you should draw again! I'm a big believer in doing creative stuff. IT might not be like saving the world, but I think culture and art is very very important to making life worth living. Go for it!
Drawing BaDly
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 On 02/27/2014 at 08:35 AM by TheMart22 See More From This User » |
Friday’s awkward cousin Thursday is here so that means only two more days of BaD.
I thought I’d take a break from my usual blog format and go into a bit about my artistic background.
I grew up drawing. Some of my earliest memories are of me drawing pictures of Gaelic Football matches and of Sonic on my living room table. I was so into art as I kid that at the age of 6, I actually came third in Ireland in the Community Games Under-8 Art competition. High standard indeed I know 
I’ve only some memories and a nice heavy bronze medal to show now from then but it was a really great experience for me in my formative years.
My parents had always encouraged me to draw as a child. As I grew up however, my parents priorities for me changed (for the best really). In secondary school (Irish equivalent of high school), it became evident pretty quickly that I had a strong capacity for mathematics and mechanical reasoning. I graded high in both my Technical Drawing and Mathematics classes. The led to art being put on the back burner. Unfortunately, in Ireland, the educational system is extremely focused and students are encouraged to only take classes which will help them in the professional world (this is changing somebit nowadays thankfully). For this reason, I dropped art after 1st year. I don’t remember whether this was a huge concern to me at the time, but I have come to regret it since.
There were some moments in secondary school where art again became a focus for me but it didn’t last long. I was always doodling in class. Drawing superheroes or soccer players on the side of my textbooks was the norm, but when one of my best friends and I decided to create our own comic book, I was right back to spending my evenings drawing again. Creating worlds with deep societal issues (I may be stretching a bit here) and characters with real goals for change was great! I’m telling you, the team of Fice and Blitz were going places 
My friend stayed on the artistic side of things and has since inked a comic book which released last year and started his own company designing and printing graphic t-shirts/mugs/posters/etc.
Things happen in life for a reason. I’m not depressed or anything. I graduated college as an engineer and am working as a Project Manager now so things worked out pretty well but there are times, I wish I chose to be more creative in life instead. There’s a different kind of stress involved but there’s something so pure and free about drawing for a living.
The reason I bring this up now is it’s been on my mind a lot lately to start drawing again. I enjoy drawing people (faces in particular) the most and while I’m certainly not very good, it brings me a lot of joy and satisfaction. I’ll share some here if I feel confident enough about it so that’s something to look forward to 
Anyway, thanks for reading. You now know a little more about the man behind the myth haha.
Later
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