My Own Art Aspirations

In a previous post, namely "Never Too Late", I briefly mentioned that I don't want to pursue an art career. I feel like I should expand on that and talk about what I do hope to find in art as strictly a hobby.

To me, art has always been an expression of my feelings. I know that seems like the most basic reason to draw, but it’s true. When I was 15 years old, I had a massive crush on my best guy friend which was somewhat mutual, but there were complications that prevented a relationship of any sort. He told me about a dream he had of us, that involved a future with roommates and a conflict that came up.  I don’t want to go into detail, but it was a realistic dream with a coherent story that could be followed. I proceeded to draw out the whole thing in a comic format because I thought it was amazing.

The point of all that was to demonstrate what I meant by expression of feelings. I only drew for fun, with no intent on improving or wanting to improve. Improvement happened naturally (a little) with how often I would draw. I didn’t care about subject matter outside of humans.
And until recently, I feel a little more conscious about it. I want to expand and draw all types of things like scenery, vehicles, and even aspects of fantasy worlds. The sad part is I’m not able to sit down and draw as much as I used to. But it’s a temporary problem, I just have a handful of things to focus on at the moment.

Right now, I’m in school to be a social media manager. I really loved the classes I’ve been taking and it’s a great experience. Truth be told, I also wouldn’t mind being an artist somewhere down line. My biggest art related aspiration is to illustrate a comic book a few decades from now. That gives me plenty of time, I think.

I want to use art as a means of expression, in addition to drawing to improve so that it’s possible to make a livelihood from it.