Jimmy Jay Drawn with vectors in Clip Studio Paint

This my first vector drawing. I had many before before I could complete this simple drawing. I’ve been practicing using the vector pen tool with Illustrator and Affinity Design, and now with Clip Studio Paint EX. CSP’s bezier curves have some useful features that I haven’t seen in Illustrator of Affinity Design. Jeez! That statement doesn’t mean anything. I know almost nothing about those two programs, I may be insanely wrong.

When I’m learning something new, I really have to push myself to keep going. It’s all too easy for me to say, “Bezier curves are stupid and I’m so talented I don’t need”, and then quit. That’s the way I operated for most of my life. I got enthusiastic, tried and little, and gave up with things got tough. I’m glad I got over that kind of thinking. Even though it took me 50 years, it’s never to late get out of the ditch and get back on track.

Chore Day, Feb 8, 2020, and Being a Young Artist

I’m a young artist. I’ve been drawing and painting for only four years, which makes me a very young artist. As an artist, I’m just getting started. I’m just a four-year old kid, a potential juvenile delinquent. I’m having this thought because I saw a 64-year old fashion designer with four years of training being overly praised for doing a good job at her age. The people praising her didn’t realize that she’s a young designer, as young as an 18-year old who has been designing clothes since the age of 14. Age is irrelevant to Art. Art is is long, and life is short, no matter how young or old you think you are.

My chores today included shopping at the co-op for the week’s food, cooking the furry children’s vegan chow, and baking some chocolate-oatmeal cookies. That’s it for the chores. Hurray for oatmeal cookies!

There’s no image today because I couldn’t figure out how to crop an image in Clip Studio Paint. Wow! I futzed away half an hour looking for an obvious way to do what is obvious in Photoshop. CSP has a very steep learning curve. I’m operating on blind faith that Clip Studio Paint will eventually help me work more efficiently. In the meantime, I’m frustrated.