Don't worry people, this isn't a post about longing for a husband or any crap like that. This post is about my latest Illustration project.
For our second assignment, we were supposed to make a picture that represented a famous couple. We had to choose from a list of five couples so I chose Romeo and Juliet.
Here is my picture:
I know it's a little morbid, but I liked the idea so I ran with it. It ended up really simple since this was only my second time using photo shop and I didn't really know what I was doing. My teacher actually liked it which was refreshing. The only thing he wants me to change is the little black pieces of mosaic around the lines. Easy enough to fix.
One of my friends posted this quote on their Facebook page and I really liked it:
"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone had told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it's just not that good. It's trying to be good, it has potential, but it's not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase; they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn't have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know that it's normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you finish one piece. It's only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and our work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I've ever met. It's gonna take a while. It's normal to take a while. You just gotta fight your way through."
-Ira Glass
It's the most encouraging thing I've heard in a while. Everyone needs a little encouragement every now and then.
Anyways, enjoy.
For someone who has just learned photoshop, It's great! Oh, and I love the quote from Ira Glass. It's so true. The only quick way to get good quick is practice. Lots and lots of laborious practice. The same is true with any skill. Warning the next line is ultra boring. I found the same thing true when it came to learning ancient Scandinavian handwriting was lots and lots of practice. And you know what? It worked! Keep up the good work. The proverbial music is in you and before you know it you will be cranking out more masterpieces that I can sell illegally overseas and on the black market.
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