I can't say I have matured as an Illustrator just yet but I can say that the many prayers regarding my direction were starting to be answered. Never in my wildest dream did I believe I could sell my drawings or my art for that matter even though my Father told me this very fact a million and one times since childhood. With the now tag team reminders from my Wife and Mother included I think the good Lord's voice is finally being heard. Is it an easy trek? By no means, but every time I take a step one foot in front of the other, the more the Lord illuminates the path a bit further.
As a kid I always depicted animals in some fashion typically with tiny armor wearing figures riding them or really mangy with their eyes bugging out. Never in color, so this needed to change. My Kangaroo was more of a doodle than anything. A cast aside Adobe Illustrator outline created from a sketch that was meant for a logo design became the next color character on the glass canvas. Well done? Not in my eyes so I walk on. This was drawn using some actual reference images of Kangaroos which is a first for me as most of my earlier sketches and drawings were via my imagination. Perhaps I can share some of my earlier sketches in my next few posts so you can see how it all began way back when. Ever evolving, I press on.
Thanks for stopping in and talk to you soon.
Hey John: Great to hear you are making progress. I believe it's just as much an internal heart process as it is an actual learning process. Both parts will mature in time. On the heart thing, don't be shy about giving God the glory for the imagination part of your brain. There is a lot to be said for gaining the background skills regarding technique, comps ans sketches, etc. Once you learn about those things you will then be able to take full advantage of your imagination and bring those imagined characters and settings to life with that acquired knowledge adding to the quality and believability of what you draw. At least that's how I look at it. Love you, PAH
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