I say that a lot, for a variety of reasons.
I've been meaning to do a sporadic series of blogs focused on why I suck. Or, the I SUCK series.
Let's inaugurate it today, spontaneously, off-the-cuffly, because another reason why I suck is i have all sorts of ideas but never freaking follow up on ANY of them...
WHY I SUCK: part 1.
Oh, there are so many reasons why I feel I'm lacking as a person, and to be honest, they're all pretty trivial. But that won't stop me from obsessing about them.
One of the major reasons I exude suckage is my lack of drawing.
I have some actual drawing talent, but I REALLY lack sitting down and drawing discipline, so I SUCK because I'm squandering a real talent. This is not news to me or others who know me.
A guy I know locally, Joel, is an illustrator who designs a number of posters for local bands.
These posters are terrific.
Check 'em out:
http://www.gigposters.com/designers.php?designer=4788
Joel can also be seen on Myspace. Recently, he's returned to his site and started posting his sketches and drawings again after a lengthy hiatus. Yaaaay! I love looking at his work.
A friend of Joel's and myself is Jim, who's sometimes referred to in each of our blogs. Jim is also an artist, but he uses a lot of photoshop or some damn software, so I'm not as directly inspired because I know crap about that using that stuff. I'm just a pencil and ink dude. hence my Joel envy and admiration.
Anyways here's Joel's Myspace site:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=102037
And here's Jim's website:
http://www.spancwear.com/
So, anyways, with Joel spewing out magnificent sketches and drawings again (the F'n' F!), it seems almost disgusting for me to merely spectate and salivate. I need to join the fray.
I need to get off my cowardly perfectionist ass and draw stuff and post it myself.
Let's see what happens, huh?
3 comments:
Seems unfair to judge yourself by the actions of others. Right to be inspired by the actions of others, but wrong to hold them as a golden standard.
Hey!
Hi!
Thanks for commenting!
I had no idea that you left the comment. The myspace and livejournal sites send me an e-mail when I have a comment.
Didn't realize that blogger doesn't do that-- unless I'm not doing something correctly in my set-up, or it's a perk if you pay something for a higher level of blog.
Which is why I think just posting a time and no date for the comment is kinda screwy.
But, whatever.
Thanks for checking out the site!
Too bad it's still in its infancy, post-wise. The other blogs I have may be more interesting.
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What you say is wise.
Well, perhaps more inspiration and less self-belittlement will get me going creatively... the New Year always brings with it its arbitrary sense of a clean slate to start anew, and hence, perhaps a new way of looking at things and going about doing things.
At least for a day or two.
P.S.- I watched elephant parts and it was hilarious, the 'have a nice day sketch' totally made my day
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