Photographs leaving the past behind

[evenifigoalone]

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Something I did on GIMP recently since I'm unable to use Photoshop at the moment. I've done better, and humans are hard to draw. But I like the meaning behind this one, personally.

 

[farouk]

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Something I did on GIMP recently since I'm unable to use Photoshop at the moment. I've done better, and humans are hard to draw. But I like the meaning behind this one, personally.

Interesting...

There must be a story behind this drawing, anyway.

Blessings.

 

[evenifigoalone]

I guess it has a bit of a personal meaning for me. At the time I drew this, I was thinking how I feel like I have left the past (especially past emotional turmoil) behind, and how it needs to stay behind. (As a specific example, after I came out of depression, I was terrified of it coming back for months afterwards, and even had some nightmares about it. I'm past that fear now.)



I meant for it to be relatible (sp?) to by anyone, though.


P.S. I drew this at least two or three weeks ago, also.

 

[farouk]

I guess it has a bit of a personal meaning for me. At the time I drew this, I was thinking how I feel like I have left the past (especially past emotional turmoil) behind, and how it needs to stay behind. (As a specific example, after I came out of depression, I was terrified of it coming back for months afterwards, and even had some nightmares about it. I'm past that fear now.)



I meant for it to be relatible (sp?) to by anyone, though.


P.S. I drew this at least two or three weeks ago, also.

questdriven:

Well, interesting, thank-you and Philippians 3.13-14 immediately comes to mind from what you say.

Blessings.

 

[evenifigoalone]

questdriven:

Well, interesting, thank-you and Philippians 3.13-14 immediately comes to mind from what you say.

Blessings.

Good verse I added it to the description where I have this uploaded on dA.


Forgot to mention that the song Best is Yet to Come by Red helped to inspire this, too.

 

[farouk]

Good verse I added it to the description where I have this uploaded on dA.


Forgot to mention that the song Best is Yet to Come by Red helped to inspire this, too.

questdriven:

Kind of ties in with your heavy metal interest, doesn't it?

(I can see some reasons why you are a hard rock / heavy metal lady.)

Blessings.

 

[evenifigoalone]

questdriven:

Kind of ties in with your heavy metal interest, doesn't it?

(I can see some reasons why you are a hard rock / heavy metal lady.)

Blessings.

Yeah. I think one reason I like it is because I can relate to the subject matter of a lot of the songs. And of course I also really enjoy the music style. Dramatic. I kinda like drama in art and music, I guess that's one reason I am/want to be an artist.

 

[farouk]

Yeah. I think one reason I like it is because I can relate to the subject matter of a lot of the songs. And of course I also really enjoy the music style. Dramatic. I kinda like drama in art and music, I guess that's one reason I am/want to be an artist.

questdriven:

You want to go to art school, maybe?

Blessings.

 

[evenifigoalone]

questdriven:

You want to go to art school, maybe?

Blessings.

I do. Trying to practice on a lot of things (backgrounds, human and animal anatomy, perspective, etc) at the moment so I can put together a good portfolio. I'm going to take at least a couple more years to practice and learn before I try to get into an art school, though. I've come a long way since I first started drawing, but there's still a lot I need to improve on.

 

[farouk]

I do. Trying to practice on a lot of things (backgrounds, human and animal anatomy, perspective, etc) at the moment so I can put together a good portfolio. I'm going to take a couple of years to practice. I've come a long way since I first started drawing, but there's still a lot I need to improve on.

questdriven:

Well, there's nothing like practice and more practice.

I think Bob Jones U has quite a good art focus. (But maybe you wouldn't make it your top choice, anyhow.)

Blessings.

 

[evenifigoalone]

questdriven:

Well, there's nothing like practice and more practice.

I think Bob Jones U has quite a good art focus. (But maybe you wouldn't make it your top choice, anyhow.)

Blessings.

I'll consider it.

Improvement:
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(http://colliequest.deviantart.com/art/Revamp-of-old-pic-210032668 Link to original, blank meme in description.)
Left is from 2008, right is from 2011. I could probably do even better now. (I drew mostly dogs back then, so I can draw dogs probably better than anything else. I'm trying to force myself to draw things that I'm not used to, which means drawing fewer dogs.)

 

[farouk]

I'll consider it.

Improvement:
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(http://colliequest.deviantart.com/art/Revamp-of-old-pic-210032668 Link to original, blank meme in description.)
Left is from 2008, right is from 2011. I could probably do even better now. (I drew mostly dogs back then, so I can draw dogs probably better than anything else. I'm trying to force myself to draw things that I'm not used to, which means drawing fewer dogs.)

questdriven:

Well, interesting. You seem to have a sort of Norman Rockwell, almost-cartoonish overtone to the drawings you like to do, anyway. At least, this would be my non-expert way of describing it, anyway.

(Bob Jones U. is supposed to be Baptist, I think; they seem to make a big deal of stuff such as dress codes. At least, they used to.)

Blessings.

 

[evenifigoalone]

questdriven:

Well, interesting. You seem to have a sort of Norman Rockwell, almost-cartoonish overtone to the drawings you like to do, anyway. At least, this would be my non-expert way of describing it, anyway.

(Bob Jones U. is supposed to be Baptist, I think; they seem to make a big deal of stuff such as dress codes. At least, they used to.)

Blessings.

Somewhat. I'm trying to learn realism, but it's pretty hard.

I guess Norman Rockwell could be considered an early influence. Didn't he write/draw Clifford the Big Red dog books? I used to love those as a kid. Or maybe I'm thinking of someone else.

 

[farouk]

Somewhat. I'm trying to learn realism, but it's pretty hard.

I guess Norman Rockwell could be considered an early influence. Didn't he write/draw Clifford the Big Red dog books? I used to love those as a kid. Or maybe I'm thinking of someone else.

questdriven:

Not sure. He seems to be very popular for calendars, still, Norman Rockwell.

Your style also reminds me a bit of Japanese and Korean cartoons, whether stills or animated, like with punky-haired figures, and so forth.

(BTW, Bob Jones U used to try to regulate what people wore; they may still do. Hostile to women's pants; limit to earrings, etc. At least, it used to be that way; not sure about now.)

Blessings.

 

[evenifigoalone]

questdriven:

Not sure. He seems to be very popular for calendars, still, Norman Rockwell.

Your style also reminds me a bit of Japanese and Korean cartoons, whether stills or animated, like with punky-haired figures, and so forth.

(BTW, Bob Jones U used to try to regulate what people wore; they may still do. Hostile to women's pants; limit to earrings, etc. At least, it used to be that way; not sure about now.)

Blessings.

Come to think of it, I think it was Norman Bridwell I was thinking of.

Well, I've definitely been influenced by anime as much of my work with drawing humans did happen from doing fanart this year. Anime is a very popular art style, though, so I'm trying not to follow it too closely. It's better to learn to draw based on what you see in real life.


(Okay. )

 

[farouk]

Come to think of it, I think it was Norman Bridwell I was thinking of.

Well, I've definitely been influenced by anime as much of my work with drawing humans did happen from doing fanart this year. Anime is a very popular art style, though, so I'm trying not to follow it too closely. It's better to learn to draw based on what you see in real life.


(Okay. )

questdriven:

Yes, well the anime style is getting very popular, it seems, what with the spikey haircuts and seeming karate experts that the pictures typically depict.

Blessings.

 

[evenifigoalone]

There are even books at the art store dedicated to drawing anime/manga.
I must say that I'm rather fascinated by it, I just want to base my style on real life so that I can develop my own unique style that doesn't look too much like anyone elses'.

 

[farouk]

There are even books at the art store dedicated to drawing anime/manga.
I must say that I'm rather fascinated by it, I just want to base my style on real life so that I can develop my own unique style that doesn't look too much like anyone elses'.

questdriven:

Well, I can understand it. Anyway, it seems to me that hard rock / heavy metal-inclined people tend to be highly individualistic in any case, and if it comes through with art, too, it's not surprising. (Not that people can really be categorized, of course; art and music is kind of open ended, anyway.)

Blessings.