So hey all my disciples out there! How’s everybody doing? (Hello Cleveland!)
This is a project post– so although my introduction is positive, I assure you it’s only for the forthcoming subjects.
I’ve been working on a pair of steampunk goggles for a very very long time now and am proud to think that I’ve full wrapped my head around the concept I’m looking for. These goggles will have atleast one telescopic eye piece (no easy thing to build from scratch, mind you), so any of the crafts people out there that actually do happen to read this, might have a little better understanding of the difficulty than some others.
On another note, I’ve decided to use all of the money I once received from birthday’s and the like (really any cash I still have kicking around) and put it towards clay and general sculpting supplies. I know what you’re thinking– it’s not really a good use of money, simply because there aren’t many that actually have the skills and/or talent to make this sort of project worthwhile. You’re probably right, but I read something recently that basically boiled down to the idea that people new to sculpting are generally going to suck, and suck for a long time. So to me, that adds a kind of safety net to my confidence- if I know without a doubt that square one is sucking the ass off of a donkey, than the only way to go is up, right?
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One note I will say towards my personal feelings on that last bit. I don’t believe I’ve ever felt like I should be starting at literal square one with most things.
Everything I’ve done or tried before, I’ve always seemed to instantly and seamlessly put myself, and my skill level, up just one notch above beginner– or more than one notch with some things, it was just instinctual. Technology, I’ve always felt I had an inherent skill towards understanding the fundamentals of things. Drawing, I’ve always been able to visualize in my mind exactly what I wanted to create, even if that usually ended in a torturous frustration of not being able to let anyone else see what I had in my mind.
But I have always praised myself and my skills all too much on something with an attitude of, “Shut up baby, I know it.” and tended to begin something entirely new with a kind of bravado I guess, and shoved anyone’s negative opinions or mannerisms to the wayside (positive thoughts tended to me looking at something as finished, particularly in drawings). Sculpting on the other hand is something that, even with all of the research I’ve done, I still will never be able to be anything more than realistic about it.
Maybe my attempts at, and interest in, sculpting will be nothing short of laying all my cards on the table?
Iaminyourveins!
G-nome
