Falling into Sleep

The phrase Falling Asleep always intrigued me. It gave the impression that sleep was a place, but was somehow unreachable by normal means. You do not walk to this strange place, hop on a bus, or take a boat across a deep ocean. No somehow the only way to reach sleep, the land where dreams grow and lie in wait, is to fall. Fall far, and fast enough and you might just reach that one dream that lurks in the deepest depth of your soul.

Been on a slight art block for the past 2 weeks, going between not being able to muster up motivation for trying to draw, and hating everything I even start to draw... which seemed like an enternity. I have to say though that this picture I am really pleased how it turned out. I was going to ink it, which is my usual style, but when I paused and looked at it, it didn't seem right to ink it. I wanted the image to have a bit of "lightness" to it and I think ink would have ruined it. This type of coloring doesn't suit my typical style so I don't do it that often, but sometimes certain pictures require you to do something completely different.

I think I'm out of my funk. I feel like I am at the moment, but that could be the sleep deprivation talking This picture isn't so much a story or a scene as just a feeling, I really hope I captured something at least. In the end, even though I constantly work towards technical improvement, what I really want is my works to convey emotion. I've seen plenty of artist that are "good" or "popular" but after awhile thier work becomes, bland. Emotion is replaced with "pretty colors" or "cute characters" not that you can't have both, but I think in this age of digital art, plenty of artists lose sight of the point of art. But I have also seen artist that are able to use digital mediums to thier full potential and works are beautiful and filled with emotion.

Perhaps that was what my funk was about. I just needed to find a way to get an emotion I feel on tha page.

TL;DR well anyway enjoy