The goal was simple; create 100 images on Gimp (because I'm too poor for Photoshop) without any attention to their awfulness. I would slap something down, number it and move on to the next. My favorite part of this project was allowing myself to fail. Usually, I have the artist's curse of super self-criticism. Giving myself permission to fail and learn in the process was a wonderful, stress relieving experience. I would encourage everyone (artists or not) to try it.
I thought it would be fun to post a few of the images so you can see my transition from "terrible" to "slightly less terrible". A sort of "best of the worst", if you will.
I still have a long, long way to go before I'm actually good with the tablet, but after 100 drawings, I believe I've shown good progress.
sincerely,
Beth
you call those terrible?! i think they are fantastic. i love how your clouds evolved and the tree in 22. congratulations on exploring a new medium, i think the initial effort shows much promise and i am sure that what comes next will be mind blowing :)
ReplyDeleteWell, there were some more terribler ones I made, but I decided to use artistic discretion and not show them. ;-) 22 is one of my favorites. I also love 64 and 65, they almost remind me of block prints. The clouds ones were interesting to draw. Realistic clouds are tricky because they're so airy; it's easy to over work them.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement, Lauren! ^_^ Hopefully, my digital stuff will get better and better over time.
I'm impressed by your progress!! so cool!!!! ^_^
ReplyDeleteThanks, Trufflehunter! ^_^
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