Hi everyone.
I've been lurking for a little while and it seemed like as good a time as any to say hi and start joining in.
I'm a 27 year-old Aussie and I've recently started taking up cartooning as a hobby again after quite a few years off.
I work in application support with a bit of database maintenance and programming work on the side, mainly working with financial applications.
As you can imagine spending 8-10 hours doing something rather left-brained I like to do something fairly different off the clock. I've been on a self-improvement kick the last few months and getting stuck back into my badly drawn artwork has been an incredibly rewarding and enjoyable experience ;)
Without being obnoxiously self-deprecating, I'm fairly amateur. I basically did nothing art-wise for close to four years following my last foray into the world of webcomics, meaning no sketching, penciling, colouring, or artwork of any kind. That's made it a bit of a struggle to get myself back to a level I'm happy with but I think I'm slowly getting back there. Now I'm entering new territory and trying to improve my style, mainly working on non-standard poses, facial expressions backgrounds.
Anyway, hope to get to know you all better in the near future. I've been interested in talking to some like-minded folks for a while now and this place seems to have a great buzz about it.
Cheers! ;D
Welcome to the fold. Glad you decided to introduce yourself. We have a lot of lurkers and they are all appreciated but it's even nicer when someone contributes.
I hope you find your time here productive and rewarding. ;)
Quote from: klingers on May 04, 2010, 07:31:42 PM
I'm fairly amateur.
I've seen people with far less developed skill than you have a shocking amount of success, so I think you should at least count yourself above average. Hell, I still think my artwork is crap but people like what I do, so I guess the lesson is not to let the self-deprecation guide you.
Cheers!
Gibson has a very good point. I've met very few artists who aren't unhappy with their work. Use those feelings to push you forward, not push you down.
Thanks all, glad to be here.
I appreciate the encouragement. I'll keep plugging away at it ;D
Hello there =D