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wyld_dandelyonI've spent a lot of time painting, as you can see. I thought I would make the piping light blue, or maybe purple, but several test spots led me to deciding on gold, both for the piping and for the straps. The other colors just weren't giving enough contrast.
Also, as you can see, I have decided on a more even green, and made it brighter too. The camo look didn't do it for me.
Really, that's a lot of what you do when you're making something--try stuff and evaluate. Then edit, to make it better, more what you want.
While painting I have been thinking about branding--in a lot of ways, it's like your style, your aesthetic, at least for the parts of you that are publicly attached to your work.
That boring brown wasn't working for me--as an artist (writer/singer/painter/musician/etc) I don't want to be boring, I want to be vibrant, bright and beautiful, joyous and free, and at least to some degree fearless, looking into the hearts of things, and making good stories and songs.
And hopefully adding some beauty, magic, understanding, and inspiration to the world.
Boring just doesn't do that!
Also, as you can see, I have decided on a more even green, and made it brighter too. The camo look didn't do it for me.
Really, that's a lot of what you do when you're making something--try stuff and evaluate. Then edit, to make it better, more what you want.
While painting I have been thinking about branding--in a lot of ways, it's like your style, your aesthetic, at least for the parts of you that are publicly attached to your work.
That boring brown wasn't working for me--as an artist (writer/singer/painter/musician/etc) I don't want to be boring, I want to be vibrant, bright and beautiful, joyous and free, and at least to some degree fearless, looking into the hearts of things, and making good stories and songs.
And hopefully adding some beauty, magic, understanding, and inspiration to the world.
Boring just doesn't do that!
