We all love fennecs. Right?
I’M NOT DEAD
just been busy with those exams. man. couldn’t get any sleep for days. but now they’re gone! so I can get back to my usual work. I’ve got stuff that’s on hold since a few months now - both for me and for other people. lots of stuff. you’ll see soon.
ANYWAY, SCANS?
This and the following two were made for that techniques exam. They are actually renditions of photos found on the web, so if you search hard enough you should be able to find the references. In any case, fennecs are the most adorable animals ever. Who could hate a fennec?
mantissss
her shadow was fun to draw
A random mask. Mostly for the shadows.
I think they turned out well. At least, the teacher seemed very pleased. He was all omg these are so great yet you’re so young, and you’re even mostly self-taught, you’ve got a bright future ahead…quite an ego boost. See, there are some times in which I don’t know if I can really make a living out of my artwork or I’m just a waste of time and money. Harsh, I know, but sometimes looking at the works of other people I get the impression my work is…not bad, but not good enough either, or at least not as good as theirs. Then sometimes I have to deal with the occasional flamer/hater/whatever, and even though I don’t care about what they say I cannot help but think that there’s people out there who hate me with passion.
What I wanted to say is that I’m happy to receive unexpected appraise, ok? This got a bit off track.
I have no idea, the second before I was working on the exam, the second after I was painting this. You and your magical tricks.
As a side note, this is also incredibly tiny. Smaller than a finger. What’s with me and small-sized drawings?
I don’t feel like writing about those projects now, though. I still have to leave the ideas bubble a bit before writing them down. But you’re all used to it, isn’t it? I mean, to me never being coherent. :B
Morbid, morbid, those are all morbid >:D.
dot, October 4, 2009 - 11:16 am
you have a paraphilia for fennecs
dubiousdisc, October 4, 2009 - 11:49 am
YAY
I finally came back xDDD
Actually, I have some more spare time these days, but I often get caught in my projects and forget about the rest - Angeltower too. Shame on me.
Anyway, great works. Your self-teaching has sped up at least ten times as much since when you’ve started going to the university. So, please keep on relying on yourself, believe in your abilities and forget about the trolls who hate you. Plenty of people only know how to hate, that’s just how it is - don’t get bothered by them, and find your strength in people who love you!
[troll mode]
I cans spam yez?
http://heavenriver.deviantart.com/
[/troll mode]
I finally installed GIMP this week and I’m figuring out how to make it work nicely. Alas, when you feel down, you’re free to look at my own works and make a comparison. I bet you’ll get better in the blink of an eye xD
Cya folks, hope my little five seconds (and two cents) didn’t bother anyone :P
Bye bye!
Ellemme, October 4, 2009 - 3:24 pm
well now it’s not really self-teaching anymore 8D
See, the point is not really in what they say, what disturbs me is that they exist in the first place. I’m not even that popular and I’ve got people who hate me. It makes you think.
good to see you’re still alive though :D
and no don’t talk about your work like that. don’t forget that my work IS heavily influenced by yours.
dubiousdisc, October 5, 2009 - 2:13 pm
Hahaha, you’re not popular? Well, I guess it bothers you because you’re trying to get a job out of your art, so I can understand you. But nevermind those folks, since it’s not the trolls who’ll pay you for your works. :P
Also, unpopular people are hated a lot more often than popular people. You’re not the only one, trust me xD A lot of boring and useless things do exist, but then should we have a massive bloodshed just to get rid of them? The sea would be painted red, and space views of the Earth wouldn’t be pretty anymore. AWWWWWT :’(
Yup, I’m alive, I just keep living in the shadows. I’ll take a step towards the sunlight sooner or later, I hope. xDDD
°w° Actually, it’s MY work which is heavily influenced by yours. So in the end, did we influence each other? I guess so. But your art still looks a lot better than mine - I’m not saying so because I despise what I draw, I just appreciate what you draw more :D
Ellemme, October 5, 2009 - 6:05 pm
The problem is that I will soon have to market my very person as a creative individual working in multiple areas. In this case, having to deal with trolls means that there’s someone out there trying to destroy not only my work, but my whole person, since I am everything I do. This rings a bell to me; it means that there’s something I’m doing wrong. I currently think that any criticism is but the starting point of a much greater process, and here I’m not just talking about the friend who supports you by pointing out your mistakes and suggesting you what to do next, I’m also talking about people who come across as nasty and only want to destroy you. One can leave it at that and brush it off with a “well, they’re trolls”, but he/she wouldn’t be considering that trolls are not spawns of Satan himself, they’re persons who laugh when they’re told a funny story and cry when they stub their toes. I can do better than that, right? If I have to market myself, I must work on myself and find out what’s wrong.
I suspect the problem lies in the difference between my “real life” and Internet personas. I wouldn’t think of myself as bold and over-the-top, but maybe someone who only knows me through the Internet would think I am and find me irritating for that. They have no idea that I’m actually shy to the point of having a social phobia. I cannot expect people to guess who I am, so I have to work on both my personas so they become the same. This way I wouldn’t risk for my online persona to come off as “inflated”, and people who know me from real life wouldn’t think I’m insecure. This is mostly a reminder for myself, but explains that problem pretty well if you think about it.
I’d say that the popular harvest a lot more strong feelings than the unpopular for a purely mathematical reason, but that may be just me oversimplifying it. But hey, if the sea was red…not because of blood, I mean, but if it was red by itself…I may even like it. :o
Maybe we influenced each other, but I don’t think your art is any better or worse than mine. If you’re talking about your technique, I agree in that it needs to be polished; however, you have nice ideas and I especially love the way in which your linearts look like a continuous flow. Your style is so personal it couldn’t be mistaken with anyone else’s, which is a very good thing.
BLAH BLAH I CANT’ SHUT UP
dubiousdisc, October 6, 2009 - 5:35 pm