See below posts by the artist on the creative process! Approximately one post will be made every week.
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Comparisons
It’s very easy to compare yourself in art to others. It’s even easier when others bring up the fact that they know such and such artist and how good they are. How do you respond in the face of such commentary? Rather than falling into the “depths of despair” (as Anne of Green Gables would…
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Go for Gouache
I signed up for a 5 week OCAD course starting at the end of May and am very excited about it. There is a materials list and one of them required gouache paint, which is something I’ve heard in tutorials from time to time but never tried using. I tried using it on a recent…
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Making Videos
Have been in search of a good video editor for vertical videos. I liked how Quik made a video automatically which was helpful to reduce the time it takes for me to cut out pieces of time lapses. However, the text editing on it isn’t that great. InShot does have the right capabilities but I…
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Planning
Lately I have been discovering that making small black and white sketches in marker before the sketch actually helps the final sketch. It’s actually super fun to do and I learn a lot from the process. Things like the composition come up and I realize where the tricky parts are for perspective. I also get…
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Artistic voice
From a book Finding your Artistic Voice, there was a concept of doing what is uniquely yours and diving head deep into it. I’ve also heard of the concept (originally from Youtube videos by Struthless) from like making the same thing 100x over, and eventually you’ll get to what you actually want to create. My…
