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dragonsong12 In reply to Jetyra-Luck [2013-03-20 03:02:03 +0000 UTC]

Yay! I don't know why, but I've ALWAYS been a big fan of the process of things. After we'd bought all the materials, it was my sister who suggested taking pictures along the way. She didn't have to tell me twice, though.

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Jetyra-Luck In reply to dragonsong12 [2013-03-26 01:59:47 +0000 UTC]

A big part of the homework I have to do is process... thumbnails, roughs, colour studies, research and rationals... that's why our homework is so tough! You have to do a lot of work that never gets seen by anyone! I like seeing the process of things too, it's educational. I'm glad your sister made the suggestion!

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dragonsong12 In reply to Jetyra-Luck [2013-03-27 20:54:38 +0000 UTC]

"You have to do a lot of work that never gets seen by anyone!"

That's the whole thing that gets me, I think. It's probably why my scraps are so full of these things, haha!
Sometimes it really boggles the mind to think of how many hours of work go into a single page that someone will look at for a few seconds.

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Jetyra-Luck In reply to dragonsong12 [2013-03-28 03:14:09 +0000 UTC]

For every one piece of design homework I do (which I must say, isn't much to look at since it's design 101....) there's a 17x22 "booklet" of process behind it... pages filled with loads of thumbnails, and at least 3 "roughs" showing well drafted ideas, then maybe some bigger roughs, then sometimes a layout of the final that's then used to cut the paper or trace onto the final piece...

I'm with you, I wish I could post all my process booklets, but I don't think they'd be appreciated by that many people. Really, it's the final product that matters, the rest is only appreciated by fellow artists and the art enthusiasts... but I'm kind of like you, I like to throw up EVERYTHING I've done or worked on, not just the best of the bunch... because when all I do is submit one picture a month, I feel like I'm appearing lazy when in reality I might have 200 or more pictures that I did that month!

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dragonsong12 In reply to Jetyra-Luck [2013-03-29 19:18:18 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha! I know, right? Nothing gets posted for months when in reality you've been drawing nonstop! I always feel guilty when I don't post to DA for a while, and I have no idea why.

I don't really think most of my "behind-the-scenes" posts are appreciated by many - they rarely get any comments anyway - but I keep throwing the stuff up there anyway. Mostly just for me. It's pretty selfish, but I still have fun so WHHEEEEEE!

I guess I just really get amazed by the idea that you can start with a blank piece of paper and end up with something that people connect to - something that moves them. It's kinda...well, hokey as it sounds, magical to me. Like "how on earth could A become B?!...oh...that's how! Neat!" It's why I keep the quote in my sig despite my deep and unending dislike of Picasso.

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Jetyra-Luck In reply to dragonsong12 [2013-03-30 02:55:41 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, if I'm honest, I deep down hope for someone to come along, look at the process, the roughs, etc, and say "wow! That's awesome!" But they never do. Actually, I almost never get comments on my art anymore, just +fav's, but that's what I get for not posting often enough to appear active and conversation able I think.

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dragonsong12 In reply to Jetyra-Luck [2013-03-30 19:25:57 +0000 UTC]

I hear ya there. I'm so bad about keeping up with any online sites. DA's probably the one I keep up with most and...well...the evidence speaks for itself.

If it makes you feel any better (not sure it does, but...) I love seeing your sketch dumps and things. Your pencil work is pretty awesome. I love sketchy stuff, but mine is always so sloppy. Though I'm not always the best with commenting.

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Jetyra-Luck In reply to dragonsong12 [2013-03-30 23:54:46 +0000 UTC]

It's hard keeping up with online communities... but then again, I have problems doing anything repeatedly for a long time . It's a job to drum up a fan base, you have to draw a lot, submit it, be active, write journals... make a brand around yourself... I feel lucky if I just have time to do a 15 minute doodle for myself once a week. Finding time to document art is hard, and I avoid it because I have a huge back log of college work I want to start submitting... but that involves photographing massive things.

Anyways, ramble aside, yes, it does actually make me feel better to know that SOMEONE is actually looking at my sketches. I mean, I know there's pageviews to prove it, but numbers aren't really heart warming, especially when you consider the inaccuracy of the DA system, and the number of people that may randomly look at the work and move on, yadda, yadda, yadda. In truth, I don't really expect too many comments on my scraps... I mean... I put stuff there for a reason... it's sub par or unfinished, there's not really much to comment on other than "I like that 3rd head in from the left, 5 down, beside the cyclops, two in from the unicorn... yeah the one that's half drawn over a duck!" . I get that sometimes work is just so satisfactory... there's nothing to say... there's nothing overly wrong with it, but nothing overly mindblowing with it either.

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dragonsong12 In reply to VladimirSlavik [2012-12-30 14:59:23 +0000 UTC]

We had very basic tools, a handsaw, hammer, screwdriver, ect., but we didn't really have the tools to handle bigger pieces. For example, we don't have a saw horse, so we balanced the wood we were cutting on a couple of soda boxes.
I really didn't think it was all going to come out. It was my sister's idea to record the progress, haha. I'm glad she had me do it!

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VladimirSlavik In reply to dragonsong12 [2012-12-31 14:35:12 +0000 UTC]

Well, that's the right way to do it, when you don't have anything better Now - knowing your notes - I'd have probably considered drilling holes for screws on the posts instead of nails (more control), but that's it... Either way, it looks great!

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dragonsong12 In reply to VladimirSlavik [2013-01-02 21:21:57 +0000 UTC]

I had actually originally thought of using screws, but didn't have access to a power drill, and I didn't trust myself to do it by hand. I think the thinner nails might have helped, and I actually HAVE thinner nails, but chose not to use them. For the life of me, I don't remember why.

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