It has been literal YEARS since I've drawn (sketched) anything or used my old tried and true art techniques. In recent years my art has taken a more 3D and Secondlife blogging approach which I became somewhat comfortable with. But ultimately after AI art became a thing, my creativity has somewhat stagnated. I wish I knew why, but all I know is I want that old passion of mine back more than anything and I'm willing to fight for it. I'm very out of practice, but fortunately not that bad at my old style. It's just that if I'd been practicing the ENTIRE time, I'd be much better at drawing. I try not to beat myself up seeing as I at least have a little bit to show for it. So today, this took me two hours on tablet to get down. I'm proud of it, but I want to color it and ultimately do some more challenging landscape work to push myself. I've all but given up on having a career in art because I've gotten older and out of practice, but I still want to love making it for fun like I used to. It has always been so satisfying to see my sketches from start turn into a final polished and colored digital work in the end. I miss that feeling. I don't much care about a following or social media presence anymore, since that's never been my strong suit, but I think practice is important. Never forsaking the fundamentals of what one has been taught is important and I want to get back the love I once had for my art at its source. Not just for the quick and easy methods of 3D, but as a painter. I used to love figuring out the process, so that's what I'm trying for, once again. A part of me feels like that's moving backwards, but I can always improve my drawing skills. They're not that good, but they're not that bad either. And I should take care to nurture them over my lifetime just for continued growth.
I've been working on and refining this "Tiki City" concept ever since I got the option to ask AI to imaginate for me.
The first two are some of the very first Midjourney prompts I ever made out of the first free 25, because I never paid after they started charging for it.
Between Three different generators, the prompts are generally the same, so the AI is clearly getting better as an artist. But also, the concept of this city is getting so clear, maybe these ancestral streets exist somewhere and the portal is opening wide like the mouth of a Lion. 🤷
Trying to keep that same energy. Trying for more detail. I need painting practice too. Which makes me a little miserable, because I get dis...
