Wow!


Almost a month since I entered DA now!


Among the huge number of artists I've discovered, there is a bunch I completely fell in love with, namely:





These people's skills, lines, colors and style are just awesome.


Looking at professional work can sometimes be depressing.

But thinking that every professional has been a beginner first also gives you a fantastic will to try new things, new ways of expression, and it ends up making you improve a lot quicker than you thought you could.

Or at least it does for me.


Until a month ago, I was still what you could call a 'Monochrome Boy', whose universe was made of black and white.

In other words, when your pencil is your comfort zone, you get used to it so much that it becomes very hard to move to full coloring, or to draw with something else than a black line.

But by browsing other artists' galleries on DA, I discovered that this problem was actually shared by many artists.

However, at some point they knew they couldn't move on without pushing themselves to enter the color world, modify their works with PS or just try to do everything digitally.

So they just did.


And so did I now!


Thank you guys, you just open me up like a Coke can. *pop*


I would also like to share another thought that has been bothering me lately.


I would call it the 'Sketch Complex'.

It consists in thinking that the original sketch you did of your drawing always looks better than the finished work.

This point at which there was only pencil lines on your paper.

It was all dirty, rough, sketchy, but the possibilities were infinite.

It's like at this point, everything the drawing has to say has been said already, and the rest can be filled with the viewer's imagination.

At this point, the inspiration has been captured, but not imprisoned. It is not tamed yet! XD

You can still make it go anywhere, and that is up to you!

When you color your sketch and erase the pencil, it feels like there is only one way the drawing can take, and it is the one the artist decided to take. I think this lowers the art's value.

Maybe it's a weird thought, but I feel really concerned by it lately. How to preserve the original sketch feeling within the final work?

If anyone has an idea, please feel free to share it.


Also, Endling 's Tournament final round is happening on Sunday 9th! Don't miss it!

Though both finalists have done great, I have a crush on 's Climber.


Good luck for the final act dude!


Cheers everyone!