Do you get sick of artists drawing the same thing over and over?

rock_climber_21 asked:


I mean
-anime
-sunsets
-mountain/beach/lake/starry scenes
-horses
-dragons/mythical creatures

it honestly pisses me off to see decent artists drawing just those ALL THE TIME!!!!
get some variety, horses AREN’T cool!

Lucy

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This entry was posted on Monday, May 25th, 2009 at 9:23 pm and is filed under How To Draw Dragons. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

8 Responses to “Do you get sick of artists drawing the same thing over and over?”

  1. Baby Says:

    Frederica

    yep

  2. redladyart Says:

    Bethann

    I think horses ARE cool, but I can live without anime. lol…

  3. hiver_lumiere_ange Says:

    Aracely

    i guess

  4. Buju's-baby! Says:

    China

    I guess they stick with what they can do best. I know I try to vary what I paint but it doesn’t always happen.

  5. D6 Says:

    Arline

    No, I’m not sick of it at all. Most of these things (except for the anime) are part of nature’s beauty and I never tire of that. Most artists see beauty in the tiniest thing, or pattern, or design. I’ll never tire of a beautiful sunset.

  6. sophieb Says:

    Johana

    nope

  7. cheers Says:

    Milan

    Just ask yourself if you could do any better. Then you can criticize

  8. Vince M Says:

    Aleida

    You and I seem “simpatico.”

    In school, I used to see countless little girls who could draw pretty little horsie heads, all day, every day.

    Ask one to draw the entire horse and they would look at me as if to ask “Why? Why bother?” And all of their friends would gather and gush about what fantastic artists they were.

    And I would sit aside and watch, quietly, (probably out of shyness) aghast, knowing that, not only could I draw the entire horse out of memory, but that I could pick from a variety of horse TYPES, from work horses, Percherons, thouroughbreds, cow ponies and others!

    I too have my faves: cartoons and fantasy art. I do these for fun! But I don’t get a lot of paychecks by limiting myself to those.

    I’ve since grown thicker skin and can take comfort knowing that there are very few paying clients that will make a search to find that one little girl who can draw pretty little pony heads. They contact me, and they can get any part of the horse they want.

    Or the goat, or the puma, or the plow, or the Corvette, or the salami, or the tree, or the house, or the child, or the …..