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Adrian.

God, I must sound like a wanker with the new age reflections.
I'll keep it in a real journal.

The lazy man has no business in life
But he feels like it owes him
Without so much as a payment

So the trick is knowing who or what to pay off.

Dri

Sep 14, 2009 :-

Where to start? I'm actually listening to music and browsing comics.

I'm seeing a career counsellor to see if I can find the right uni to go to so I can teach art. It always was an idea in the back of my mind. I think it's a role I would be suited for. I'm not cut out to compete with people for jobs in the creative field. It does more harm than good because it has always been hard to seperate art and the individual.

In the meantime I will have to do work part time while I soldier through uni. Presuming I go. I won't go if I can't get financial assistance. But anything can happen in 2 days. I could end up winning the lottery.

As for 'art', I'm going to be more raw.

Dri

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19 May 2009

I Ching books use the term 'being a mountain' in terms of a person being still and meditating on thoughts rather than engage in action. I wish I could be like that but I often change my mind and never stand my ground. Just too influenced by ideas and always looking out for a better solution.

The journal prior to this had me voicing the need to approach work differently and I guess this is no different except somethings have occurred to me. I have been doodling all day today and realized I draw way too much comic book related stuff. Not much of a revelation considering that my artistic inspirations mainly come from penciljack.com. So I decided to switch up the usual working on anatomy, paying less attention to the goals for the outcome of an artwork, lessening the focus of technique and so forth.

What I did silently was have a conversation with the subconscious and shared a relationship with pencil and paper. I know it sounds corny but what better way to describe it. This is one of the first times in a very long while where I was running on instinct, taking me back almost 10 years back when a stream of ideas came to me and I couldn't stop drawing because I loved it. The worst thing I have done in recent years was to treat it like a task. Well, I'm going to try not to by withdrawing from draw offs and interpret the physical world rather than the fantasy world of comics and pop culture.

My artistic tastes have changed and it's so evident walking into a comic store. I just don't love comics like I used to and couldn't be bothered reading them anymore, as cool as some of the material is. I have a hunger to see more obscure work now and prefer the medium of film. This really seems like a repeat journal but I think this might stick for some time.

Drama queen
Dri

Different approach
Sun Apr 19, 2009, 8:24 AM
I stopped trying putting effort to create a new art folio when I knew full well I had plenty of spare time on my hands. That was 5 months ago. It just became too apparent after last years outline exhibition that I was not exploring new ideas and was coasting through things just to finish the course. Most of all it was choking when it came to crunch time.

I'm not going to whinge about it but thought I'd articulate it with words on the computer. To use it as a reminder that to make a breakthrough you have to make the steps. I've had heaps of false starts and false epiphanies but it all boils down to one thing.

Be natural. In everything that you do.

So hopefully you'll see something different.

Take care.

Dri.

College is over.

(too clever)

Thanks for the portfolio cover. I owe you money or a book at least. Your efforts are valued. Wish you every success at Walker books.

(got her style locked down)

Can't wait to see what you ink. Wish you all the success in getting a gig at Drawing Book.

(Bottled energy)

Congratulations. Told you that you will your dream gig. Chin up and blaze 'em with your pencils.

(bellend extraodinare)

Keep on drawing, man. We'll get drunk next week.

(wildcard)

(rant addict)

Thanks 'ric for the ideas and IDNs as a source of inspiration. Your computer wizardry helped salvage my PC pics from a stupid computer crash. I owe you some drinks.

EDIT:1/1/09

I don't want to throw statements around with a lot meaning.
The reasons are that my opinions change and I usually sound
idiotic in the end. No big feat really.

I really thought I can dance the path of being a commercial
illustrator. I abandoned a fine arts path years ago and
only now does it make sense that trying to formulate a way
to get paid has been my downfall.

I think I know in my heart that I need to let go of conventions
and try to get to the heart of the matter. Years of fine arts
did exhaust me but I'm sure I didn't pursue it further for fear of failure.

It's taken me 3 years to try to learn/do something commercial.
I'll be honest and say the results have been pretty average.
I don't know why I'm bothering typing this. Maybe a record that
proves how fearful and lazy I have been.

I'll still be doing pop culture work but I think I'm going to
follow where I left off before my aspirations of getting paid work.
Just to be really simple and working on discovering truths
rather than dumbing down processes. eg. Trying to be
lean/crisp when that's not really effective for my style.

Sorry that it sounds heavy but as you grow older you learn that
life is really too short. I can't stumble through it forever.