inatsetsova

So everyone keeps saying keep painting, well, I want to talk a bit about when to stop painting. I've learned this the hard way. Apart from messing up your health, it will certainly mess up your work.

STOP PAINTING WHEN:

1. You are hungry. That's a big one! Don't put off your meals. Your brain needs fuel, just like the rest of your body. If hungry - eat!

2. You are tired. I can't stress this enough. Unless you've got a really tight deadline and you're doing this short term, DO NOT PAINT when tired. I have to tattoo that one or something.

3. You've painted for hours on end. Get up, snack, go outside, go to the bathroom, but do not just sit and paint continuously. Stuff gets suspiciously fisheye lens-y (let's pretend that's a word).

4. If you haven't been outside in days. If you are itching to work so much paint from life, caricature people in the cafe, draw a tree in the park. Seeing new things, even as simple a face or a vehicle will bring back some creativity. Doing the same stuff over and over will not bring any progress.

5. If you haven't done anything fun in days. I do that one a lot. I'll get up work, eat (if I remember), watch an episode of something mindless, and then go to sleep. The best way to boost productivity is to separate work from life and to designate specific hours just like in any other job.

Those tips are definitely very valid for me so I hope that sharing will be useful to somebody .

Hi everyone, 

I'm incredibly sorry I haven't been active on Deviantart nearly as much as I would want to. I have discovered that posting my work online and scrounging for feedback has been so demanding that it has hurt my ability to create art I like and care about. So I took a big break from having a strong online presence. 

If you want to reach out to me for paintovers or feedback or just to say 'hi' the best way would be to just write to me on Facebook. Here's my profile www.facebook.com/tsetsova . Don't worry, I won't bite, just send me a message, and I'll add you . 

I've been doing a lot of anatomy and perspective drills. Apart from Lulu, I haven't been painting much because often I feel like I'm just butchering my ideas because of how long and how difficult it is to get things right. So I've been trying to polish up my fundamentals before attempting any large scale paintings. I finally feel a bit less rusty So hopefully you'll see some more exciting things soon!

On the personal front, life hasn't been treating me too well. I had a very long and pesky flu, which I finally recovered from. But I've still been struggling to find full time employment in art. Everything I find is either unpaid or is an Art Director position, which I'm without a doubt not qualified for . And on top of that my landlord has decided he wants to sell our flat, so my boyfriend and I will have to find a new place. If any of you guys live in big cities, you can relate to how time consuming and expensive moving can be. So all in all, my life hasn't been going nearly the way I imagined after graduation. But hey, we gotta keep going, right? 

I've been gone for a while because I've gotten a really pesky flu. I'm still doing studies - perspective and anatomy mostly lately, and have recently started picking up ZBrush. But that damn flu isn't going away..

I'm starting a monthly feature of some of the art that has inspired me beyond words through detail, mood, color, technique. Thank you for creating beautiful work!

Hi guys,