Cookie Cutter Art

Someone please tell me how hard it is to redraw a cartoon character or how strenuous it is to draw faces on random fruit and take snapshots of em. Really you call this art? Why can't people come up with something fucking original. The fact that people buy this cookie cutter shit as art really makes me wonder how the hell anyone is really supposed to make it as an artist. I understand that people learn to draw by recreating other artist's work. But there comes a point in time when you really need to step away, grow up, and prove that you can be original to some degree. I like to feel that I learned to draw by looking at anime and manga, but it took maybe a year or two for me to start coming up with my own characters. They were shit of course, but at least I threw the cookie cutter out. If you have nothing original to share with the world, maybe you should put the crayons down and try out for American Idol, I hear they are in the business of cookie cutting.

Thoughts?

Some exciting news!

So I was informed a few days ago that my graffiti piece (the one I filmed) Is going to be featured as the cover of The Mercury, Gettysburg College's Arts and Literature Magazine. I always doubt my artistic ability, but moments of recognition like this keep me moving. It is a great aspect for one to be humble about their work. But this characteristic cannot survive in this world without something pushing the artist forward, otherwise I would just sit in my room drawing my life away, never showing my work to anyone. So as the title states I am very excited and inspired to push myself.

too much time.

So I finally sat down to clean up a sketch I made a while ago. I currently have a comic strip in the works, it's scanned and cleaned up, I just have to decide if I wanna go with grayscale or color.

from here on out

I've notice that I am a stick lost in the stream. Floating with the current into the obis that is the ocean of the world. I'm not one to contemplate my life to often, rather I just go about my business from day to day. But this is a problem. I draw, sculpt, and carve, yet I have no idea where my inspiration comes from. This is why I am here now. over the next few weeks I want to examine my past and try and find why I create what I create.

March On

These are not collective thoughts, just remarks on my future.
It's hard to forget the struggles I went through last semester, academically, personally, and emotionally. I could compare it to moments during my High School career. Moments when I had not hope and felt to purpose. But I've had some time away from the chaos of school; some time to relax and collect myself.
Old habits are hard to forget but I'm working to erase them from my life. This semester isn't going to be an easy one, but I hope I now have the drive to succeed, to push myself in my studies, my art work, and empower myself to change my outlook on a few things.
I've spent the past few weeks with those who are important to me. That's the big reason behind my lack of art work right now, but the time was definitely needed.
As the hours count down to my return to college, the time grows closer to set some goals, fill some pretty big shoes, and march on.

New flash website

So I just spent the past couple hours setting up a flash website using wix.com

check it out: http://www.wix.com/adlonart/portfolio

Old and New

Here is a mixture of old and new material.
-Madonna of the sky (2009)
-Frozen (2010)
-Bury me at sea (2010)
-The Dark Knight (2009)
-Senior year (2008)