Today, January 21, is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. So I made this video! Enjoy!
Last week I was asked, via the internet, to provide a test illustration for someone's project in New York. Their example for me to go by was a lovely painting of a proud, grinning boy, done in a rather Norman Rockwell-ish style. That kind of art isn't my norm, but I gave it a shot. Putting my trusty ink aside, I played with my watercolour pencils instead, believing that this was the kind of thing they were looking for. Then the second example image arrived, looking very cartoony. Now unsure of what they were looking for, I just submitted this test, even though I wasn't quite happy with the result. After all, the test was unpaid. I didn't get that gig. And it didn't sit well with me. The sketch that I had made remained near my laptop, taunting me. The pencil drawing had so much more life in it... So this morning I took that sketch and re-did it with my trusty ink pen. A bit of watercolour pencil and voila! There he was. There was the boy I had intended to draw. In mere minutes. I'll never get to re-submit for this one, but re-doing the test made me feel better. And I learned something: Trying to be like someone else doesn't work. For a long time I undersold myself because I didn't think I measured up to others. Well, I don't compare because nobody else draws like me. That's pretty deep, eh? But it's a good way to start a new year, don'tcha think? |
AuthorCarmen Gillespie. Actor, improv-er, singer, draw-er and funny-person. Archives
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