Con couldn't have come at a better time, really

[chiba_yuriko]

Omg, I'm posting again, IN THE SAME MONTH AS MY LAST ONE! Shh, I know it's just barely still March.

So Sakura-con is this weekeeeeeend~~ Sooooo excited! I really have to be careful this year given that I have a fandom like FMA again, in that it has shit-tons of merch XD; Must. Limit. Spending! Is it really obvious that I'm excited for the Dealer's room in particular? Hehehen, but I am for Artist Alley too! And High and Mighty Color, iiiiiii!

And just, guh, it's con in general. I need this break soooo bad right now. The beginning of the quarter is always killer. x_x

Hmm, I had something else to write about... What was it?

Ah, yes. Art. I'm so very dissatisfied with mine right now. So VERY dissatisfied. And yeah yeah, I do know I need to practice more and just draw, but it's the style itself that I'm unhappy with and I'm not sure how to tweak it or change it. I seem stuck in a rut in that sense. Blech. Any suggestions from the artists out there on what I could do to invigorate the whole look of my illustrations? Anything would be nice to hear because I don't like being frustrated every time I want to draw and see the other things in my sketchbook that I know aren't bad at all, but I don't want everything to look... I dunno. The same. XP I don't even know how to explain. Anyway, any suggestions or advice would be much appreciated!

Alright, back to work with me, lunch break is over *siiiiiigh*

Quick notes to self: Do a revised "want to cosplay list," put new batteries in teh camera

Comments

[darthparadox.livejournal.com]

What I did when I wanted to rework my style was find a few reference styles that were the closest to what I wanted my art to look like, study them intensely (to the point of trying to exactly replicate the look of a piece or two from an art book), and then try to reintroduce the elements I wanted to change into the existing elements from my own style that I was already reasonably happy with.

But then, this was specifically for developing a cartooning style, where consistency is a lot more important than when you want to experiment with different looks. So I dunno how helpful it is.

[phoenix-prose.livejournal.com]

sob I want to come playyyy ;;

TAKE PHOTOS ♥

[hotandcoldrp.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, pinpoint exactly what it is you feel is too samey and then work on varying it? Like, recently, I decided I drew people too samefacey, so I went and drew a bunch of heads, concentrating on varying their cheeks and chins and noses and such. Alternatively, scrap everything and start a new style from scratch. There are lots of ways to draw pretty much anything, and a different way of drawing something might work better for you than the way you're currently drawing it, and there's no real way to know that unless you try.

[yumesan.livejournal.com]

Wish I was there rather than here! ;_;