A question for artists
Hello, so I'm a 21 year old college grad with a degree in Multimedia Arts.. However, I still don't have a defined art style. I feel like I didn't learn enough in uni. We had three sems per year and everythingwent by fast. My questions are:
1. How can I develop it? Where do I start? Should I first be good at drawing the human figure and then make it more cartoon-y because I'm more interested in that and now realistic drawings.
We only had one freehand / traditional drawing class and the rest were digital (photography, video, illustration, etc).Being in the multimedia field didn't help because it made me interested in a lot of fields and styles. Now, I am not *SUPER good* at a specific medium, I'm like only *kinda good* at a lot of different media. It's giving me a lot of anxiety. It's all I think about, I think that I'm kinda panicking now because I will turn 22 soon and I've only had a small internship somewhere and I'm not sure if this is the best field for me to work in. Not sure if I even like it anymore. Taking art in college made me kinda lose my creativty in a way. We always had to think of what colors to use or something. We should always have a reason for something. It tired me out.
So, this is sorta all over the place, but I hope you kinda get what I'm trying to say.
I posted here on the Anxiety board because it's been making me feel terriblyworried and anxious. Also my first language isn't English so forgive me.
Help me please.
...I'm more interested in that and NOT** realistic drawings.
As a former student of art and music in college, I've had pretty much the same crappy feeling that this box is punching my creativity in and filling my head with unnecessary expectations. Many artists feel this way.. do you believe someone told piccaso or de Vinci how to become who they became? No way. Maybe someone have shared some techniques with them, but thier journey, like yours, is unique and has more influences than just college. It can actually be a great thing that you have such a diversity in your skills, even if you're not an authority in any of them. Be an authority of being exactly who you are, and always have some spot for personal and free expression where you don't censor too much. Skills learned will settle in with your spirit in time, it's good to challenge ourselves with new ideas and play by varying rules.. after all, it's play time.. i'll reccomend you not to worry about it so much, you're young! Have fun with art try to remember what you love about it.. also for a bit of inspiration, watch the off camera interview with Dave grohl.. certainly inspired me. best wishes my friend :-)
