Fresh eyes equals Fresh perspective
Best piece of art advice ever.
When you think you are finished with a particular piece of art, put it down for the night. Look at it again tomorrow with fresh eyes.
The more you stare at your work as you create it, the more the details blurr and it becomes easy to forget parts of the picture or to make mistakes. If you work hard at any job for too long in a day, you will make errors. Art is no different.
Avoid turning in artwork for a competition or a project until you've taken a break and looked at it again the following day. Even if it's a time sensitive project, trust me, it is better to wait.
Behold; an example of why it is good to wait.
Scenario; Awesome artist tweets their original character and says if anyone wants to draw her, please do so.
These sort of tweets are time sensitive in a way. If too many artists start drawing that character and tweeting said art, you don't want to be one of the last ones to join in. Ideally, you want to be one of the first few because those ones tend to recieve the most attention. And that's what every struggling artist wants. Is a chance to be SEEEN. The initial couple reweets for any project get the most hype. By the time the twentieth tweet rolls in, the creators’ fans are swiping past it and being annoyed with the continuous train of fan art. You don't want to be in that spot.
So I got right to it, I wanted to draw this character because she's a thick thighed goth and I love thick thighed goths. I had the vision all laid out and worked at it for awhile.
Something seemed off about the pose I chose. So then I opted to include some bats. I still wasn't entirely happy with how she turned out. She sort of turned out how I wanted. I was thisclose to tweeting this image out-just so I could be one of the first artists to draw Happy Goth girl.
Against my own will, I held off tweeting that. I decided I needed to “LOOK AT IT WITH FRESH EYES TOMORROW”
And honestly, I'm glad I waited. I am still not too sure why I don't like that picture. I made another attempt at her and this time IT TURNED OUT EXACTLY HOW I HAD IN MIND.
It's worth waiting. I felt 11000 percent confident when I tweeted this version out.
The creator of Happy Goth girl liked my interpretation of their character! It made my month, honestly. I love it when I read a character right and the art turns out the way it should. 💜🦇💀
I'm so fucking glad I waited. This version was the best version, more looser in pose/ not as rigid, more what I was trying to say.
It's annoying when the first piece of art doesn't work out, but it's never a waste of time or materials. Try to always see it as personal improvement rather than failures.
And you always want to send your best work. You don't want to send something half done or uninspired because that's representing your brand. If you put your best work forward always, the right people will find you. Be sure of that.
