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Journal Entry: Mon Jun 30, 2008, 3:46 AM

Bleh, I am in a rut. I am very unsatisfied with my own drawings lately. I never really liked them much, but one thing I always thought was fine was my style. But now I am really starting to dislike it. I know my drawings have improved (this has shown me that), but I don't feel like my style is appealing at all. Nothing to make it stand out and say "This is Lan's work." ._. I try to change it, to make it more cartoony, more realistic, more stylized, anything... but I can't seem to come up with anything interesting. I look to artists I love for inspiration, but I don't just want to copy what they are doing.

So what's a girl in an artistic rut to do? Should I push through it and keep doing what I am doing and ignore my whiny art muse? Or should I keep experimenting and see if anything helps? I've started redesigning my characters for TMFM so I can start working on the script/thumbnails, but I want to work on the revamped character designs first...

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=Himeviti Jun 30, 2008, 4:03:36 AM

For me yours character are awesome. But if you are unhappy.. you have to try another style, yes!.. not necessary copying others artists but learning with them.

Take your character and draw him several times, but different styles and see what you like more.
I did it to see what style I like..
nha.. I hope I help you..

And I'm so sorry for all..I wish you better.

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=ookami-kun Jun 30, 2008, 4:06:20 AM

LOL. You have no idea how wrong you are. Everytime i look into my deviantions box I don't even have to check your name to say 'Lan drew something!'

Don't be silly it's very unique

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~Dream0rDie Jun 30, 2008, 4:14:47 AM

Ah, many artists go through this trust me. Its mostly cause your art is built on a very popular art style, so its hard to call it your own. The thing is, you need to believe in your art. :/ And as hard as that is...I have a problem doing that myself.

What I'm trying to say is keep doing what you've been doing all along. Keep going as you are, just don't stop.

And to me, when your an artist...and you make sacrifices for your art, thats when you will truely love and accept your works.
Your art reflects how much you've sacrificed to make it that far. And never compare yourself with others, cause while you may not accept your art, others will.

~Dream0rDie Jun 30, 2008, 4:18:26 AM

Sorry I'm bad with my words, hopefully you will try to understand what this little airhead is trying to say. :/

And btw, your art work is awesome, if you want your art to stand out like you want to...you'll have to give it some time.

The more you stick to your style, the more it'll grow, and the more it'll stick out. And to me, I can tell its your style. So don't be discouraged.

Hey if my words don't inspire you to keep going....uhhh, try watchin' some Gurren Lagann.

When I feel down, I always watch that anime. xDD It does boost your confidence by alot tho. You should check it out~

`emmil Jun 30, 2008, 4:26:59 AM

Welcome to the club of Chameleon artists, my Dear!

A little bit different from you... I'm easily bored with some style after I feel like I almoooost succeed learning one!

Not to mention I'll be also fed up if I have to draw a male with "the same copy-paste" face just to make sure people will notice the arts are mine... becoz well, all the characters look alike! lol! they are just changing wigs and clothes....

I guess the only "red thread" of my arts are the color pallet. I like using warm colors. I also like to work on details like nuts and portraying melancholic themes.

I think it's kinda great to keep experimenting, finding new way of playing with brushes... until one day, some day... you might settle down with the style you love most!

So keep drawing things that you like coz it's the best to practice!!

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~InstantNoodleGirl Jun 30, 2008, 4:45:46 AM

i recommend taking a drawing break and working on some other type of project. you always wondered why a drawing focus art major should take sculpture...well now maybe you should try a little sculpture, or whatever. then you can get back to drawing refeshed and with new prespectives.

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`DCZed Jun 30, 2008, 4:47:41 AM

There's an awful lot I could say about hating the style of your own artwork but not something I can easily jam into a comment =/ if there's any chance you have MSN then feel free to add me on there... I'd go on skype but it crashes my computer

If you're really unhappy with the way you draw then I think you need to figure out what it is that you dislike so much. Saying it's the style won't help much in the wider basis of things because there's so many different factors that make up someone's style so identifying key factors could help.

After that it's a case of keep going at it and continue to develop your current style and see what happens, or take a break from it. Taking a break helped me when I was in a rut - I stopped drawing for about a month and when I started again it was as though I had a blank canvas so to speak and I could try something new.

Also, you shouldn't feel bad for using someone else's style as inspiration - if anything, it's flattering.

Good luck with it all, anyway

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`touchedvenus Jun 30, 2008, 4:52:18 AM

There is definitely nothing wrong with experimenting. If it makes you feel any better, though, when I see your art I know it's yours. I find that it has it's own unique look to it that's charming.

A lot of times we're overly harsh on ourselves when it comes to our own work. Try being happy and enjoying where you are, but still continue to strive to be better and test out new things.

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`azarath Jun 30, 2008, 5:00:03 AM

Thank you. I've actually tried drawing one character in many styles; they ended up all looking the same to me.

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`azarath Jun 30, 2008, 5:02:02 AM

I wish my back was better so I could sew. >: Hard to lean over the sewing table right now. Maybe I'll break out that sumi-e kit...

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