Creating Content as an Artist on Steemit
It's no coincidence that those posting lengthy details of their artistic process rise to the top; artists benefit widely by reading how like-minded individuals are producing work and refining their making skills. As the community draws more closely together, we can forsee a set of creatives who not only support each others posts with upvotes and resteems, but also provide critical and constructive feedback conducive to the development of the practise of the individual.
Whether it be a painting, a story or a new vaporwave track, as a fellow creative your input is invaluable as an alternative perspective.
So what can we do as artists to ensure that we consistently publish content that is true to our style and form?
All images and artworks are my own, if you found this post useful please resteem - links to your posts regarding this topic are very welcome!
Some very useful information! Although I am more a writer than an artist, this is good for part of most creative processes.
I'm pleased that you found it useful even from a writing point of view. Do you keep a notebook?
Firstly, Great, evocative, username! Also, what a great post!
Secondly, Entirely true. I remember the most frustrating part of art school for me was all the back up work, when initially I had a vision I wanted to produce. That vision rarely changed, but when it did, it changed for the better, and it helped the creativity be part of the journey.
Thirdly, I'm your newest follower!
Thank you @holoz0r, what did you study? I did fine art and they wanted to see absolutely every step of your process! It often felt quite revealing, as my sketchbooks are stream of consciousness. I'd love to see more of your work.
My major was Digital Art, minor in photography. My thesis was on representations of death in art from the pre Raphaelites through to contemporary video work.
I'm in the process of getting some stuff out of the archives, it will be on steemit once it is!
Looking forward to it! Following for more.
nice job. :)
Thank you Paolo!
wow, I really love your works!!!
Thanks Silvia, really looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Good advice, love all those old artworks on that wall! Were those oils?
Hey @twirble, yes they're all in oil, i found it easier to start by painting a ground so every one of these has a brightly coloured layer of oil paint with lots of turps to help it dry. This was about 6 months after i started using oils and i was struggling with them! They are my go to medium now, you can do such a variety of things with them.
They are hard to use but they look so good when done correctly. I am tired of trying to make colored pencils and oil pastels look like oil painting when I should just roll up my sleeves and learn oil painting. :) The dog hair flying all over the house makes it difficult.
You can do it! You're already clearly a great painter, there's a steep learning curve with oils - people with a classical arts background will have been taught hours of oil painting. Self teaching is hard but rewarding :)
Well I did do oils years ago...but I have to relearn everything about mediums. Thank you:) You are an amazing painter!!!
I suppose learning again, although frustrating, will be fun in ways and you'll likely see some demonstrable improvement in how you visualise your work. I really don't know what the proper way to use oils is, but going by trial and error and developing your own techniques will mean your own distinct style comes through.
Great post, thank you! And very interesting works!
cool studio shot