Post by MBarbour on Jan 1, 2012 19:58:21 GMT -5
Greetings everyone,
I was thinking this morning as I sat down to develop another character for my upcoming graphic novel, about what fears I have as an artist. Which, ultimately, leads me to asking this question on these forums. It is my hope that I can garner some overall clear-thinking on this matter and maybe even stir a response out of Mark himself on how he did it. I chose to post this here, because it does not quite fit with the purpose of the other forums.
So, that being said, I want to know if anyone else has ever had this and how they handled it/would handle it:
Do you ever have the fear of hitting your creative ceiling sooner than you want to?
I am 25 years old, and when I put my pencil to the paper I often find myself on the edge of my seat when coming up with original idea's. So last night, I was making plans for my second leading character for my manga, and it struck me: Is this as far as I have? Is this the most I will ever be capable of?
I look back at where I started only a year ago when I first picked up my pencil, and I can quickly tell how drastically I have improved. When I decided to get into drawing, it was astounding to me at how enthralled by it all I was. I studied the laws of gravity. I watched and played around with how everything reacted to wind. I read many of my anatomy books from front to back, and practiced various techniques from accomplished artists before I truly sat down and started creating my idea's from scratch.
A year later, I am where I am now. I have been developing a story for possibly three years (I wanted to be an author in high school), and now I wonder if I am going to be capable of getting it all accomplished.
I guess what I am getting at is, does anyone else share this fear, and how did you deal with it in terms of it shutting down your creative mojo?
Regards,
- Mike
I was thinking this morning as I sat down to develop another character for my upcoming graphic novel, about what fears I have as an artist. Which, ultimately, leads me to asking this question on these forums. It is my hope that I can garner some overall clear-thinking on this matter and maybe even stir a response out of Mark himself on how he did it. I chose to post this here, because it does not quite fit with the purpose of the other forums.
So, that being said, I want to know if anyone else has ever had this and how they handled it/would handle it:
Do you ever have the fear of hitting your creative ceiling sooner than you want to?
I am 25 years old, and when I put my pencil to the paper I often find myself on the edge of my seat when coming up with original idea's. So last night, I was making plans for my second leading character for my manga, and it struck me: Is this as far as I have? Is this the most I will ever be capable of?
I look back at where I started only a year ago when I first picked up my pencil, and I can quickly tell how drastically I have improved. When I decided to get into drawing, it was astounding to me at how enthralled by it all I was. I studied the laws of gravity. I watched and played around with how everything reacted to wind. I read many of my anatomy books from front to back, and practiced various techniques from accomplished artists before I truly sat down and started creating my idea's from scratch.
A year later, I am where I am now. I have been developing a story for possibly three years (I wanted to be an author in high school), and now I wonder if I am going to be capable of getting it all accomplished.
I guess what I am getting at is, does anyone else share this fear, and how did you deal with it in terms of it shutting down your creative mojo?
Regards,
- Mike
