Mojo-Smileyface

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Mojo-Smileyface

Aug 6, 2017

I'm still here!

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I haven't really posted anything in a long time, but I am still doing art. In case anyone cared. Shrug

Aside from working full time and being utterly exhausted the remaining day... it seems I do not have the energy to do anything creative, at least to the extent I want. Actually working on anything, idea crafting or painting on Photoshop, has really took the backseat of late.

I suppose what I am trying to say is I am working on (quite) a few things, albeit slowly. I hope to have some up soon, but to be honest they could be ready in a day or in a year. I seem to take one step forward and two steps back. I work for weeks on a really good concept, then the next week I find I hate it and scrap it and start all over again... it is like a never ending circle. CURSE YOU!

Has anyone ever faced this before? Having ideas but not being able to complete, not being satisfied or not having time? I would say its like writers block, sort of.

But I will have something, sometime. Hopefully soon if I can force myself to get it done.

Aside from art, I've been enjoying games. Yes, Mass Effect Andromeda wasn't the game everyone wanted it to be, but I enjoyed it. I really liked Andromeda. They missed the beat on ... well a lot of things. The enemy didn't feel like the enemy, the plot didn't have enough urgency and struggle weaved into it that it should have. The animation was kinda off but my play through wasn't nearly as buggy as others. I hardly had any issues. But think they have a base for a good story there and wish Bioware will go back to it in a few years, maybe now since Casey is back. Pray

I don't want to get into it, but if you follow that sort of stuff you will know what I'm talking about.

Mass Effect Andromeda - Something to Fight For by Benlo

Regardless, hi, bye, see you soon? - hopefully? O_o

-Jo

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Mojo-Smileyface

Apr 30, 2015

Slow Days

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Art at the moment, for me has been really slow and practically non-existant, so thats another reason why im starting commissions, so I can get back into it.

Other things I hope to get done soon is:

-proper studies that hopefully improve areas I am struggling in. i.e anatomy.

-Really well rendered
concepts for my ip., artwork that you look at and get a sense of my characters and their stories.

Hopefully i can get myself moving and produce work that shows I can actually do this. Finding time sometimes is hard though, I admit.

In other news, I have a totally new computer, been busy setting it up and stuff, ahhhmaz graphics, also, that means I get to play HEAPS of new games in awesome res with no fear of my computer overheating or dying mid-game! That also means I may be doing studies from those games as well!
(more practice!)

So, fingers crossed, and keep a look out for some (hopefully) better works!

Have a great day!
Jo <3

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Mojo-Smileyface

Jan 3, 2015

Happy 2015!

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I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year! 2014 had certainly gone by fast, the amount of information I absorbed and things I learnt in relation to art, was quite a lot, I feel.

But urg I struggle daily just to start a piece, I struggle so much sometimes. I may feel like I have started a hopeless quest of becoming a concept artist, but I look back at things I produced at the beginning of last year - and then I could barely do a landscape, now I [kind of] can.
Like this piece which I did at the end of 2013:

To a piece such as this which I did a few months ago:

Personally I feel I have improves a little in areas such as colour, composition, maybe a little of everything, but really, I still suck haha.

Does anyone have any hints or tips or ideas to help me?

Have a nice day

Jo

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Mojo-Smileyface

Dec 17, 2014

Have a great Christmas and New Year!

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Queen of Blades study by Mojo-Smileyface

Have you all seen The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies? Go, see it, it is amazing and very sad too, its the last one they are doing, I don't even think they are making anymore of Tolkin's work into movies either!

Anyway, eat heaps of yummy food, and get heaps of nice presents and stay safe, thank you for a great 2014 and bring on 2015!

Jo xo

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Mojo-Smileyface

Nov 30, 2014

All Done!

2 min read

Yay, finished my course level 6 Diploma in Graphic Design

Haha - now what?

I spend my day painting, sleeping and looking for jobs. I hope to get something before I get thrown out of home.

I can't wait to start my life, I want to have a little flat, have a nice, creative, full time job, get money and pay off my loan, and start being independent, you know?

All the while improving my fundamental skills [or trying too].

Comment, favorite, critique, help me out!

Have a good day!
Jo

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I'm still here!

Aug 6, 2017

I haven't really posted anything in a long time, but I am still doing art. In case anyone cared. Aside from working full time and being utterly exhausted the remaining day... it seems I do not have the energy to do anything creative, at least to the extent I want. Actually working on anything, idea crafting or painting on Photoshop, has really took the backseat of late. I suppose what I am trying to say is I am working on (quite) a few things, albeit slowly. I hope to have some up soon, but to be honest they could be ready in a day or in a year. I seem to take one step forward and two steps back. I work for weeks on a really good concept, t

Slow Days by Mojo-Smileyface, journal

Slow Days

Apr 30, 2015

Hey everyone, long time no see Hope everyone is going good with all their art, it seems everyone is getting more and more talented. I have been so busy with a full time job but I am trying to do commissions. If you want anything done, characters, landscapes, graphic design, all you have to do is inbox me! But be in quick as I am running out of places, and I am doing it cheaper until I get used to the whole commission thing. :) Art at the moment, for me has been really slow and practically non-existant, so thats another reason why im starting commissions, so I can get back into it. Other things I hope to get done soon is: -proper studies

Happy 2015! by Mojo-Smileyface, journal

Happy 2015!

Jan 3, 2015

I hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year! 2014 had certainly gone by fast, the amount of information I absorbed and things I learnt in relation to art, was quite a lot, I feel. But urg I struggle daily just to start a piece, I struggle so much sometimes. I may feel like I have started a hopeless quest of becoming a concept artist, but I look back at things I produced at the beginning of last year - and then I could barely do a landscape, now I [kind of] can. Like this piece which I did at the end of 2013: To a piece such as this which I did a few months ago: Personally I feel I have improves a little in areas such as colour, comp

Have a great Christmas and New Year! by Mojo-Smileyface, journal

Have a great Christmas and New Year!

Dec 17, 2014

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and New Year, because I might not be posting things until afterwards. I've been busy practicing and doing a couple of studies. If you haven't seen them: Have you all seen The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies? Go, see it, it is amazing and very sad too, its the last one they are doing, I don't even think they are making anymore of Tolkin's work into movies either! Anyway, eat heaps of yummy food, and get heaps of nice presents and stay safe, thank you for a great 2014 and bring on 2015! :D Jo xo

All Done! by Mojo-Smileyface, journal

All Done!

Nov 30, 2014

Yay, finished my course level 6 Diploma in Graphic Design Haha - now what? I spend my day painting, sleeping and looking for jobs. I hope to get something before I get thrown out of home. I can't wait to start my life, I want to have a little flat, have a nice, creative, full time job, get money and pay off my loan, and start being independent, you know? All the while improving my fundamental skills [or trying too]. Comment, favorite, critique, help me out! Have a good day! Jo :)