DerpyForneus

Yeah, work. I drew a few things, scanned them and started cleaning them up just enough to post as a sketcth.... and then the work week came around, and I forgot to post them. This was like a month ago. I also started coloring one, aaaand that was also a month ago.

But I'm still here! Moreso as a lurker, but still here.

Over the weekend and into yesterday and today I did a little pondering on my artistic style. I've never really taken a true art or drawing class that I felt benefitted me in the long run, so everything I do is drawn from the experience of years and years of drawing. I do minimal research online, but have been known to use a tutorial or too... mostly for photoshop though. I've never really read anything or sought advice on my drawings themselves.

I don't want perfection, but there are a few questions that I do have that maybe one or two of you can answer (if anyone reads this, or happens by it)

> How do you hone in on a specific style? Sure, I have some common threads between all my drawings, be it the way I draw a vertain body part or an error in anatomy in the same way on every drawing, etc etc, but how do you arrive at YOUR style? I feel like my drawings look different in a stylistic way every time I approach the pencil and pad. I know that everyone's art evolves over the course of their life or career, but usually cartoon-style artists or whatever you want to call what I draw find a happy middle ground.

> How do you simplify your style? I attempted to draw a bit last night before bed. I sat in the same way I always sit, with the same pencil, eraser and paper and knew that it wasn't going to come out particularly amazing, but I still had confidence. Both drawings I did were of the same person, but they looked distinctly different. When I finished the first I realized I was making it too complicated. I was drawing in too many individual strands of hair, or putting too much detail into the eyebrows when what I really wanted was a cartoon-ish style. So I tried again and the second drawing was simpler, yes, but when I continued of to include a second person, she ended up too complicated too. Is it ever possible to just... simplify?

> How do you break a block? I have so many images in my head, so many stories too. But I can't bring my hands to create these images on paper or form the words properly on my keyboard. I remember a timewhen I could churn out quality drawings over and over, but now... I can't even draw an image that has been burned into my mind for three weeks.

Any input? Philosophies? Encouragement? I really am trying! I want t to rejoin the active dA community!

After joining a few DAII clubs and ogling all the wonderful and funny art that's being posted in them it's made me want to start drawing again, I think it's chipping away at that granite art block I've had for so long... The catch? For the first time in... basically ever, I don't have time! I'm at work right now, on my break. Full-time now, 40+ hours a week. Right now we'r getting out of a huge sale period where everyone worked six or seven day weeks... On top of that I have an hour commute each way, and that's the real time-sink. I've worked full-time before, but I've never had such a brutal drive. So I "work" from 5 am until 3:30 pm when I get home, then go to bed around 7 pm usually. That 3 and a half hour time span is spent doing housework, errands or just trying to catch up on personal emails and clean up the DVR. :/ That;s the downside to making more money, in my case, is I don't end up having time to DO anything! Well, maybe once this 6-day deal is over and I get two days off again I'll be able to draw... Who knows, maybe we'll (Iyl and I) start working on THE STORY again.

Anywho, thanks for still keeping an eye on my mostly dead account until I get back with it! Maybe tonight I'll whip out the drawing pad and see what comes out, because I know if I tried with the tablet right off the bat it would be... a huge damper on my art-morale! Haha.

Keep up the great art guys! Even if I'm not commenting, you can sure bet I'm looking at every piece that I have a chance to!

Hello! Let's see... haven't been able to draw in months, nor write, been playing Dragon Age II nearly constantly since it came out a month ago, moving to Washington in a week (thusly losing my job), had to give my cats to my mother and got another pug. Yep, that's it since I last updated!

Been enjoying watching everyone's galleries though.

Maybe some day I'll upload something...

Yep, that's it.

PS! If you play Dragon Age Legends on Facebook, I'll be your friend! Look me up, facebook.com/clara.kinner and just let me know you're a dA friend.