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Monday April 30th 2012, 9:58 pmI’ve been dreading and overheating, mostly due to panic and worry over story details. Coming up with ideas that seem cool, but when it comes to thinking them through as things progress, it becomes a matter of isolating what actually works or doesn’t. There are so many variables, sometimes the simplest choices affect the bigger idea in ways either profoundly beneficial or not so much. There is never enough room to convey every detail wanted. So then it becomes a bit of a turmoil over what stays or goes without feeling like something important or of a weight is sacrificed. Causing the plan to be shortchanged in unwanted ways. This also gets really nerve-racking when trying out different things, experiments, because you never know how effective something is until the final product. So sometimes it feels like flying a little blind. But I suppose doing anything creative is like that to some degree, even if certain, that doesn’t mean anyone else will be certain over the choices made. But the trick to being a creative person is to never stop trying new things or ideas. Even if something didn’t work as hoped, it does not invalidate the doing of it. Its always better to have reached for something outside the box than to keep the lid on.
Reconciling With Steady Imagination
April 30th 2012
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Hey there Ashley
Thanks, and you’re humbly welcome in that anything I’ve had to say has garnered you something to think about. Good luck with it all.
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… Man, you are in my back pocket this week. I landed an illustration contract that’s throwing me for a stylistic loop since it’s beyond my usual meticulous/rendered work. At first, I kept thinking ‘Why is this guy limiting me?!’ and then I thought ‘Why am I limiting myself?’ What is it about a very different approach to storytelling that has my feathers up? Oh… a challenge.
I blushed. I signed a dotted line. And now I’m working at getting over the anxiety of jumping into a void empty handed.
What will happen? No clue. It may be total crap. But… “it’s always better to have reached for something outside the box than to keep the lid on.”
As always, thanks for helping me keep my head up, J3.
Comment by Ashley Helling 05.02.12 @ 4:30 pm