2023-08-21🌱
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3 months since last update...
Very overwhelmed lately. Couldn't enjoy the process of drawing at all.
Andddd I failed some of my goals for 2023.
That was embarrassing. It's a cycle alternating between highly productive and procrastination. It's reassuring that it wasn't too long this time.
Let's pick it back up! I will need to be more careful with taking commissions. (I did like 6 complex commissions back to back and it drained the hell out of me) Should also take some sketch and light commission as a breather
Work and Art
the scope for this commission is too big. I heavily underestimated the enormous amount of tasks for this kind of commissions. But it's almost done!!
- Did some sketches as a breather
Unlearning
- Unlearning is inevitable🌱
- I still retain a lot of bad habit when I was a beginner. Back then I mainly draw 3/4 angle, as a result I had a really hard time to draw front view. It always skews towards the 3/4 angle.
- I was thinking if I could ever avoid Unlearning in the first place? How could I know if a piece of knowledge is right and wrong to avoid absorbing it in the first place.
- For now, I think Unlearning is inevitable, and it is a good skill to learn. however it is certainly possible to partly mitigate it by seeking high quality courses and by being more critical.
Getting rusty
- I took 3 weeks off from daily practicing to focus on rendering the commission and my hand forget how to draw and line. I was so scared but after sketching for a while, it started to feel natural again.
Where to migrate
Now that Twitter is unstable now, I was thinking about where to post
- I'm very reluctant on pixiv since their stance on AI is not clear, but I guess with my poor reach I don't have a choice but to post there. I'll have to glaze my stuffs.
- I will support other platforms more openly, like xfolio and cara
Inspiration
- One Piece live action is coming soon! I really like the casts and the set design. Hopefully the script won't be too bad.
- New Akebi chapters. Erika's aura is just too strong, her outfit for the drama and the gesture when she's playint the piano is just mesmerizing.
Art of the week
- PUNCH's design for Mika Pikazo artbook
- https://twitter.com/punch6789/status/1685641602029817856
- that kind of typeface contrast is really trendy these day. I will try something similar later
- I really like how the lineart layer of the illustration is utilized as a margin "buffer" on the left side.