tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380966994919806341.post8444288956812395948..comments2023-11-05T05:03:13.211-05:00Comments on Sunshine Hill Studio: Tutus + Creative Frustration & Feeling Lostchristine grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03636203407716052899noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380966994919806341.post-49172328976317765812012-06-12T23:43:58.046-04:002012-06-12T23:43:58.046-04:00I am laughing so hard reading this that I am actua...I am laughing so hard reading this that I am actually crying! ALL of it was so true!Kim Siebold Studioshttp://www.kimsieboldstudios.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380966994919806341.post-45002800125535719842012-05-30T08:55:01.588-04:002012-05-30T08:55:01.588-04:00Oh Christine... This is a wonderful honest post. I...Oh Christine... This is a wonderful honest post. If I were closer, I would rush over and give you a hug for being the creative YOU that you are. <br /><br />Be assured that everyone feels like this on occasions. I am always struggling, and feel pretty sure I will never get any better at this job! But somehow we do continue to develop... look back at what you have done before and you will see the growth. Nothing comes easy - it all takes work and more work to move forward one step at a time, but even the rubbish stuff helps us to grow. <br /><br />Your tutu girl without legs reminded me of newsreaders who always used to be viewed on TV as sat behind desks - so people wondered if they had legs, or what they wore below waist level! :o)<br /><br />Your artwork certainly fits a desirable niche. You are developing your own signature style that is irrefutably your work and no one else’s. That is as it should be. You will never draw/paint/create work like your heroes because you are YOU, not them, and you bring to your work all your own experiences and feelings - not theirs.<br /><br />Pick yourself up, dry your eyes with that Kleenex, go for a well deserved day out and look at other lovely things to inspire you. Stop fretting, and energise. <br />Your use of traditional watercolours to create is not out of date... it is all scanned into digital eventually - you just start with a different media than digital artists. But yours will last beyond their digital files, and can be shared in exhibitions as actual artwork, or passed on to family many years from now. As fewer illustrators will work in traditional mediums there will be less physical artwork to exhibit.<br />Yours is a skill that you can build on with added digital enhancements, and you have learnt so much with Photoshop already.... it is all there waiting for you when you are ready, if you want to use it. <br />Don’t fret about things you haven’t reached yet, embrace what you have achieved, keep working to move forward and good things will come to surprise you.Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794603896579291245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380966994919806341.post-48572477848439589932012-05-30T08:44:48.241-04:002012-05-30T08:44:48.241-04:00Great post! These are things I have to constantly ...Great post! These are things I have to constantly remind myself of. Nice to know I'm not alone.Kristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05192446030613774422noreply@blogger.com