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Well, it's been over a year since I last posted a journal update and it certainly feels like it too. Possibly the longest I've ever gone without updating? I'd have to check to be sure but I think it might be.
2015 ended up being a year that started full of promise but rapidly became quite a difficult year with a myriad of personal issues (all relatively minor, so no need for any concern) that made progress sluggish and forced me to question some of the things that had been core elements in my life up until that point.
In terms of art productivity; 2015 was rather depressingly bleak on the whole and even Mad Monster Month took far longer than usual to complete with the results being questionable too. On the plus side I did get the first draft of my picture book completed and I'm hoping to push that forward soon to the second, more complete version. I've also been able to apply my skills to produce some work for other people too.
I've got a few art goals for the short term, but I won't discuss them here as I have so often done before. Instead I'll let you all see the results as they happen.
Here's hoping you all have a productive and positive 2016.
2015 ended up being a year that started full of promise but rapidly became quite a difficult year with a myriad of personal issues (all relatively minor, so no need for any concern) that made progress sluggish and forced me to question some of the things that had been core elements in my life up until that point.
In terms of art productivity; 2015 was rather depressingly bleak on the whole and even Mad Monster Month took far longer than usual to complete with the results being questionable too. On the plus side I did get the first draft of my picture book completed and I'm hoping to push that forward soon to the second, more complete version. I've also been able to apply my skills to produce some work for other people too.
I've got a few art goals for the short term, but I won't discuss them here as I have so often done before. Instead I'll let you all see the results as they happen.
Here's hoping you all have a productive and positive 2016.
Swoosh Boom Bang
Hi everyone, long time no see. I've been on a bit of a hiatus when it comes to art (though I never stopped drawing), or at the very least when it comes to posting art online, but I'm happy to say that I've been getting moving again in the past month or so and I'm enjoying trying lots of things to get some progress going! For starters I'm going to be posting a few things here and getting stuff back in order, but I'll also be looking to post elsewhere to get some broad feedback.
I'm the yesterday man
Well! Whilst 2015 may have been an horrendous year for me personally, 2016 seemed to be a bad one on a more global scale. Somewhat anyway. Despite that though I found that I made some real progress in the year in almost every aspect outside of art, so I'm not complaining in the slightest.
After years of being a useless bum I successfully held down two jobs at the same time, one of which was temporary but I still do on occasion to cover holidays and the other an actual factual permanent role. In retail of all things. And bizarrely I really enjoy it too. Also money. So with that stuff finally in place and the dust settling I can art it up with
Brink
I can't believe it's been a few months since I last posted a journal entry! Time for an update.
Following Mad Monster Month in October (which was immensely enjoyable as always even if it wasn't really viewed by many people despite my best efforts to get it out there on Tumblr and Deviant Art. Something I need to work on I reckon.) I was invited to take part in an eight week placement with a small local business. Well, small for now anyway..I dare say it'll soon be rather massive but more on that when it's more relevant.
During the placement I was able to knuckle down as a full on illustrator in order to provide a mascot design and various o
Potatoes need love too
June has ended and July has begun, and with it we wave goodbye to Bookworm Month. On the whole it was a vaguely satisfactory body of work that (for a variety of reasons) remains mostly unseen. And really, that seems about right.
Mostly for my own sake I wanted to very quickly review/analyse the work that was produced and look to see where improvements can be made for the future. I will say up front that I think I've done better work in the past so I do not feel that this project represents my quality/progress as a whole.
One of the main things that has slowly been coming more and more to my attention is my lack of promotional skills. I don'
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I can empathize with you on the feeling of not being productive.
I've hardly uploaded anything on here for quite some time, despite having actually done quite a few drawings.
It can be hard somedays, that's for sure.
A lot of the time I felt like I didn't want to draw at all.
And when the holidays come around, everyone and their mom expects me to make some kind of hand crafted gift, and some times I just don't know what to do.
This is turning less into a pep-talk, and more into me whining.
ANYWAYS, stay determined!
Sometimes forcing youself past the shitty feelings is the only way to start a new.
I've hardly uploaded anything on here for quite some time, despite having actually done quite a few drawings.
It can be hard somedays, that's for sure.
A lot of the time I felt like I didn't want to draw at all.
And when the holidays come around, everyone and their mom expects me to make some kind of hand crafted gift, and some times I just don't know what to do.
This is turning less into a pep-talk, and more into me whining.
ANYWAYS, stay determined!
Sometimes forcing youself past the shitty feelings is the only way to start a new.