oy, monday

It's been a hard week. So I think I lied when I said my art block had ended.  I haven't been able to draw anything lately.  Coloring is different, it's so much easier to slap on some color and shade a drawing especially digitally. That's why I thought my art block had ended, I colored some pictures all pretty like, but I haven't actually drawn anything new for awhile. Being an artist is hard sometimes.

Well here's a pic in progress of Baby Banjo Rat, he's trying so hard to learn how to play the banjo, he can't be bothered with his silly siblings. No need to run around when there's a banjo to play! I dunno, I wanted him to be all focused on the banjo, but I think with the other characters in the background it draws too much attention away from the main character. Composition has always been the hardest thing for me to get right.

Opinions on this would be greatly appreciated.'

And here we have something I don't normally do, a sketch that I did entirely digitally. I always scan in my doodles and then trace the lines and color that way, but sometimes I do a very very rough digital sketch and keep refining it until it looks decent. 

I'm excited about this image, I imagine it looking  so pretty, with a pale orangey sunset and the wind blowing in the deckhand's hair. The imagery wasn't even mine though. A friend of mine told me about it and this is just what popped into my head.  I hope it turns out the way it looks in my mind. 

The thing about art block is that I can draw pretty much anything. I drew this fantastic lady that looked really realistic ( wont post it here since there's nudity and I dunno if that's okay)  I was so happy with it form a technical stand point, but it was just an exact copy of a photo.  There was no creativity that went into that drawing. That kinda concerns me honestly, I can churn out decent art but it will have no feeling and life to it. That's the main reason I do art, for the expressive qualities. If I can create "art" without putting any thought into it, how is it different from a menial desk job? I don't know if I'm making any sense, but I am having concerns about this. Oy...I think I should just go drink some tea and chill out. Stop trying so hard. Except...I'm an art major, I can't just take a creative hiatus. Tricky, tricky business indeed.