razielim: kyle rayner from my lube ad poster (Default)
[personal profile] razielim
I'm so sick and tired of drawing nudes of myself. Every day I sit down and I draw these fucking nudes and I'm just so tired of them. I even broke my "Always start working at 8:00" rule today. And the "No internet before work" rule. And skipped yoga. And skipped meditation. About the only thing I haven't fucked up (yet) today is my 36h fast I had scheduled.

And yet (and yet!!), just as this morning I thought, "I'm such a fucking idiot, I should have started working on the studies for the principal figures first. The background characters can fucking just be disfigured gremlins, who cares? Why did you start working on the figures in the file name order? Remember, Gabriel?? 'Make things as fun as possible'? Remember?? The whole, 'work around having ADHD' schtick? Find a way! FUN! FUN, YOU MORON," when I finally sat down to draw, guess what was coming out more effortless, simplified, and stylized, almost like I'd learned something over the last few days of suffering? Yeah, the fucking studies.

There's a good chance if I'd done the principal figures first, I would have come to loathe them and undermined the whole entire goddamn project.

Sometimes, doing things the infuriatingly difficult way pays off. I hate it.

3.5 done... 16.5 to go. Fucking just throw me off a cliff already. My drawing muscles are going to be so buff and glorious after this, and I'm absolutely furious.

Date: 2022-03-17 19:58 (UTC)
dr_zook: (Default)
From: [personal profile] dr_zook
Haha, makes one wonder if drawing nudes of others would enhance your working experience. :D

Good luck with your schedules, and don't beat yourself up over not meeting every single goal every day.

Date: 2022-03-17 21:43 (UTC)
dr_zook: (Default)
From: [personal profile] dr_zook
I'd spend a lot less time painting, and a lot more time having the model over.

Sounds like a plan! XD

Date: 2022-03-17 20:42 (UTC)
liriaen: silly doodle of human face by Albrecht Dürer, 1506 (Albrecht Dürer's finest work)
From: [personal profile] liriaen
You can do this. No beating yourself up, 'kay?

Date: 2022-03-18 11:04 (UTC)
vriddy: Two cups of coffee on a tray (coffee)
From: [personal profile] vriddy
Congratulations, and sorry that is the way 😂

Date: 2022-03-19 22:01 (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] dreamersdare
Fuck-up days are part of the process. Means the days you don't fuck up really ARE an achievement, yes?

Sometimes, doing things the infuriatingly difficult way pays off. I hate it.

It seems so goddamn unfair. Like, just let me have it the easy way. Just let me, dagnabit!

Date: 2022-03-31 22:11 (UTC)
dreamersdare: (Default)
From: [personal profile] dreamersdare
While still giving the immense satisfaction of having achieved them. Best of both worlds.

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