What is your strength/weakness in whatever art it is you create?

[yoko*]

or in other words, what do you enjoy doing, what would you like to improve upon?

For example, I have many ideas in my head that I would like for a painting, but I don't think I have the right skills to project my ideas onto a canvas. (to get it to look the way I want it to) I've began small projects to teach myself more precision...

Most of the drawings I have created in the past were just for projects, so it's a little different now that I'm beginning to look into art more seriously this year..

Any one who can draw things in precision are inspirational to me, or else have a good grasp of shading... I'm still a little sketchy in that area, because up till now most of my drawings have been free thought, (abstract, surreal?) without considering any realistic effects... I play around with shading sometimes, but who knows if it makes sense or not....

technique is my weakness, and I want to improve upon that... I think Grid work, will help me quite a bit, and Ink art is neat because I can't use my fingers to make a shading effect, so it makes it much harder, and helps me become more precise.. ;)

yourselves?

[stabmyhead]

i do anime-ish and weird lil creature fetus artwork, i would say i spend too much of my time with the pencil and ink and not enough with color...

i wish i could do realistic artwork, oh welll. i have nothing to do all day...

would like to work with paints more.

weakness: i cant draw that well.. if thats good enough answer for ya nor can i finish my comic..

[Breezy]

ummm.... weaknesses? I could go on forever!!!! ..
one thing I know for sure is I SUCK at watercolour painting.. dun like that waterish effect... blah... and I use pencil/ink too much!... don't use colours enough (like stabby).. I think I draw too much from observation, not enough from memory/imagination (free-thought included)
and my strengths I guess I have a few, haven't really pinpointed them yet but my art teacher seems to think they're there! lol... I guess I can draw still life stuff pretty well, and the technical stuff (perspective, contrast, compostition, line, shading, etc...) I have a pretty good base in... meh? at least I hope I do! lol

Yoko~ I know your really good at the free thought drawings, and you seem pretty damn good at the realistic type as well!.. but u say the technical u needa improve?.. I think that'll jus come with a bitta practice since it's obvious you already have the skills necessary to do it! *keep it up* ;)

~breezy

[bebu*funfun]

i am soooo frustrated in getting ideas to draw this week.. for sure a big block right now. i wanna just go for a bus ride and draw what i see... how do u all get ideas?! its been frustrating me BIG TIME

[Breezy]

Originally posted by yoko*
Thanks bryanne for the encouragement. ~ I'm still working on it :)

capturing things the way they are... to me, feels like separating the black from the white, in a puddle of gray. so I'm always amazed when people, like you for example, can draw things exactly the way they are.

i really do lack some of the "technical" skills, it's hard to tell from just the two artworks I've put up, but I have to try REALLY REALLY hard to get it close to being right. It's weird because I think it looks okay while I'm doing it, but when I leave it for a week and go back to it I start to notice how flawed it is. I'm a perfectionist btw;)

to me, free-thought is basically what it says. "free-thought". no thinking.. just doing your thing, unplanned. and I find it calming. I think technical and abstract together makes a wonderful piece. though.. ; ) It's like playing the piano. Eventually you forget about the technical, but you're still playing... that's why I love it :)

I enjoy "free-thought" but I don't want to limit myself to a certain type of art, just because I couldn't do something else. ;)

hehe.. I'm such a perfectionist as well!... normally when I finish a piece that I think I'm pleased with I'll put it away and try not to look at it or else I'll keep finding flaws and I'll never complete it!!!... I'm gettin better at that tho, accepting the little flaws (sometimes they add character to the piece :) ).. I used to take FOREVER before I finished a drawing because each line had to be PERFECT!.. aha.. being a perfectionist can be a pain!

I find it a lot harder to make a "free-thought" type drawing than a more realistic kind.. Because I can compare it to what I see.. I wish I could be able to jus put my pen to the paper and come up with something beautiful like u can!.. I jus love ur style (from the three pics at least) :p.. when I try I usually have to start with something realistic and then from there add some more abstact thingies in it~ I guess we all have our own styles that work for us :p

Originally posted by BeBu*FunFun
i am soooo frustrated in getting ideas to draw this week.. for sure a big block right now. i wanna just go for a bus ride and draw what i see... how do u all get ideas?! its been frustrating me BIG TIME

like yoko said, u should jus start doodling on paper and see what you come up with!.. Or go for a walk/bus ride whatever with u sketchbook and draw anything that inspires u.. sometimes I think of a emotion or "theme" I wanna portray and then think of ways to show that in a drawing... iono!.. try to find something that inspires u.. that's the best way to get over a (artist's?) block!

I'm having the opposite problem as u where I have TOO MANY ideas for my sketchbook project! I can't possible do them all :(... lol.. ah well :p

~breezy

[jade]

weaknesses, i can't draw people and most animals very well at all. i can never get the proportions right so i'm never happy with that. i'm not too good with paints either, i used to paint quite a bit but then i stopped, didn't have the right environment and setup, and when i tried to do it again i was so out of practice! i think painting is one of those things you have to keep doing and keep practicing and experimenting with otherwise your technique goes downhill (at least that's how it is with me anyways).
i like working with pens, mostly fine tipped ones, i usually just sit down and start doodling. which reminds me i should go get a new pen to draw with....
i haven't been feeling too creative lately though.

[jade]

ever used those gel pens? i love them! i discovered them a few years ago, sometimes i like using the metallic ones on black paper. sometimes it's nice to have a black background but i never liked having to colour the whole background in.