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Journal Entry: Fri Jul 31, 2009, 10:32 PM
Random Ramblings


I just looked on the front page and saw yet another hugely popular artist's pic up there and now I'm depressed. Not because I'm not popular but because I really don't know how to digitally color.  I would love to be able to color like :icondanielauhlig: or :iconloish: but I really truly suck at it :(  I suppose I'll just have to try and figure my way through a tutorial, though I find I even suck at doing those, I have no clue what half the features are that they're using and my brushes are never work the way that they're supposed to.  Yep just a self-pity journal.

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:iconcarinareis:
=CarinaReis Aug 4, 2009  Student
I think much of what I think has been said :)
Practice is what makes thinks better, so don't give up on tutorials and experimenting. Self-learning can be tough sometimes, but you'll see how much you can improve by yourself, if you keep trying.
~GoScarlet is right, create your own art and techniques, and maybe someone will look at your art as a reference to their work ;)

oh, and btw, thank you for the feature :hug:
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:iconflashparade:
~flashparade Aug 6, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
thanks so much for the advice and you're very welcome!
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:iconexperimettle:
*experimettle Aug 3, 2009  Professional General Artist
here's a little secret... friends and family think i'm talented when in reality i had to work my ass off.

I started with 4 years of stick figures... point being you have to start somewhere. Take the Bob Ross approach "Happy mistakes"

[link] ZOINK
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:iconflashparade:
~flashparade Aug 3, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
:) yeah I think I'm just gonna have to start with some baby steps, I mean if I end up sucking oh well, but I still want to try, just so that I have one more way that I can color
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:iconastridjane:
~AstridJane Aug 2, 2009  Hobbyist Writer
You do realise that if EVERYONE on DA coloured like the artists you cited do, this would be a very boring place.

The point is that you are very good at what you do and they are very good at what they do. There is no one inferior - only different. And difference is what makes art art.
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:iconflashparade:
~flashparade Aug 2, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
You're right, absolutely right :) I tend to get down on myself when I can't do something, something that seems so easy to so many others, whether it's in art or life in general. I've just got to enjoy what I'm doing and not be afraid to experiment,I mean if it turns out horrible no one will ever have to see it anyway!
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Mood: Affection ~chibi-robert Aug 1, 2009   Filmographer
omg ! you know loish ? she is amazing but you are still great ! you dun need digital coloring girl youre stuff is great the way it is :D
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:iconflashparade:
~flashparade Aug 3, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
ha I wish I knew loish, well I mean personally, but she was one of the artists I originally admired when I first came to this site.
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~chibi-robert Aug 3, 2009   Filmographer
i know right ! ? i am friends with her but we fonty like talk regulary though
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:iconflashparade:
~flashparade Aug 6, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
yeah I hear that I rarely get to talk to anybody here on a regular basis
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