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Update: 10/25/2019): I wanted to make an update to what I've been doing as of late. A lot of things have been going on since the creation of this journal, but I don't want to talk about what happened irl that nearly made me have a reality explosion that scared me to my core....
Unrelated to that, as always I be on the right track only to go back to square one, but I did keep things in mind such as the stuff I mentioned about the art. It's just my health that has been on and off lately. And I know that sometimes that kind of thing shouldn't be forced or whatnot, but I just kind of feel stagnant I should say. Now, my depression is basically gone at this point. I know it won't ever truly be gone, but I'm not at that point anymore where I would.. you know..
Regardless, I suppose other parts of it resurfaced such as me feeling like my efforts to do things is constantly wasted upon. I would be totally ready for something, only to get it blown up in my face. This happened twice now irl and it pisses me off when it happens. I know in some cases my pessimism can pull me back from my potential, but sometimes I feel it's justified. Though aside from that, sometimes my memory gives out on me more than it should and I forget things much quicker which is just.... fucking dandy, but this is going into more personal territory but I suppose that didn't stop me before.
Tl;dr
I've been doing alright as of late, but have been feeling rather stagnant in my activity. My room is back to looking like a shitshow again, and I've just been really... meh as a result. There is also something else I wanted to talk about regarding Güneş that I should've informed you all about a while ago, but I just didn't. Here is the status update talking about it so this journal doesn't get eaten up in the process.
www.deviantart.com/siscocentra…As for the Crono picture I mentioned a long while ago below, I did make some good progress on it, I kind of just stopped doing it for a while since I was still not used to painting, but I tried my hardest to make it look decent.
I tried to do him in my style, which at this point is outdated. I'll also get to that in the Güneş status update as well. So yeah... that's all I wanted to talk about. I just didn't want to keep everyone in the dark about what I've been doing as of late. And I know I'm always like, "OH YEAH YOUR FEED IS GONNA BE SPAMMED BY MY PICTURES ASJKLHDJSALHDAJ", but I don't even believe myself at this point and it's always this boast that never comes true at all, so I apologize for that, when I'm enthusiastic again I really need to keep my mouth shut about certain things bc I clearly cannot draw fast enough for any of that to be true.
Sep 2, 2019, 7:50:21 AM
So... You're probably wondering why I'm making this journal
(you're probably not, but let's just assume that you are-)Recently I've been thinking about how to improve as an artist and I started to realize that..... it's time to let go of some of the things that I was prejudice about. What was I prejudice about?
Fan art.
Using 3D Models as References.
Using 3D Programs for Backgrounds.
Photobashing.
Body Study Art.
Literally everything that would've made my life so much easier...
But mostly fan art.
I know, sounds crazy and outright stupid, but for someone who is trying their hardest to get people to notice their original art and stories, I did nothing, but let myself become limited just because I was hating how everyone paid attention to my fan art rather than my original art. Sounds petty, I know.
For anyone who watched me for a long time, you know how I act because I reveal it through these journals and through serious art pieces with descriptions relating to me
(or a lack there of if you want to refer to that one disturbing picture I've made a while back). I do stupid shit all the time and complain about things that bother me personally. I would be at my lowest at times and it would often lead to matters that shouldn't have never happened to begin with.
But I learned from it.
People make mistakes all the time, it only matters once they start to learn from them and make a change.
"You made a mistake. Don't sulk about it. Instead grow and learn from it." This is the motto I go by now.
But this journal isn't me feeling depressed or angry or whatever the case may be. I'm just finally starting to open my fucking eyes and realize that.... inspiration comes from existing sources whenever it be from other artists or even just random shit you see in nature. With that being said, so what if someone draws Sonic or Zelda? Fan art is what fuels original stories to be as they are; inspired by what influenced the artist in the first place. It's only bad if that's the only thing the original art and story is: a knockoff of an existing IP.
I want to avoid that as much as possible with all of my stories while still enjoying my time drawing characters that have been a positive influence in my life. I just recently did a redesign of Fox McCloud from the Star Fox series for the hell of it, which you can find here:
Fox McCloud Redesign + Cornerian Race Concept -
twitter.com/ASiscolink/status/… And now I want to draw Chrono from Chrono Trigger because that game was such a fun and amazing ride to watch Chuggaconroy play. I started to accept all of this because of an artist by the name of Trent Kaniuga who did tons of artwork for all the games you know of such as Hearthstone, League of Legends, Diablo, and so...
SO much more. . . He's been an inspiration of mine for weeks now. He's a very experienced artist who is still growing stronger with his skills everyday and he has done nothing, but spread positive vibes and pretty straightforward advice for anyone who's struggling to be a concept artist and want to understand what it means to BE a concept artist.
I highly recommend watching him if you wanna learn some helpful tips and the like to improve your art skills! Or simply to just listen to a guy who's really chill and even has multiple original stories and games for you to check out! (He even has an artbook and comic for one of those stories called Twilight Monk! :3c)
Trent's Youtube -
www.youtube.com/user/novacolon…Trent's Twitter -
twitter.com/TrentKaniugaI am a self-imposed character designer, there is no doubting that. It's always been my passion to create character designs that are interesting and unlike any other, but that is wishful thinking and unrealistic. While I do have interesting ideas, there will always be another who has a similar idea or is even more interesting than mine and that's ok, shit happens, move on. All that matters is that I learned something from my efforts and it will improve as I continue to draw. I've learned a lot of things while watching Trent's videos and honestly..... he was right about a lot of things.. things that I have neglected or denied wanting to do. I was doing nothing but making it harder on myself and it's part of the many, MANY reasons I didn't want to do anything productive, let alone my depression being at the forefront for most of it.
So I wanted to just.... do whatever I can to improve on my art whenever it be from randomly drawing characters that have nothing to do with your favorite franchise. All that matters is that I'm having fun at the end of the day. And to those who watched me for ALL of my stuff, thank you so much for sticking around, I really appreciate it. I know I've been a handful at times, but I'm stronger now that I fought and exposed what would've killed me a long while ago.
But yeah onto the meaning of the title!
The "Change of Pace" is really me wanting to finally be confident enough to show my art going forward on all platforms I'm on. I'm not benefiting by not showing a damn thing to you all. So I'm going to stop doing that and show you all what I've learned over the course of this year, how much I've grown as an artist and as a person. I won't say I'll ever be able to reach a "peak" or that I'll never be like a certain artist that I look up to because that's unrealistic. Artists, no matter how god-like they may seem in their skills, never reach the end of their journey. It is an infinite climb to reach the highest possible skill level and it requires you to never give up.
EVER.
And I feel that some artists miss the point entirely when it comes to that. Just because you've reached a certain skill threshold doesn't mean you're suddenly at the end of your journey. You are far from done, each work from last year or 5 years prior would look embarrassing to your current self and skill level and that's ok, that means you have improved drastically over the past few years, you've
improved. And it's about time I learn that myself as well. So, from this day forward, this profile will be updating like mad with new stuff! I need to clean everything up in my gallery AND in my room so I finally can have a clear head for once...
If you made it this far of my wall of rambling text, thank you so much for reading and I hope you have a lovely day~!