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On my Tumblr site someone asked me for some general advice for an aspiring comic creator. This is what was on my mind. Thought I'd share it here on Deviantart as well.
Right now all I can think of is something I've been thinking about lately. And that is the depression some of us artists get about our art. Like our expectations aren't just "My drawings need to be good!", they are "My art needs to be PERFECT."
So I would suggest always try to improve, gain confidence, but expect good/average output. Don't expect perfect art, ever. By doing this only causes you to be frustrated, which in turn causes mistakes, which pisses you off more, then you're stuck in a lame spiraling circle downward to the pathetic whiny artist. Which in turn kills your deadline. Giving yourself freedom from perfection makes drawing much easier and better art is produced and on time.
I'm currently working on this piece where it started out difficult, I had high expectations for it, I was in a bad mood, nothing was going right. Lines felt SO stiff and uncreative. I had to take a breather and remember to not make it SO important, to have fun with it, to lower my expectations. Now I'm working on it again and it's going better than I expected in the first place. I'm just having fun with things, letting confidence grow with each line. When mistakes do happen I quickly change them into something that works. I'm just enjoying my self more than I have in a while.
Basically, to sum up. Perfectionists are rarely happy since it's unattainable. So fuggin stop it.
Sorry this answer probably isn't what you were expecting. It's just been on my mind. Good luck with the comics submission!
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Ryan
Right now all I can think of is something I've been thinking about lately. And that is the depression some of us artists get about our art. Like our expectations aren't just "My drawings need to be good!", they are "My art needs to be PERFECT."
So I would suggest always try to improve, gain confidence, but expect good/average output. Don't expect perfect art, ever. By doing this only causes you to be frustrated, which in turn causes mistakes, which pisses you off more, then you're stuck in a lame spiraling circle downward to the pathetic whiny artist. Which in turn kills your deadline. Giving yourself freedom from perfection makes drawing much easier and better art is produced and on time.
I'm currently working on this piece where it started out difficult, I had high expectations for it, I was in a bad mood, nothing was going right. Lines felt SO stiff and uncreative. I had to take a breather and remember to not make it SO important, to have fun with it, to lower my expectations. Now I'm working on it again and it's going better than I expected in the first place. I'm just having fun with things, letting confidence grow with each line. When mistakes do happen I quickly change them into something that works. I'm just enjoying my self more than I have in a while.
Basically, to sum up. Perfectionists are rarely happy since it's unattainable. So fuggin stop it.
Sorry this answer probably isn't what you were expecting. It's just been on my mind. Good luck with the comics submission!
This feel good message brought to you by… comics! Buy some today!
Ryan
Invincible is coming to a close
For those that haven't heard the news. The comic book that I've been doing art duties on for the last 13 years, Invincible, written by Robert Kirkman, is coming to an end. There are many reasons for this, but for me, it started last year when I told Robert I'd like to move on to other projects, I felt it was time to do other things. Robert said he also has been thinking about ending the book, so he asked that I stay on to finish the run. I told him I needed a break and so Cory Walker, the original series artist said he'd step in to help out, he is currently doing a 6 issue run, then I'll be back on for the remaining 12 issues starting in Fe
So I asked Robert Kirkman to interview me...
CBR wanted to talk to me about my new mini-series coming out next month called GRIZZLYSHARK, and I thought to myself "I've been interviewed by many comic news website guys, who are great, but what if I asked my long time co-worker and friend Robert Kirkman to interview me?!" I thought that'd be something new and he's already read everything GRIZZLYSHARK and knows me pretty damn well so it'd make for an interesting read. He's a busy guy so I thought he'd probably say no but also knew it wouldn't hurt at all to ask. So I asked. And it was one of the more fun interviews I've done! Read the full interview here>
http://www.comicbookresources.com/a
Grizzlyshark press release
Got a new book coming out! I've been working on this side project for a while now. Read about it here>
https://imagecomics.com/content/view/grizzly-shark-is-out-for-blood
COMICS are for KIDS
Question:
peterahernandez asked:
What do you think about the way some people view comics, some people tell me it's childish no matter what I tell them I just wanted your view on this
ANSWER:
I’ve been told comics are for kids countless times my whole life. I assume all comic reading Americans have heard the same. All you can do is blow it off. Can’t convince anyone by telling them “is not, they are for everyone!” They won’t believe you. I gave bloody gore drenched Invincible trade paperbacks to someone because they said they really wanted to see my work. They said “Cool, I’ll give it to my kids!R
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Thanks, Ryan. That's something I think most of us could do well to remember.