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I think I'm in a similar position to many of you deviants out there. I'm about to leave school, jump into the real world and begin the infamous 'art career'. I find myself in this awkward position where I know I must make art worthy of a portfolio. I know I can no longer get away with just being decent at drawing, or making something just good enough for an A in a class. I have to make REAL art, or even better an entire series of REAL art, and making anything else is just an waste of my time.

So, I promised myself sometime over the past four years that I had to stop my Disney fan art, my prismacolour sketches, and my scene-less horse drawings. For the most part, I focused my attention on what I thought was Fine Art, and I have now ended up with these questions: Are my ceramic pieces, my oil paintings, or my intaglio prints any better than the horses I drew in my spare time in high school? Have I really gotten any better? Are my oil paintings any more meaningful than my old fan art? I don't know.

I've decided to stop worrying and second guessing myself. If I feel like spending 20+ hours on a horse drawing with no background, I'm going to do it. At least I'll get better at drawing horses.

Done with graphite on bristol.

Photo from *venomxbaby
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Description
I think I'm in a similar position to many of you deviants out there. I'm about to leave school, jump into the real world and begin the infamous 'art career'. I find myself in this awkward position where I know I must make art worthy of a portfolio. I know I can no longer get away with just being decent at drawing, or making something just good enough for an A in a class. I have to make REAL art, or even better an entire series of REAL art, and making anything else is just an waste of my time.

So, I promised myself sometime over the past four years that I had to stop my Disney fan art, my prismacolour sketches, and my scene-less horse drawings. For the most part, I focused my attention on what I thought was Fine Art, and I have now ended up with these questions: Are my ceramic pieces, my oil paintings, or my intaglio prints any better than the horses I drew in my spare time in high school? Have I really gotten any better? Are my oil paintings any more meaningful than my old fan art? I don't know.

I've decided to stop worrying and second guessing myself. If I feel like spending 20+ hours on a horse drawing with no background, I'm going to do it. At least I'll get better at drawing horses.

Done with graphite on bristol.

Photo from *venomxbaby
[link]