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Feel Lost Trying To Make It Work 2016-12-23 06:15:29 Post No. 8877360
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Hey guys, I made a thread some months back about having trouble getting through less plot-driven novels and classics, and the general discussion did enough to encourage me to take another spin at it. Since then, I've learn to enjoy books of that nature and I loved Crime and Punishment, as well as The Brothers Karamazov. So I come to you guys with another issue that's been bothering me for quite some time.
I've been drawing for most of my life, with my eventual goal being to be a concept artist. However, when it comes to actually drawing, I tend to get bored for the reason (I believe) that I can't convey all the weight and backstory that actually MAKES a character interesting onto the paper. No matter how creative someone is, I haven't seen an illustration that just triggers my imagination in a powerful way without being somewhat sensual in nature. I've always wanted to add some of that depth to a picture, but to communicate it without the viewer having some idea of the world that they're looking at, all of that gets lost.
It's probably why I've entertained the idea of writing stories instead, but I find it hard to come up with an idea that I'm willing to run with to the very end. I've written a 13,000-ish word story at the very most but it felt like I was scraping the bottom of the well with that one.
I'm not sure if what I'm saying makes sense. I'd go to /ic/ but most of them are either exchanging hentai or are quick to say
>>hurr durr you either got it or you don't
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Show us some of your work OP
BTW, you could partner up with a writer if you get stuck in the middle of a story. That must certainly help at the beginning.
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Here's my last painting.
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>>8877538
Is that Sao Paulo at the back?
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>>8877360
What is this picture meant to convey? Please be specific/insightful, this is /lit/ after all.
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>>8877538
you serious?
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>>8877549
Haha yeah, I used it for reference.
This is from a while back, but I liked the idea behind it.
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>>8877580
Woman as demonic temptress. Kind of overdone, anon.
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>>8877651
Actually not a temptress. But, I can see why you would think that and can agree that it is overdone.
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>>8877595
That didn't answer the question.
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>>8877676
Ohhhhhhhhhhh my bad
She is a symbol for the idealistic perfection that cannot be achieved in this life solely through ordinary and natural means (exercise+boob job). Although the helmet inspires sentiments of fear and oppression, the person holding it inspires a feeling of attraction and admiration, and overall the image becomes a message of all that is good in man overcoming his evil using every available resource and ounce of willpower at his disposal.
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>>8877783
>She is a symbol
Stopped reading there. Of course she's a symbol, everything is.
Ok actually I kept reading to my disappointment. Your characterization of her symbology as body dismorphia really ignores the fetish elements like the thigh straps and helmet. You should reevaluate your characterization of the helmet b/c that's where you really lost the plot and became totally dishonest, you know that no one feels fear and oppression at the site of that helmet, you totally misread its purpose in the picture.
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I swear /lit/ has better porn than /b/
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>>8877783
>She is a symbol for the idealistic perfection
She's meat stretched over bone same as everyone else.
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>>8877849
Why are you picking apart tits and ass
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>>8877882
>he doesn't realize "meat stretched over bone" is just another symbol
You have to go back, kid.
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>>8877885
I'm a man.
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