Day 2: What in the world am I doing?

I think the biggest hurdle to this process is myself. I've always come to arting as a process of creative outlet and as a stress reliever as well. Yet, I think the one aspect of arting that I've thoroughly enjoyed is the rate and longevity of absorption. Yes. I lose track of time and space. I come out of an arting coma going, "What year is this? Where am I?"

The artistic hand leads the way!

I was a few years on hiatus and when I got back into arting, I had a lot of people encourage me to take my artistry to the next level - selling art. That concept is colossal. The mental process that goes into making art changes when the idea of selling it comes onto the playing field. I had to digest the idea of demand instead of creating when the spirit moved me. 

Last year, I tried venturing out into the art industry to see what it was all about. I was lucky/blessed - I was able to take an one-day workshop from a top illustrator from the United States. Just about all of the students there were already professional artists trying to break into the industry on a full time basis. Coming away from that workshop, I was really happy to make one solid contact from that experience and the knowledge that I didn't have to go back to school to define my art more. I just needed to keep outputting!

Yellow Guard Progress!

Blogging is going to keep me honest with this journey. The plan will come as I take each day and write about it. I am already aware that I need keep arting, I just need to be consistent with posting on the social media platforms (see side panel for links) that I am already on. Today's goals are working on my Flickr account (need to create some backgrounds for my blog, and posting pictures), and work on my Yellow Guard project. I've been working on her for about two weeks and the development of her hand was really putting a cork in the flow of creativity. What is posted is what I am satisfied with currently. I also need to find my little sketchbook in this mess. I had a sketch ready to post on Instagram today. Oh well. Hopefully I can find it by tomorrow. 

On a similar note, I signed up for a Coursera class - Modern Art & Ideas. The class begins November 28 and is taken in the spirit of progress and art-mindedness (also it's free)! I will also have to start tackling Photoshop soon, but will most likely do this after I transfer my files from my Mac to my newish PC (more power!). Okay...I feel like I have an idea of what I am doing - at least for this week. Cheers!