Art block mess.
3yr
Antti Kallinen
Hi, ive been having some bad time with art lately. I also got a bit of an artblock, wich i decided to fight by just painting something.
So i drew some reference poses on a canvas and slapped paint on them. Ive been adding to this mess some time now. Its full of mistakes, has no composition or desing but its the result of it being an hated fetus of art block. Just wanted to show it, you could give me "critique" and perhaps suggestions what to do next.
The photo is a bit bad, could not get rid of the glare. Layers of galkyd and oil make it worse than normal.
You say it’s a mess but this is so cool. I love the drama of the scene and the crazy colors. Maybe you could expand on the story and draw other scenes from it
It is a mess but that's what you get if you don't plan your paintings 😁.
Yes I had some ideas, for example their journey to that place, after the encounter and what not. I read a lot, like a big book a month of fantasy but I've not understood the storytelling part of art until recently. I feel like I could do some nice things, unfortunately I work in a very uncreative job in mining industry that takes a lot of my freetime so it's always a problem when coming back to the easel 🤬!
Looking through all of your posted work, this is a standout piece. And everything you see "wrong" with it is mitigated by the creativity. The colors. The gestures. This is imagination and, in my opinion, that has its own set of rules. I don't know what your art "goals" are, but being able to pull something out from imagination/inventing your own world on canvas (or whatever other surface) is one of the pillars of being a great artist. It's what made someone like Frazetta so great - his illustrations were from his own sense of drama and imagination which is why he' soften imitated but never replicated. Just viewing this at thumbnail size, I get that there is a story.
So while you may go on and create better pieces in the future, or work that you don't hate have negative feelings towards, remember that this piece is a HUGE WIN in the development of the artist as a creative thinker. And that you do it with your imagination and sense of drama is just icing on the cake.
I don't know what you should do next, but I do know that you should give yourself a pat on the back for everything you accomplished in this piece.
Wow, I feel so weird that you have such differing opinions 😁. Thank you, you made me feel good and see some positives in this piece.
My goal is mostly just to create, make fantasy real and it is what I've been practicing the technical aspects but I feel like it has drained my original creative juices and make everything feel a fight and not worth to do. That's one reason for just painting this, trying to not worry about making a great painting and finding joy in creating fantasy.
If I get over it, then I could design more before. Although I'm very spontaneous and emotional with art, mostly angry lol.
Your reply was very encouraging and I feel kinda fresh now, thank you!
