New Year 2022 Resolution
Hey Guys,
Welcome to the New Year, it's 2022, some of you may be full of energy (like me) but you may also be not so inspired.
What I did over the Christmas break was to re-energise my body, this involved not actually doing anything too taxing, I played the odd video game, did some yoga, travelled around our area to see some new things, which then re-awakened my mind and relaxed me.
This enabled me to think in the past few days what I wanted to do to improve my art and after a bit of looking on YouTube I got some inspiration.
I wanted to share with you what I learn on here so you can also learn or if you're just curious what I do.
By the end of the year, I want to see some key improvements in my art.
I haven't pulled this plan out my ass, the main areas to improve I've stolen from Marc Brunet.
If you don't want to watch the whole video, he identified these key things:
construction
perspective
gesture
anatomy
colour + light
composition
design
So the first area I'm focusing on will be construction, altho I use it, I don't actively study it (which is bad). I will make a post in my gallery soon to show my studies.
Thanks if you read this far and good luck with your Art Journey =)
Cheers,
Edward
Reality
I haven't written in here for what seems like years, as I'm not sure if anyone ever reads them anymore...
Deviant Art feels like a haunted school these days, but what to do, there isn't anything better, so I'm stuck here in a weird kind of limbo.
Fortunately, I haven't started talking to myself.
What I have noticed though, I don't know if it's the virus that's been going around, but I've stopped dreaming...
I literally am going to sleep every night and there are no dreams coming to me and none that I can ever remember.
It is like as if something has switched off in my head and it kinda feels a bit unsettling.
I haven't been able to explain why, but it does bother me, because I'm beginning to forget perhaps how to dream if there is such a thing to happen to someone.
Maybe in future, I will completely forget what dreaming is? I will surely need to read this journal back, in order to remind myself about dreaming.
Anyhoo, I'm still drawing in my sketch book every day, mostly faces and a bunch of weirdo guys.
Due to my dream deprivation, I've kind of lost my way a bit on theme, so I'm trying to stop worrying about not being able to dream anymore and will try let it come to me on its own.
Painting-wise, after much relief, I've finally broken the jinx of dominating cold blue and green colours in my work, and dared to put some warm reds and pinks in without hating my work.
Please leave a comment if you want to talk about something or anything you like. =)
Hands are hard to draw
I think this year was about composition for me. I put more than one thing in the painting.
I spent time looking at the trees to get some inspiration. I would like to think I've found some entrances to creativity.
Next year I'm going to get better at hands, I've been hopeless drawing them this year and now it's getting serious.
It's winter here and I'm exploring things related to coldness. Cold can be perceived as harsh.
While cold allows us to experience warmth. Too much cold or warmth is harsh.
When warm and cold are balanced, there is harmony.
Harmony can be found in the balance.
Light against dark, bitter tempered by sweet, and loud with soft.
I must remember this.
Have a good time in 2021. 
Free Commissions
UPDATE - Free Commissions are now CLOSED.
I so don't know how to use Deviant Art anymore, it's so damn confusing! It's almost as bad as Facebook and I hate that with a passion!
Guys, I had commissions open many many many years ago but I don't know how to even access or open then up again. Does anyone know? Do you need premium for it now I guess?
Anyway, there were some commissions I didn't finish but it's been so long I can't find the people who asked for them.
You are welcome to send me a note and I will complete it for you ASAP =)
So, what I am proposing is introducing FREE commissions. No money needed. Due to what's happening in the world I thought it would be a nice gesture.
I am happy to try any style but have a look through my gallery first if there's anything that you particularly like. https://www.deviantart.com/kungfoowiz/gallery
Cheers
What happened?
Ok so I tried Eclipse and still prefer the old green site because I'm able to do the same things only like a million times faster. Darker colour dampens my mood and makes it slower for me to do things. Surprisingly the green site works faster on my phone than on Eclipse.
I guess the old adage, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" clearly applies here.
So I've mostly been exploring more fantasy style the last year and made some progress in it. I actually started working on my game but had to put it aside a few times because of various things distracting me! I got a bit inspired playing Magic Duels recently and had an idea to bring in some card style combat as well.
I've been toying with the idea of creating an Instagram, mostly because I like the way my art is presented there, it just looks neat and tidy, but I know I will miss DeviantArt somewhat because this place is so old now and I've always got more interaction here than anywhere else.
Thank you for reading
Edward