Studio Mediations: A Word on Talent - Grimvisions http://www.grimvisions.com/thecrypt/studio-mediations-a-word-on-talent Where Grim Visions Become Dark Art Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:13:25 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Studio Mediations: A Word on Talent - Grimvisions http://www.grimvisions.com/thecrypt/studio-mediations-a-word-on-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-916 CraftyChick Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:42:37 +0000 http://www.grimvisions.com/?p=1017#comment-916 Aaah, friends...I have the opposite problem; and have wrestled with it my whole life! I consider myself to have plenty of artistic talent. No, I'm nowhere near the 'best' artist, and there are always people with much more talent than me... But my problem isn't with any lack of talent, or even lask of ideas or inspiraton - it is with my lack of FOLLOW THRU! I have the worst case of Artists ADD I have ever known! I get so many ideas flowing thru me at all times, that I can barley catch them long enough t get them out into a project or peice of art. I have the equation backwards! I have 99% talent & 1% follow thru! I think I am starting to come to the conclusion that I am an 'idea girl' and that I have so many ideas that I may not be meant to produce each one myself. Someimes I think that maybe I am only supposed to 'catch'some, and pass the rest along to others. I dunno. But I am working on it EVERYDAY! Because I so badly need to express myself thru my art- and i would be nice to also make a living from my 'talent'. (LOL) Any thoughts, tips or tricks to share with me? This starving artist would be most grateful! ~Danae craftychick1221YAHOO.com Aaah, friends…I have the opposite problem; and have wrestled with it my whole life!

I consider myself to have plenty of artistic talent. No, I'm nowhere near the 'best' artist, and there are always people with much more talent than me…

But my problem isn't with any lack of talent, or even lask of ideas or inspiraton – it is with my lack of FOLLOW THRU! I have the worst case of Artists ADD I have ever known! I get so many ideas flowing thru me at all times, that I can barley catch them long enough t get them out into a project or peice of art.

I have the equation backwards! I have 99% talent & 1% follow thru!

I think I am starting to come to the conclusion that I am an 'idea girl' and that I have so many ideas that I may not be meant to produce each one myself. Someimes I think that maybe I am only supposed to 'catch'some, and pass the rest along to others.

I dunno. But I am working on it EVERYDAY! Because I so badly need to express myself thru my art- and i would be nice to also make a living from my 'talent'. (LOL)

Any thoughts, tips or tricks to share with me? This starving artist would be most grateful!

~Danae

craftychick1221YAHOO.com

]]> Studio Mediations: A Word on Talent - Grimvisions http://www.grimvisions.com/thecrypt/studio-mediations-a-word-on-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Stefanie Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:22:40 +0000 http://www.grimvisions.com/?p=1017#comment-773 Thank you for these wonderful words! I make my own spooky art, but have never thought of myself as talented - I copy then try to do my own thing. I've always compared myself to others who are more "artistic" than I, and subsequently, always feel worse about my own creations. Some good, some bad, like any other endeavor in life. Thank you for the inspirational comments - they will, for me, provide some impetus toward trusting my own vision and allowing myself to express it. Thank you for these wonderful words! I make my own spooky art, but have never thought of myself as talented – I copy then try to do my own thing. I’ve always compared myself to others who are more “artistic” than I, and subsequently, always feel worse about my own creations. Some good, some bad, like any other endeavor in life. Thank you for the inspirational comments – they will, for me, provide some impetus toward trusting my own vision and allowing myself to express it.

]]> Studio Mediations: A Word on Talent - Grimvisions http://www.grimvisions.com/thecrypt/studio-mediations-a-word-on-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Grim Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:49:34 +0000 http://www.grimvisions.com/?p=1017#comment-591 This is a fantastic post. And I completely agree with it. I was never artistic growing up, I never thought of myself as such. I just have always had a love for macabre art. A few people have pushed me in the right direction and helped me along, and I have struggled and learned from my mistakes. My shop is full of failed experiments, and mistakes, but I have learned from all of them. I spend a lot of time looking at real world examples of things I am trying to recreate: rust, bark, aged cloth, etc... I then spend countless hours trying to paint them. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. In the end I think I get a close approximation. For a lot of the things we attempt to do there is no instruction book ... at least that I have found. This is a fantastic post. And I completely agree with it. I was never artistic growing up, I never thought of myself as such. I just have always had a love for macabre art. A few people have pushed me in the right direction and helped me along, and I have struggled and learned from my mistakes. My shop is full of failed experiments, and mistakes, but I have learned from all of them. I spend a lot of time looking at real world examples of things I am trying to recreate: rust, bark, aged cloth, etc… I then spend countless hours trying to paint them. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. In the end I think I get a close approximation. For a lot of the things we attempt to do there is no instruction book … at least that I have found.

]]> Studio Mediations: A Word on Talent - Grimvisions http://www.grimvisions.com/thecrypt/studio-mediations-a-word-on-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Eva Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:00:17 +0000 http://www.grimvisions.com/?p=1017#comment-590 I love these words and I sooo agree! I sending friends to come and check this out - it's the push some of us truely need! Thanks! <3 I love these words and I sooo agree! I sending friends to come and check this out – it’s the push some of us truely need! Thanks! <3

]]> Studio Mediations: A Word on Talent - Grimvisions http://www.grimvisions.com/thecrypt/studio-mediations-a-word-on-talent/comment-page-1/#comment-589 Kimily Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:21:53 +0000 http://www.grimvisions.com/?p=1017#comment-589 Completely agreed. The worst stifle'r of creativity is not believing in yourself to be able to create. Don't compare your success to others, it stifles. Imitating others art can be the building block to your own style. After all, most of us used the training wheels known as 'coloring books' as children. Completely agreed. The worst stifle’r of creativity is not believing in yourself to be able to create. Don’t compare your success to others, it stifles. Imitating others art can be the building block to your own style. After all, most of us used the training wheels known as ‘coloring books’ as children.

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