I’ll be honest… ever since I’ve graduated from college, which was way back in june 2009, I’ve stopped making art. Correction, I have been making art… but it was never anything that was something out of my comfort zone (which was graphic design). I had somehow, since last june, stopped making work that was creative. fun. Challenging. Well it was worst, I stopped making work. Period. Stopped Improving my artistic (or lack there of) talent.
Actually, let’s go back even further. I’ll be even MORE honest. Ever since Sophomore year of college, I stopped doing the thing I loved more than Graphic Design… and that was Illustration. Don’t get me wrong though, I like graphic design. I’m pretty good at it. Sure there’s always room for improvement in design, but I don’t actively pursue it… I don’t really love it… I only like it. But when it comes to illustration, nothing beats it. I have to blame my love for anime/manga roots. That’s mainly when it all started (what else is new… 10000000 other artists I know started that way…)
Me doing graphic design is kinda like going to the ice cream store, and asking for Rocky Road Ice cream, only to find out that there’s none left, and then settling for Mint Chocolate chip instead. Sure it still tastes good… but where’s the rocky road goodness?
Which is why recently I’ve been getting the itch… the itch to draw again. I don’t know how it happened, since I thought my mind was already settled to the fact that I can’t be a crazy good illustrator like some people I know, but somehow the artistic flame inside me was lit… somehow. Perhaps it was due to me attending my friend’s graduation from an art school. Or seeing a some friends work online. Whatever the case, I feel inspired again. And it feels pretty good.
So with all that being said, I’ve created this little tumblr account to post sketches, paintings, and anything to do with illustration. Most of this stuff I’d classify as “Blah/Crap” which in my book isn’t really portfolio material. I just want to get better. I’m in no rush, I want to do this leisurely. I hope to improve someday, but I still don’t see myself being an illustrator professionally. This is just a hobby.
