Since the school year is just getting started and I'm a pretty goal oriented person, I thought I should set up some goals for my art for this year. This could be projects, techniques, or other things. Basically, they're just artistic things that I want to accomplish or try to accomplish over the year. So, here's my five main goals right now:
1. Create an animated short film. By short film, I'm not talking end-of-year college thesis film, but just a short animated piece that's maybe 10 seconds long, but has a clear beginning, middle, and end. Or, a longer film that's just sketched out roughly, but tells a story through animation. I just really want to get some practice at this and see if it's something I enjoy doing. This is going to take a lot of time and effort though. 2. Fill my current sketchbook. I started a new sketchbook towards the end of this summer, and I'm hoping that I can practice in it enough to finish it at least by the end of the school year. I'm not very far in this goal yet either, but I think it is definitely an achievable goal, and will force me to put in a lot of practice. 3. Experiment more with line and create smoother lines. I found recently that I really enjoy working with line variation, and I want to continue playing around with this throughout the year. Also, while this isn't as much of a problem in pencil, when I use pen or digital art forms, my lines get very wobbly. I want to practice drawing nicer, smoother lines. A lot of this will just come with practice and trying new things. 4. Move away from just drawing people. While I have started moving away from just drawing busts of people, I want to move away from people in general and broaden out into other subjects, like animals, bugs, and objects. Of course I know I will still draw people a lot since I want to go into character animation and still have a lot to learn about anatomy, but I want to be able to draw other things as well since people don't exist in a void. 5. Have more fun with art. My art turns out a lot better when I'm having fun, so even though this isn't an incredibly concrete goal, this is something that I really want to work towards. Art is something to learn, but making mistakes along the way is okay, and if I can be less anxious about mistakes, everything will turn out a lot better.
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