Temporary: Ramble Warning
Normally my ramblings never make it here. But today is one of those days where I get to sit back and think, go through my RL stockpiles, only to realize...it's been a while.
I sketch as a hobby iRL, and have done so since I was old enough to hold a pencil without stabbing myself - or indeed, anybody else - in any vital organs. Sometime last year, I realized my sketching preferences apparently translate into my amateur attempts at SL photography, as my 'aesthetic' solidified into...well, whatever it is now. But I also realized it's been a while since I last picked up a pencil and sketched or drew something from scratch, because SL did give me a good alternative for a visual creative outlet. It might not have the same feedback loop - there's a satisfaction to the scrape of pencils against paper. But it compensates for it by exposing me to the artistic eyes of others - their processes, niches, aesthetics, and everything else. The visual is no longer limited to a growing number of sketchbooks on a shelf crealtively-dubbed "Artsy Stuff."
It's been a while, but it's fine. Because while above is a photo of one of my favorite (and last) drawings from a year and a half ago, it's been and continues to be an exciting journey with an exciting creative mind. Who, by the way, draws WAY better than I do, and with a lot more humor (Looking at you here, Linc). And one that scratches every itch I have anyway by violently painting with words even on the days when nothing visual is involved, and it does all the right things to my brain.
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Temporary: Ramble Warning
Normally my ramblings never make it here. But today is one of those days where I get to sit back and think, go through my RL stockpiles, only to realize...it's been a while.
I sketch as a hobby iRL, and have done so since I was old enough to hold a pencil without stabbing myself - or indeed, anybody else - in any vital organs. Sometime last year, I realized my sketching preferences apparently translate into my amateur attempts at SL photography, as my 'aesthetic' solidified into...well, whatever it is now. But I also realized it's been a while since I last picked up a pencil and sketched or drew something from scratch, because SL did give me a good alternative for a visual creative outlet. It might not have the same feedback loop - there's a satisfaction to the scrape of pencils against paper. But it compensates for it by exposing me to the artistic eyes of others - their processes, niches, aesthetics, and everything else. The visual is no longer limited to a growing number of sketchbooks on a shelf crealtively-dubbed "Artsy Stuff."
It's been a while, but it's fine. Because while above is a photo of one of my favorite (and last) drawings from a year and a half ago, it's been and continues to be an exciting journey with an exciting creative mind. Who, by the way, draws WAY better than I do, and with a lot more humor (Looking at you here, Linc). And one that scratches every itch I have anyway by violently painting with words even on the days when nothing visual is involved, and it does all the right things to my brain.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. The unsubscribe button is somewhere, should you need to find it.