I'm an independent illustrator and artist. Here is the archive of my Weekly Wednesday Newsletters starting in September 2022
BWN: Art Critiques and Thumbnails
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 127[GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going OnArt HelpI was trying to post outreach for mudboard...and then I just started giving art feedback to people LOL. Am I just turning into an art teacher.... Someone asked "how do I draw this reference." It was such a bad question but I still took the bait lol: MudboardI built a purpose statement. For the time being: Mudboard's goal is to help illustrators gather and reference visual inspiration without breaking their creative momentum. Also made a roadmap. There's a lot of decisions to be made and it's been pretty overwhelming (especially on just 1 person). It's also in domains that I haven't been tested in yet (so this itself is the test lol) Eh...we'll see. Anyways, I am VERY happy with how the thumbnails turned out. It's so dumb how difficult it is to do.....so I have a deep appreciation for those that create it. Also pretty happy with how the color picker turned out What I've been thinking aboutI’m struggling a lot with self doubt; whether I’m on the “right path” with Mudboard. It’s not that the tasks itself are too difficult. Rather it’s the doubt and fear that all I’m doing is for vain. It’s something I’ve experienced before when I was writing my own comic. I quit halfway in. Yet immediately after that I did a longer comic for someone else. So obviously the difficulty of the work itself wasn’t the issue. I think when you try and work for someone else, even when you fail, it’s not on you. You’re not really invested. You get some money and have good stuff to say in your portfolio then move on It’s not really you. But when "I made this because I felt like it should exist". Then its honestly and purity is also it’s weakness. Any criticism is no longer aimed at a dummy “over there”. So there’s nothing to hide behind. Any risk that you accrue is now solely on you. So the question is simply: Is what I have to say or create worth the pain of real failure? And I don't know the answer to that. But I also don't have any other options than to move forward Thank you!Next Newsletter on July 9th! Shop | Previous posts | Main website |
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I'm an independent illustrator and artist. Here is the archive of my Weekly Wednesday Newsletters starting in September 2022
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 131 [GREETING GOES HERE] I ate watermelon for breakfast yesterday What's Going On Back Rope I wrote this fun article on the story of rope and how rope works (there's a cute poem in there too) I thought it would be fun to write, and I needed a mental break. Anyways, here's some of the drawings: Puzzle Game I'm working with someone and we wanted to build a game, so we built it... I suck at it tho lollllll Ref Searcher Last time I said idk if Mudboard would...
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 130 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On Random Drawings study of someone else here here No idea what I was trying to do here: Maybe I'll do some landscapes some day Other stuff I've been trying to talk to more people. That's been nice. What I've been thinking about I'm not sure Mudboard will work out. I don't have many users and the interest is not strong. I'll give it one or two weeks or so more push, but it might not be wise to continue.... That really...
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 129 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On I didn't draw anything so I'm just gonna talk about Mudboard Mudboard It's been about 3 months and I think things have evolved. I wrote a lil article about why Mudboard should exist. So remember how I have this grid format with like a "mirror mode." It was cool, but I realized it didn't too anything too unique. random images Next thing I tried, I built a way to reuse the references (the right panel) I think it's...