Hi everybody my name's Jarred. I'm not exactly new, I think there's a number of you who will remember who I used to be, but I'm not interested in talking about that. I think you'll find out that I'm not anything like I used to be, so it's not even relevant.
I wanted to come back here because I learned finding a good art community really is rare. I went off and did my own thing, but the fulfillment was fleeting. I've since learned that people and audiences are fickle and that many artists really do strive to stay the same. I believe I always wanted to change and get better, it just took me some time. But looking around, I can't say the same for others. I couldn't have known back then, but none of those people wanted to follow me into the path of improvement.
Pain is improving past your friends and having none of them not only want to follow, but they'll fight you on it. As a more cartoon-like artist primarily, I can't tell you how many friends told me "I don't want to go into realism!!" and how they careened back at the idea of a figure drawing. It's too much for me, I just can't have fun with the people I used to associate with.
I know it won't be a problem here so, I wanted to try it out again. For a long time I wasn't sure of what I wanted, but I do know I want a community. So I'm going to give it a shot again, as long as I can serve the community and help with activity, that's all I want. Critique is fine too, but I'm certain I don't have an issue with that. I'm just kind of lonely, is all--you can't just magic a community out of nowhere.
Intro Story
King
@ 7:01 AM Mar 28th