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Going insane, day by day.

Thu May 15, 2008, 5:05 PM

Mood: Agony
Reading: The Bible (ultimate book of comfort)
Drinking: Water

So, you know that stomach illness you come down with after you accidentally rip a extremely wonderful work in progress that you've spent over 100 hours on and the deadline is right around the corner? Yeah. That icky, twisting, gut-under-a-guillotine feeling. That's my gut.

And then you feel mentally sick for taking a day to yourself to loosen up? You hike a bit, you eat a bit more than you ought too, you sleep a bit more than you should. That guilty beyond guilty feeling that follows you while you happen to be awake. You think you should keep moving, now that you've lost so much time, but you do nothing about it. And you pray: "Lord Jesus, come!" That was my today.

And then it results in something akin to a quiet anxiety attack? That is me now.

I perverted my own masterpiece.
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Never mind me.

Let me turn your attention to some lovely artwork.

These are other very anal, perfectionist artists, who no doubt, understand where my pain is coming from- for they too, work countless hours on a very photo-realistic drawing or painting in the time other artists can whip out a hundred digital sketches or what not. (nothing wrong with that)(I just don't think they can sympathize with me)...and I've been wanting to feature these works for some time, because they truly are sources of inspiration and envy.

Feast your eyes on this. Not a 1/30th of a second photograph. 30 hours of pencil madness.

Don't pet that kitty. You might smear the delicate graphite fur. Behold two weeks of life.

Don't wait for it to blink. Just a drawing.

I wouldn't take a bite from one of those plums- you'll get a mouthful of sweat and color pencil.

Don't adjust your monitor. That is a painting.

Never has cold metal been so life-like. In acrylic.

So those are a few. There are many more. Some from the same artists as featured above. There aren't many gifted with that sort of patience, believe me.

And now after reviewing those, I feel extra-unproductive.

So wish me luck as I try to repair the damage and restore my will to work on. It really is a crime.

Over and out.

-Emily Luther

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~emilytheartist May 15, 2008, 5:25:27 PM

If you have any objections to being features in this journal, let me know, and I will rectify the situation!

~kt-theleprachaun May 15, 2008, 6:49:08 PM

oh come on emily!!! you can do it!!!!

ps-was that last one REALY acrilic!!!

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`nimra May 15, 2008, 7:03:39 PM

thank you Emily i am honored!

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~emilytheartist May 15, 2008, 7:05:45 PM

At the artist's word, it is acrylic! Amazing, huh?

And thank you for the encouragment!

~emilytheartist May 15, 2008, 7:06:03 PM

You are most welcome!

*QuicheLoraine May 16, 2008, 1:06:08 AM

Sorry to hear about the torn drawing. I've certainly been there too, both with traditional art, and digital. It happens to the best of us. With Inkscape, if I forget to do the occasional "save" and it locks up, I've lost everything I might have spent hours on, and yes, I've actually cried over it. We're far too hard on ourselves. Did you try to patch it somehow, or could you maybe use a portion of it as another piece? Sometimes things like that can be wonderful new pieces. Being innovative is one of our best tools. It was my experience in art school that my professors expected me to turn in a project, even if it wasn't what I expected of myself, or what I considered to be a mistake, because it is a learning process, and nothing one puts such passion, effort and time into is a total loss. Take heart. Lovely work featured here! Infinite blessings!