DrDelirium
Literotica Guru
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Most of my life I've been a traditional media guy, settling down mostly into oil painting for quite awhile. Various circumstances in my life made that impractical to pursue- made any kind of art impractical pursue- for a long time. Recently I've started to go digital, largely because it's not toxic and work can be saved in a second at a moment's notice when interruptions occur. Unlike oil paints, the working characteristics of my tablet don't change when I leave it alone for a few hours, and nothing hardens up and has to be thrown away if it isn't properly cleaned.
I've found it frustrating in many ways though. Things have come a long way technologically just recently, but the tools still feel unnatural to me (well, they are, right?). I suppose that's partly just a matter of putting in the hours- pencils and brushes were a struggle for a long time the first time around, after all. What I feel is somewhat like what an amputee must feel learning to walk with a prosthetic leg: I already know how to walk, for fuxxaches! Why is this hard? Why can't I just go run a marathon? And, unlike a lot of kids growing up with digital art, I have aesthetic standards already. I'm just not able to meet them yet. I hope that 'yet' is the operative word, anyway.
I've found it frustrating in many ways though. Things have come a long way technologically just recently, but the tools still feel unnatural to me (well, they are, right?). I suppose that's partly just a matter of putting in the hours- pencils and brushes were a struggle for a long time the first time around, after all. What I feel is somewhat like what an amputee must feel learning to walk with a prosthetic leg: I already know how to walk, for fuxxaches! Why is this hard? Why can't I just go run a marathon? And, unlike a lot of kids growing up with digital art, I have aesthetic standards already. I'm just not able to meet them yet. I hope that 'yet' is the operative word, anyway.