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I'm standing at a crossroad, but...
13 years ago
[This is a really long journal, scroll past this mess if you just simply want to see something motivating]
I've really been frustrated with how I've been progressing. Had a long talk with my dad about how things are going, then he brings up my drawings. He drew a bit in his teens, just didn't keep up after that.
He goes on "I love the shit you're drawing, you got the talent, I see it, you can put pen to paper, you can 'visualize and attack' so to say, I'm just concerned because I don't see you drawing cars. Granted, your space marines and the alien drawings [so he did see some furry stuff, lol] are fantastic, I've just been thinking you're out of touch with cars. If you're still into it, take that passion and put it towards the cars, I know you can do it."
I asked him if he was just trying to motivate me again, "well, you're not doing stick figures anymore :)", he always had a way of putting things in a positive light in the simplest ways.
I've wanted to set foot into the Auto Industry since middle school [class of 2010 in HS], Concept Art seemed interesting, but it is perhaps the most competitive field in existence. I was always interested in how cars worked, why it worked, and how to make it look good, but still functional, so I set my sight on the Industrial Design part of it.
You know how they say "actions speak louder than words", and I guess that's the case here.
You won't hear this often from me, I'm the kind of guy who feels the need to simply know, to have an answer, or to demand answers when it's necessary, I like to assert any form of independence at any given opportunity...but for once, I'm not 100% sure what I want to do.
On one hand, I want to create designs for cars, I want to solve problems related to them, build them, modify them, fix them, and I know if I can afford to get into a trade school, I'll be ecastic, I'll be savvy, I'll be headed in the right direction and exactly where I want to go.
On the other hand, I'm loving this Illustration stuff and a bunch of Concept Art, Anthro Art, whatever, even if I'm a scrub at it I do enjoy it, I just don't have any hope whatsoever of getting anywhere let alone breaking into that industry if I headed in that direction.
Biggest problem, and easily the biggest decision in my entire life, if I want to head into trade school, my dad is willing to re-enlist (he's in the Army), if he does, then trade school will be paid off. If I don't, and just end up taking a few online classes here and there, we're getting out at the end of his contract, possibly even move out of the country at that point.
He doesn't care if I have to take up a big loan, he's willing to help pay it off either way. Just don't want to regret this decision. Will take a break soon and think things over.
Now for a healthy dose of inspiration, to whoever needs it~
I myself figured art was a talent or gift you needed, or there was a certain wizard formula to it, if you didn't have it or didn't know about it, too damn bad, if you did, you're in the clear. The first time I saw the 'Art Progress' meme on dA, I was shocked, then when I looked at a certain thread on ConceptArt, it changed everything.
I now make it a daily ritual to look at MindCandyMan's thread (conceptart.org) to remind me of how wrong I was and what making progress is all about. Hope you find this as inspirational as I did.
If you have an artist in mind that you'd like to see a progression of, let me know.
(It goes without saying that I don't own ANY of this work)
http://enigmasflame.imgur.com/all/
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sh.....read.php?t=870
I've really been frustrated with how I've been progressing. Had a long talk with my dad about how things are going, then he brings up my drawings. He drew a bit in his teens, just didn't keep up after that.
He goes on "I love the shit you're drawing, you got the talent, I see it, you can put pen to paper, you can 'visualize and attack' so to say, I'm just concerned because I don't see you drawing cars. Granted, your space marines and the alien drawings [so he did see some furry stuff, lol] are fantastic, I've just been thinking you're out of touch with cars. If you're still into it, take that passion and put it towards the cars, I know you can do it."
I asked him if he was just trying to motivate me again, "well, you're not doing stick figures anymore :)", he always had a way of putting things in a positive light in the simplest ways.
I've wanted to set foot into the Auto Industry since middle school [class of 2010 in HS], Concept Art seemed interesting, but it is perhaps the most competitive field in existence. I was always interested in how cars worked, why it worked, and how to make it look good, but still functional, so I set my sight on the Industrial Design part of it.
You know how they say "actions speak louder than words", and I guess that's the case here.
You won't hear this often from me, I'm the kind of guy who feels the need to simply know, to have an answer, or to demand answers when it's necessary, I like to assert any form of independence at any given opportunity...but for once, I'm not 100% sure what I want to do.
On one hand, I want to create designs for cars, I want to solve problems related to them, build them, modify them, fix them, and I know if I can afford to get into a trade school, I'll be ecastic, I'll be savvy, I'll be headed in the right direction and exactly where I want to go.
On the other hand, I'm loving this Illustration stuff and a bunch of Concept Art, Anthro Art, whatever, even if I'm a scrub at it I do enjoy it, I just don't have any hope whatsoever of getting anywhere let alone breaking into that industry if I headed in that direction.
Biggest problem, and easily the biggest decision in my entire life, if I want to head into trade school, my dad is willing to re-enlist (he's in the Army), if he does, then trade school will be paid off. If I don't, and just end up taking a few online classes here and there, we're getting out at the end of his contract, possibly even move out of the country at that point.
He doesn't care if I have to take up a big loan, he's willing to help pay it off either way. Just don't want to regret this decision. Will take a break soon and think things over.
Now for a healthy dose of inspiration, to whoever needs it~
I myself figured art was a talent or gift you needed, or there was a certain wizard formula to it, if you didn't have it or didn't know about it, too damn bad, if you did, you're in the clear. The first time I saw the 'Art Progress' meme on dA, I was shocked, then when I looked at a certain thread on ConceptArt, it changed everything.
I now make it a daily ritual to look at MindCandyMan's thread (conceptart.org) to remind me of how wrong I was and what making progress is all about. Hope you find this as inspirational as I did.
If you have an artist in mind that you'd like to see a progression of, let me know.
(It goes without saying that I don't own ANY of this work)
http://enigmasflame.imgur.com/all/
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sh.....read.php?t=870
Just don't end up doing something you hate.
http://xkcd.com/584/