Taking a Leap of Faith
Now that I have graduated college and am also employed, I felt the ambition to finally pursue my art business.
This is a leap of faith for me. I feel God is allowing me to follow through with this passion. I really enjoy selling my work to people at art festivals and inspiring others to create. Yes, this is very humble considering I went to college for Art and Spanish, but it speaks to my heart. Therefore, I must listen to my heart. The Holy Spirit is guiding me. I can’t ignore Him!
Self-taught Crafty Graphics
I have self-taught graphic design experience. While this type of experience gets overlooked in the professional art world, I can at least happily make my own graphics on the computer. This means, I don’t have to hire a professional when I want to execute something!
Though, whenever I do want to make something, I can’t make decisions on one particular design. This is why it took forever for me to make a true logo for my website. I’ve had my website for over a year, but I’ve struggled with designing a logo.
Throwing Out Ideas
I wrote down all of my ideas. One was to have a couple of paintbrushes around the word, “Art” but I thought that was too simple.
I had also wanted to incorporate my Salvadorian sun and moon into a logo. It was too hard for me to come up with a concept using them.
I then had an idea of a cutesy spider in the logo, but quickly thought against it because no matter how cute I think it is, people are terrified of spiders.
I struggled so much with my ideas. For a time I felt that had I taken graphic design, maybe ideas like this would be easier to execute. Then I would often remind myself of what awesome experiences I had taking printmaking instead of graphic design which made me throw away those regretful thoughts.
Light-bulb Moment
I finally sat down a few days ago to put an idea together. I wanted something that captured who I am as a person. I’m the face behind the art. I want my interests represented all across my website and in my pieces.
I looked at paintings I made, photos I took, wigs I enjoy wearing. I thought so hard, then finally! The light-bulb clicked on!
Materials Used
Since I’m working in the realm of digital art, my supply list is not as extensive as my other mediums:
- Wacom Bamboo Capture tablet pen--This makes drawing on the computer so much easier than when I spent several years using a mouse freehand.