I love voting in art competitions. Sometimes, it can be tough to choose favorites, but I know it's worth it to participate.
That's a great way to look at it, because on one level I dislike voting, as I've said over and over (and everyone is tired of reading, no doubt.) Part of that is my indecisive brain - the same reason i've got 200 icons right now for the 20in20 and I can't use most of them but I can't decide what to use. etc.
But these challenges have really pushed me to get better fast, it's kind of amazing when I look at the Normal again icons I did several months ago for an OWL challenge compared to what i'm doing now, and I'm still not satisfied.
I did icons over ten years ago as a moulin rouge fan, but there were no challenges, no contests, and very little in the way of community where I could compare or learn, so I didn't grow. I did some nifty stuff, stagnated for way too long, then got bored of it - over a five year span? But there was nothing to push me to improve, no yardstick to measure myself by.
Thank you for speaking so highly of my Gunn/Willow art. You make me blush, darling.
Your work deserves the highest praise! I'm really sort of amazed still that you credit me (and Megan) for being an influence to get back to it, because you've been such an influence on me. (And an amazing mentor.) I get to claim fairygodmotherly-muse bragging rights? Coolness. :)
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That's a great way to look at it, because on one level I dislike voting, as I've said over and over (and everyone is tired of reading, no doubt.) Part of that is my indecisive brain - the same reason i've got 200 icons right now for the 20in20 and I can't use most of them but I can't decide what to use. etc.
But these challenges have really pushed me to get better fast, it's kind of amazing when I look at the Normal again icons I did several months ago for an OWL challenge compared to what i'm doing now, and I'm still not satisfied.
I did icons over ten years ago as a moulin rouge fan, but there were no challenges, no contests, and very little in the way of community where I could compare or learn, so I didn't grow. I did some nifty stuff, stagnated for way too long, then got bored of it - over a five year span? But there was nothing to push me to improve, no yardstick to measure myself by.
Thank you for speaking so highly of my Gunn/Willow art. You make me blush, darling.
Your work deserves the highest praise! I'm really sort of amazed still that you credit me (and Megan) for being an influence to get back to it, because you've been such an influence on me. (And an amazing mentor.) I get to claim fairygodmotherly-muse bragging rights? Coolness. :)