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Honestly, I almost forgot to write and post this week's sketchbook, but not for any reason that will sound impressive. In fact, I was too busy finishing off a game, and watching a movie. I was actually super prepared and already have my doodles scanned and ready to post; it's just the written part that slipped my mind.
It's not often that I get to be happy about a lack of content, but when it's the result of being productive in other ways, I'm cool with it. So this week there's only a few doodles to show, as I've been spending more and more time putting paint on canvas.
This week I spent a bit more time on a digital sketch, so it's not really a doodle per se, but I've included it on purpose. In comparison to the limitations of pen on paper, I was reminded that digital sketching offers a lot of nuance and detail. I was also reminded that I don't suck as much as I thought I did.
I'm pleased to say that 'operation quantity' is going quite well. In fact, I present to you another set of doodles that continues to grow. There aren't any digital doodles this week, but they're only a sometimes bonus either way. It's all pens and paper, which is right where I like to be.
Part of me wants to write an entire post about the practice of pitching, or speculative work. It's something that artists of all mediums have to deal with at some point in their life, so I think it's an important thing to think about. However, I figured it might be a bit too much "shop-talk" for its own post, so I'll put it here instead.
Something as simple as a line can be so enticing sometimes. Of course many things are made up of lines, but we tend to look at the forest instead of the trees. Part of the reason I love doing doodles with pen is that it forces you to think about the lines you're making as you place ink on the paper.
It's one thing to try and create an abstraction of something physical/with tactile form, but what about the rest. After all, the real appeal of abstraction has to be its attempt to represent the intangible and ethereal elements of existence. Or even, the simple things in life that we are unable to see, but experience every day.
