note for later

[egypturnash]

semi-rant: "style is a crutch" -> "style is a trap"

getting out of that trap by deliberately pushing away from what's "easy" and into what's hard
yes, everyone does this, every artist had that phase.

what do you always do? stop doing it. maybe you'll come back to it, maybe you won't. when you come back it'll be conscious.

Kill your "style" to save it. If I hadn't done this three or four times I'd still be doing the horrible awkward pastiche of Jim Davis that I had when I was in high school. seriously.

Comments

[mister-wolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I've always felt that style is pretty much how you cover up for what you can't do. :)

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Once you've figured out ways to make your failings look intentional, you have a "style". Can't get there until you've beat some of your failings into submission and flailed around trying to cover up the ones that won't cooperate!