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Summer Projects

Well it's been another long gap between posts and in looking at the dates there seems to be something about summer that makes me want to start writing haha.

I think it might be that I start a lot of "Summer" projects. The days are longer, it's warm in the Pacific Northwest, it's beautiful outside and I get motivated to do something. This got me thinking about the importance of personal work and personal projects. I believe they are important because as artists these are opportunities to more easily process and develop.

There are many types of projects that could fall into this realm. I like to break up projects into these three categories:

DEVELOPMENT - A project designed around an area I'm wanting to improve in artistically (i.e. sketching faster, cartoony animation, drawing hands, etc.)

THERAPEUTIC - A project that allows me to process my thoughts and emotions through my artwork

EXPLORATION - An open project often focused  on having fun or trying out a new medium/technique with no particular goal other than trying it out

Having these categories helps me stay focused on a specific goal while also setting a level of expectation for the resulting outcome.

I am planning posts on how to go about creating your own development projects and another post sharing my experience creating a therapeutic animation project. Until then keep creating!



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