higher quantity of quality work.
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