What's exciting to you?
In my first posting, I wrote that I fall in love too easily...well, it's the title of a song, but what I really meant was that "I fall in love with every piece of art I work on". Now, that's a different thing than falling in love too easily, isn't it?
A few days ago, I was adding a small revision on to a commercial piece that I was proud of, as it was some of my best work. This addition could have been done in a few different ways, and the one I chose was to trace the character off of its profile sheet on to clear film, then begin to revise it to change its angle. When that was done, I copied it on a copy machine to bond paper. I sized it to fit properly, then meticulously cut it out, pasted it in, and cut away the parts that needed to go behind the previiously drawn characters. When I had that real close to correct, I re-oulined both the new and the old characters where the cut was, and finally painted it to match the already existing art.
If all this sounds craftsman-like, it was. All the while I was working on it, I knew it was going to look great, and that there was no way I would permit this last piece to lower the quality of the existing art, via any rushing of the process. I could bill out for the time, but may not. The basic point is that I love the art I do, and won't compromise its quality.
Now, I'm getting ready for my final festival of the season: Monterey Jazz. Of course I hope that I'll find a more receptive crowd than those in Oakland and Albany over the past two weeks, and that my originals find a new home too. I'll take lots of inventory, and lots of sandwiches. And, I'll bring some art to work on and fall in love with.
So, what's exciting to you? If you're reading this, you might ask yourself that question. When you find yourself immersed in a work activity, and time is passing, and you don't care, it's a good sign. Keep it up!
A few days ago, I was adding a small revision on to a commercial piece that I was proud of, as it was some of my best work. This addition could have been done in a few different ways, and the one I chose was to trace the character off of its profile sheet on to clear film, then begin to revise it to change its angle. When that was done, I copied it on a copy machine to bond paper. I sized it to fit properly, then meticulously cut it out, pasted it in, and cut away the parts that needed to go behind the previiously drawn characters. When I had that real close to correct, I re-oulined both the new and the old characters where the cut was, and finally painted it to match the already existing art.
If all this sounds craftsman-like, it was. All the while I was working on it, I knew it was going to look great, and that there was no way I would permit this last piece to lower the quality of the existing art, via any rushing of the process. I could bill out for the time, but may not. The basic point is that I love the art I do, and won't compromise its quality.
Now, I'm getting ready for my final festival of the season: Monterey Jazz. Of course I hope that I'll find a more receptive crowd than those in Oakland and Albany over the past two weeks, and that my originals find a new home too. I'll take lots of inventory, and lots of sandwiches. And, I'll bring some art to work on and fall in love with.
So, what's exciting to you? If you're reading this, you might ask yourself that question. When you find yourself immersed in a work activity, and time is passing, and you don't care, it's a good sign. Keep it up!
posted by Rich Sigberman at
2:27 PM
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