"We all have 10,000 bad drawings in us so the sooner you get them out the better!" - Walt Stanchfield
If you're an artist their is a 90% chance you've heard this before in school, from other artists, in many many many art books... it's everywhere. It's true. Not everything you draw is going to be your masterpiece. Not everything your favorite artist ever drew was a masterpiece. It takes work to get to be a great artist, it takes practice.Contests and Challenges are a great way to hone your illustrative skill!
They're also a pretty good way to network. I recently read that the difference between a starving artist and a paid artist most often isn't artistic skill, but networking ability. We all know it's true. You can sit here and post the best art in the world to your blog, deviantart gallery or facebook page and never get a single commissions or visits. If people can't find you, they'll never hire you.
One place to get your artwork seen is "Illustration Friday." It is fairly well known, and has a huge variety of illustrators that participate. It also hosts an illustration forum for creative inspiration and camaraderie! Speaking of inspiration, you'll definitely find a lot of it if you browse previous weeks!
Anyways, my first actual entry (done on time) is up! The theme for this week is "Silent." When I mentioned this to my friend, his first thought was "Silence is Golden, Duct tape is Silver." Well that was all it took, I couldn't resist a more... frightening take. I hope you all enjoy Silence!
Frightening! He's saying a lot with his eyes though... Like what you wrote about Illustration friday and networking - so true! Its also great to know there are so many truly amazing artists out there - makes one feel less of a minority. :)
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