I hope you all enjoyed your holidays. Now it's time to get back to work!
Back in October, while I was hanging out with two Sheridan classmates, we decided to establish a group called Creative Weekly. I introduced an art challenge where we had to submit artwork every Wednesday (by 8pm) and give each other critiques. I'm proud to say that we have all finished our first Creative Weekly Art Challenge and managed to hand things on time from October to December 2013!
"This art challenge has helped me learn a lot of things. Not only was it motivating to get critiques and feedback from my peers, but I also looked forward to what they have created. Together, we have inspired and pushed each other, and I would love to continue making art with them by my side.
At the beginning of October, I was lost. I wasn't sure of what I wanted to do. I kept applying to Graphic Design jobs because I thought that was the only thing that was available. But then I realized as I looked at my portfolio, as a whole, I showed no signs of wanting to do Graphic Design at all. It's just not my calling. The first few projects I did were a bunch of narratives, just to loosen me up. I love making comics and at the time, I was very interested in making a zine!
November was full of trial and errors, and a lot of soul searching! I started joining a lot of social medias such as: Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube in order to promote myself. I also created a binder, back in September, called "The Book of Answers" to help me organize myself and my growing art career. The binder consists of a lot of my research such as: my job hunts, business notes, art projects, art show, social media and more. Based on the collection of my November artwork, it was full of digital experimentation and I felt I was getting somewhere.
December was when I started to fully grasp of what I wanted to do with my art. I'm very interested in narrative and creating concept art for games and/or comics. You can notice that the pieces I have submitted weekly has started to become more defined and consistent. My anatomy has also improved. My goals for the next art challenge are: to pump out as many pieces as I can, learn how to draw/paint faster, apply to online concept art schools and seriously improve by the end of the year."
So there you have it! If you are an artist who is having difficulty finding time to create artwork, I would definitely recommend to try doing this Creative Weekly Art Challenge with me! Set yourself deadlines and goals. Write down what you want to accomplish the next day and act upon it. Once you check off all the things you managed to do, you'll realize how satisfying it is to get the job done.
Be ambitious and keep creating.
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