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They always seem to feature some reference to me being dead or not, don't they? Well, I'm here to report that I'm finally making some art again, though it is more casually and for the fun of it. Honestly, last time around I was pushing myself much too hard and asking myself to do more than I was able to. For now, I will merely be making art for the enjoyment of creating line, shape, and color. No requests, and no commissions. They're simply too much pressure for me at the moment.
As to why I've not been producing any art, other than for the before mentioned reason, I have been on an art break. I've been trying to live life carefree and clear my head of all that preconception by playing games, reading books, and watching movies. It's helped me to take a step back and realize what art is really about: Enjoyment. Sure, if you can make money with your craft, or give art gifts to your friends, that's great! But! That should never be your sole reason for making art. Those are goals. Goals are fine and all, but when it comes down to it, they're just endings. If all you do, when making art, is focus on the ending then you've made it into your "job". In a way, it's kind of like a story. Sure, stories have beginnings and endings, but without the journey the ending is nothing but a hollow fragment filled with names and faces you only half remember down the road. Stories, art, and even life are all about the journey. Why? Because that's where the excitement, fun, and originality happens! Success is truly bland because there are only so many ways to succeed, and because everyone defines themselves by their success. Sometimes life is better lived when you're making mistakes and learning things from them. Besides, those mistakes make success all the sweeter when you find it. I had just gotten so wrapped up in trying to make my art succeed, that I never realized that art is about the journey. It's the journey your pen makes across the page, the journey inside your heart and mind, and the journey you take from start to finish.
Even though I am making art again, I have no projects that I would like to announce, because I don't want any commitment right now. You may or may not see any art from me sometime soon, but it's all up in the air. Just don't forget I exist!
-StreamlinedPegasus (A.K.A. PegasusJones)
Dead, mostly.
It has been yet another month, and due in part to the extensive amount of time that would have required investing into the project, I decided to decline further involvement. It is a shame that it did not end in success and completed artwork, but I felt that it was appropriate to push back from the table and call it a day. The sheer enormity of the project was overwhelming, as it involved 11 character drawings, a complex background, a logo, and it would have involved edgeless coloring and shading.
This does not, however, mean that I am done making art. Hopefully I will be able to gain traction once again and start publishing art once more. It
Well, it's been a month!
It's been a month since my last journal entry, but I am still here to assure you: I'm not dead. Mostly. Just working on this huge deviation! ~DashOMGplz (https://www.deviantart.com/dashomgplz) I am so close to finishing this sketch, but the drawing has taken longer than I originally planned, and I have been running into challenges I did not anticipate. Things like Fluttershy's wings, (Which I've attempted to draw at a close to realism level) Nightmare Moon's armor, and some background elements have required a LOT more detail than I originally planned. As of now, I have at least the shell of almost everything drawn out, and I'm having to sketch in the complex details for the co
Still Not Dead!
Hello to everypony, I hope you're all having a wonderful time!
I know that I have not posted anything in a while, but I am writing this journal entry to assure you that I am not dead. For the past two weeks or so, I have been working on a commission that will be, without a doubt, the largest and most complex deviation I will have ever produced. I am nearing the end of the sketching phase, after which I will start the coloring and shading. Hopefully the coloring and shading will not take quite as long, for I will have a framework (The sketch) to work off of. I will be quite excited to see this deviation finally take shape and reach the highes
Okay, I Might Be Dead
Not literally, but gosh has it been a while since I've done anything constructive! I seem to be having massive troubles with my workflow and motivation. Ugh, leave it to me to neglect something I should be doing more of. I constantly find myself between a rock and a hard place when it comes to ideas and execution, and I wind up in an endless stall. It's sadly disheartening and infuriating when your own worst enemy is yourself, that I can tell you. I've just been slightly overshadowed by a terrible Physics class that I am having to take this semester at my college, among other things.
I've been working on a fanfic (Intermittently) involving P
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