Max Power
March 4th, 2010, 07:20 PM
HI EVERYBODY!
I'm new. Uh...hmm. Why am I here? Oh, because something happened to me and made me realize how much I enjoyed making art and stuff. Here comes my sad excuse of a back story, so if you just want to see my "sketches" then scroll a bit further down, I don't mind.
I have always been drawing in one form or another since I was little. When Gran Turismo 3 came out on PS2, I was amazed at how they were able to mimic reality so well (at the time). I told myself "I wanna be able to do that too!". So I started drawing cars. ALOT. I wanted to be a car designer then.
High school came and went. All that time wasted with envy of others skills, particularly one person that was younger than me. I don't know why then but I felt like shit everytime I saw her work. Her stuff was like gold-encrusted diamonds and mine's were things if shit needed to eat, it wouldn't even go near it due to it's level of hideousness. At that point I sort of gave up. Guess I won't be a car designer.
I wandered around aimlessly after high school for 3 years. Working random jobs, doing pointless things with friends. Last year October, I worked as a bike courier. Best. Job. Ever. Sadly, that lasted less than a month because I was hit by a bus on my way to work (TTC SUCKS). Luckily I didn't die, but since then I've been extremely depressed. So now I'm out of work and crippled. Great.
Through out that time, I just watched movies and play old games all day, everyday. More waste of my life, until I started watching Miyazaki's movies. Specifically Kiki's Delivery Service. The conversation Kiki has with Ursula the artist really hit home for me, and that was inspiring enough to put my ass to work. I've got so much time on my hands, better to put that time towards something productive.
Looking around for more inspirations, I decided to check out CA.org again. I had been here before, but was overwhelmed by the insane amount of content. Started reading about others who are in a similar situation, and the replies many of you provided. It was in those replies that I finally realized that this is it. This is what I enjoy doing. Creating things. It took me 8 years to realize this, but like many have said, it's never too late.
Wow that must've been boring and a waste of your time. I'm sorry. It did feel good letting it out though.
TL;DR: dumbass made a bunch of mistakes and finally realized now and started correcting those mistakes.
Anyway here's some of my shit. I've never liked posting my stuff on the internet, always scared of criticism and lacked confidence. But fuck that, I don't care any more. I started with Loomis' books. Tried to do figures and heads at the same time but ended up just doing heads. I am trying to copy all the plates within the book. Please tell if that's a bad idea or not, so I won't be wasting more time. Started doing these since January. I try to sketch everyday, but still can't consistently do that, even with all this free time. I threw in some old sketches and 3 pictures I made as gifts for my friends' birthdays.
If you read all of that, you are a very patitent person and I would like to be your friend.
I'm new. Uh...hmm. Why am I here? Oh, because something happened to me and made me realize how much I enjoyed making art and stuff. Here comes my sad excuse of a back story, so if you just want to see my "sketches" then scroll a bit further down, I don't mind.
I have always been drawing in one form or another since I was little. When Gran Turismo 3 came out on PS2, I was amazed at how they were able to mimic reality so well (at the time). I told myself "I wanna be able to do that too!". So I started drawing cars. ALOT. I wanted to be a car designer then.
High school came and went. All that time wasted with envy of others skills, particularly one person that was younger than me. I don't know why then but I felt like shit everytime I saw her work. Her stuff was like gold-encrusted diamonds and mine's were things if shit needed to eat, it wouldn't even go near it due to it's level of hideousness. At that point I sort of gave up. Guess I won't be a car designer.
I wandered around aimlessly after high school for 3 years. Working random jobs, doing pointless things with friends. Last year October, I worked as a bike courier. Best. Job. Ever. Sadly, that lasted less than a month because I was hit by a bus on my way to work (TTC SUCKS). Luckily I didn't die, but since then I've been extremely depressed. So now I'm out of work and crippled. Great.
Through out that time, I just watched movies and play old games all day, everyday. More waste of my life, until I started watching Miyazaki's movies. Specifically Kiki's Delivery Service. The conversation Kiki has with Ursula the artist really hit home for me, and that was inspiring enough to put my ass to work. I've got so much time on my hands, better to put that time towards something productive.
Looking around for more inspirations, I decided to check out CA.org again. I had been here before, but was overwhelmed by the insane amount of content. Started reading about others who are in a similar situation, and the replies many of you provided. It was in those replies that I finally realized that this is it. This is what I enjoy doing. Creating things. It took me 8 years to realize this, but like many have said, it's never too late.
Wow that must've been boring and a waste of your time. I'm sorry. It did feel good letting it out though.
TL;DR: dumbass made a bunch of mistakes and finally realized now and started correcting those mistakes.
Anyway here's some of my shit. I've never liked posting my stuff on the internet, always scared of criticism and lacked confidence. But fuck that, I don't care any more. I started with Loomis' books. Tried to do figures and heads at the same time but ended up just doing heads. I am trying to copy all the plates within the book. Please tell if that's a bad idea or not, so I won't be wasting more time. Started doing these since January. I try to sketch everyday, but still can't consistently do that, even with all this free time. I threw in some old sketches and 3 pictures I made as gifts for my friends' birthdays.
If you read all of that, you are a very patitent person and I would like to be your friend.