Post Spam #3: Bold Strokes

[talktooloose]

It's a source of fascination and frustration to me that I can't draw better. I gave up drawing my comic book for two reasons: first, it takes too long to tell a story that way and I have too many stories to tell. Secondly, I can't soar in that medium the way I can when I write fiction or compose music.

It's mysterious. I know comic art really, really, really, really well. I could write dissertations on page composition, inking styles, dynamic anatomy. I can spot good art at a distance of 3.7268 km. But I can't make the visions in my head appear on paper. I can draw okay, but it takes everything I have just to reach "okay". And furthermore, the gap between my skill level and a skill level I could one day reach is too wide. It is not given to me make a character live through line the way I can make him live through prose.

Not that I'm complaining; I don't have time to work in so many media. But it is strange to me to understand something so well and not be able to acheive it.

Comments

[painglass.livejournal.com]

I understand your frustration I think. I have this same problem with all visual arts myself- comics, painting, drawing, etc. It is why I've basically given it all up. I'll never reach the level I need to be at to satisfy the images in my head, so I don't try. That said, from the drawings of yours that I have seen, you are a decent artist. Far better then me. :) Any hey, you're a good writer! A silver lining to any gray cloud.

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

It's very arrogant of me to think that just because I understand and appreciate an art form, I should be able to master it.

I will return to drawing at some point, because it's really fun. One off illustrations, though, I think.

[lux-apollo.livejournal.com]

It's part of the reason I moved away from music performance. No matter how hard I tried, there were many things I could not get my hands to do. At a certain point, they would just become deadened to the signals, and I'd stumble or crash. It was very frustrating for a long time...

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

Maybe we should just enjoy these as avocation. I mean, besides Mozart, who was both virtuoso and composer?

[lux-apollo.livejournal.com]

Rachmaninoff?