Carl #1
Carl Meh
Carl # 2
Carl AWESOME!
You can spend hours on art and in the end be completely unhappy with the finished piece.
This happens to every Artist at some point or another, and of coarse to varying degrees. I will suggest first off, DO NOT DELETE OR THROW AWAY THAT ART! not yelling ; )
In other words don't do what I do... I am impulsive and hit delete way too much, a habit I have NOT tried to break. So I guess I am ok with this part of who I am. Maybe, then be ok with deleting or getting rid of old work : ] I say move forward and have no regret. Um, disclosure, I do have some regret, but I get over it quickly. I digress...
So back to Carl - here is the original piece
I painted Carl about 2 or 3 years ago, I tend to move on quickly to other things and file stuff away only to find them years later... and when I came across this wonderful ape, he looked like a Carl, and I wanted to make a sticker out of him and that started my digital journey with Carl and Procreate on my iPad.
Here is the video to the first attempt
I do enjoy both mediums, meaning digital and traditional. However the advantage of digital is the ease of it, you can grab your tool/s ( only 2, iPad and art program - 4, if you add a drink and comfy seat)
I took a picture of Carl, imported it into my iPad and there I started to completely repaint Carl digitally.
You can see with both of the videos the ease of fixing mistakes and changing colors, this would be much more difficult with traditional tools.
Here is the re- do video
I had so much fun doing both pieces and I am in love with the finished Carl, I am ordering a sticker for my water bottle, ooh no, I need a new mouse pad! This is a tough call...
Anywho, I am still playing with digital tools, when I use traditional art tools like paints or pencils etc. and I make a mistake, I think " what a waste, I could have made this digitally and not wasted time or money." And there people is the best reason for me to continue digitally.
Although I will give you another very good reason I love digital art. I love the mobility of it, I work an 8 to 5 job with a commute, so not much down time. I take my tablet and a sketch pad to work and before I clock in I get an hour of sketching, drawing, painting or writing in. Either in the iPad or in a sketchbook or notebook. It is the only way I can get things done. If your like me, you understand how hard it is after a long day to apply yourself to your "side hustle" So for all you traditional Artists out there that are full time creatives and have carved out a nice niche for yourself, I salute you : ) Congratulations! I know you work hard. I hope to get there someday.
I digress again! Did I mention I have a hyper mind... sorry
I am discovering since I have to be at my job most of my day, I need to learn how to get things done on my cell phone, I have tried to create artwork in the sketchbook pro app on my cell phone, but the small screen is just not my friend and creates more stress than it is worth. But I am learning there are other platforms I do enjoy using on my cell phone. Like Google Docs for writing, another mobile digital tool.
I want to get back to my dream of being on the road, traveling and creating, and sharing. So for me continuing on my digital journey is a must. Practicing my drawing, painting, and sketching, making errors and redoing everything is just another way to improve my creativity and develop my style. Which I do not have and maybe never will? Having a hyper brain causes me to change and shift at the drop of a nano breeze. Truly this IS my brain. I embrace the challenge, bring it on.
There is no fail in creativity, that is why it is called " creativity" Like " one mans trash is another mans treasure" or " beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
So I encourage you to create, you do not have any digital art tools you say? that's ok, start with the ole pencil and paper, practice, practice, practice. Digital art is wonderful but I still yearn to get my fingers dirty in a thick glob of paint!
All though I hate waiting for things to dry....
The just of all this comes down to what you hear from every Artist and all people. Just do it, write, draw, sketch, paint, whatever your medium, just do it.
OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER AGAIN.
I've seen some Artists keep an ugly art journal, that sounds lovely! I have thought about doing this too. But my brain is not capable of following any consistency and I have many many sketch pads and journals with some filled pages and many empty pages, and they are in various drawers and shelves... so, I actually have several ugly journals everywhere.
This is me. You do you.
