It’s been a year since I decided to invest in myself in art. Started with buying a PC connected tablet (pictured) and within a month or so getting a phone that comes with a pen. The phone has made a world of difference as it eliminated the barriers between my busy life and art. Join a conference call early, draw. Waiting at the doctor’s office, draw. Watching something with my wife that she enjoys but I’m not excited about, draw.
Totally worth it and the art I’ve made on this little phone sometimes gets close to artists I admire and have wish I could be like.
If you’re thinking you want to get better at art maybe eliminate barriers and do your art daily.
If you’re a reader, the book Atomic Habits has a ton of great ideas. It’s what inspired me to get the tablet and then the phone.
I do love your art and your dedication! Atomic Habits is on my reading list. Maybe I’ll bump it up.
And you’re using GIMP, too. I love seeing people use libre software for their everyday. It gives me hope that we can, one day, escape the clutches of corpo software.
I don’t use gimp much these days. Moved to Sketchbook by Autodesk so I could have the same software on my phone and PC. Phys gimp is way over my head.
And thank you!
I don’t blame you. Sketchbook is pretty amazing haha
For what I do it’s great. But I think I’m already pushing the software to its limits.