Art Talk / Sunday Sketches 2/2 (Patreon)

Continuing from the post before this one... as you can see when I want to come up with new ideas my sketches become messy. I'm exploring and searching for something to jump out at me. Like panning for gold! I was NEVER good at cleanup art on paper, I was always chaotic and messy but it's how I found the things I liked.

I think with the use of digital tools that made it possible for me to make things almost perfect, I'd lost that wild, chaotic energy. The energy that created fun ideas and characters. Everything happens for a reason.

The Art Journey

To dive even further, I believe me moving into a house in another state away from friends and family is part of my journey. The house was a property I owned and rented out to tenants. Needless to say when I moved in, it was trashed. After a year, It's livable but still needs work. There's no more little gecko lizards living with me.

Living like this helped me rediscover myself without outer influences. Being here helped me cleanse the mindset of trying to make everything perfect. This house was chaos and I had to accept that. It's simple, I barely have furniture except a bed, chairs and some tables. Clearing the slate of what's actually needed. Not rich but no longer worried about paying bills or pleasing an outside company. I don't feel a pressure to make art I don't care about. All these things can muddy the waters of creativity.

All this to say I'm allowed to be messy, wild, unpredictable and simple again like I was when I was younger. I was always simple, things just got complicated when I forgot who I was. I still have a ways to go, but the flow of creativity is happening more and more. I'm on my path.
I hope we can all find our path.

Onwards and Upwards!

-Miltonius

P.S. I think I've found a couple new characters in these sketches I'll be expanding more on. What one's do you think I'm choosing?