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I've got pockets full of time and yet artwork isn't something I've been too interested in lately. At least when it comes to actually doing it. After all, I've got plenty of ideas just waiting to be unleashed. I thought I'd have one or two new paintings to show off by now, but they're both currently in the stall phase. Maybe this is an artist block, maybe I moved on, maybe I'm just unhappy with my artwork or art style, whatever is the case... I'll likely disappear just a little bit longer. Though I will be back checking up from time to time. Til then, I'm posting some incomplete artwork...
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I've decided to try and take a different approach when it comes to upcoming paintings. In the past, I'd post a painting only to look back and think "I should have did this part differently or put more effort into it". So with this current painting I'm working on right now, I really want to make it the best looking painting I'm capable of creating with my current skills set (I will continue to get better of course -: O) ). It may not be the most popular when compared to many of the other dA paintings from other people but its something I can say I will be truly proud of. Good enough for the little league -: O) I don't expect to take longer with my paintings... :smoking: ...just more aware when it comes to little details I suppose. Anyhoo, just thought I'd write up a little something.
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I'll admit, I've been spending too much time watching "Naruto". Awesome series! But that's only because I've hit a block. I've got plenty of conceptual ideas I suppose and no clue how to really go about them. I can do landscape paintings of sorts but I'd like to try other things instead. Lately, I've started on so many pieces only to quit mid-way through. Maybe I'm trying to do too many things, different styles I haven't done yet, etc. When I first bought PhotoShop I spent about 1-2 months getting familiar with it. After that I made my first painting "Progression" which was something I was pretty proud of. I've learned a lot more things through the course of time. Maybe I'll take some time to try out and learn new things once again. I'll have something to show soon enough. I've got my own preferred art style and I don't expect a big departure from it. But, there's a lot of styles I haven't touched upon yet.
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In the past few months, I've become too focused on trying to outdo a previous painting of mine that its almost hard for me to go back and just do something simple. Layers are a blessing but since figuring out how to use them not long ago, I'm becoming almost too ambitious with each new painting it seems. When I look at my latest works, I know I haven't reached the pinnacle of what I'm capable of doing someday. I want to do great things and keep improving on my work and developing my skills. But I can't shake the feeling that for me, doing a simple 3 layer painting or no layers at all is acceptable anymore. But that's just me. "Curious" was the closest to simple I've done in awhile. Didn't take much time either. Perhaps you'll see more of those from here on...
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At time of entry, I'm 98 views from 1000th Total Pageviews. :woohoo: I should probably get ready with some kind of very cool artwork for the occasion :P

Anyhoo, its a mixed blessing. Sure, within a couple months perhaps I'll reach 1000. The downer is when I signed in this morning, my Comments, Favorites, Views and Downloads stats now all say 0. It was nice to know what artworks of mine were the most viewed and which of my artworks too were the ones people liked the most. As someone who takes a lot of pride in this, its pretty frustrating and somewhat disheartening. Maybe its just a temporary glitch (hope it is).

Moving on, in the past month or so I began work on 6 paintings at once. Those were "The Untitled", "Curious", "Wake Up In The Night" and another one which I will be uploading very soon. I think right now, its the best work I've done so far (so I like to think). Its done already, but I gotta show it to someone before anyone else ;) The other two paintings which I simply call "Dark" and "Wrath"will be uploaded whenever they're done. I've got ideas floating around in my mind of artwork I'd like to do, looking forward to finishing them all whenever I have the time.

On a side note, appreciate all the people who like my artwork. :wave:
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