So I did that meme that’s going around DeviantArt right now; that one about showing the improvement you’ve made through your arts over the years. *sigh*

My immediate thought after this was to get down on myself for not having ANY tangible improvement whatsoever. >___>;;; But dear Usaku brought up the point that sometimes improvement doesn’t come always from improvement, but refinement. I mean, from when I first started using them, I’ve learned a ton of crazy tricks and ways to handle markers; and that was something that came from trying to refine my process and style. I wanted to make pretty things with a certain medium. And so I taught myself how. In that sense, I guess there was improvement.

But if the last year has given me anything at all, it’s the realization that being stuck to one certain thing for any given time may give you refinement in it, perhaps even mastery of it (if such a thing is possible), but it also takes away from the whole. You lose skills, and others atrophy. You miss out on experiencing what other things have to offer………I wonder if this makes any sense. (Oh well, it’s my blog, I’ll babble if I want to, haha).

Now, this isn’t to go against that line of thought of doing one thing and doing it was well as possible~!!

But…..I…..need to keep on trying different things. I’m SO frustrated by my own status-quo. Time to break it down and start anew, I guess. YAY~!!! XD