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the Importance of Being Vain
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Oh hello there good looking .... don't think I didn't notice you trying to check me out while I wasn't looking. I noticed and frankly, I'm flattered
That should give you just a taste of what goes through my head everytime I look in the mirror. I know you neither asked nor cared but I felt it's important that you all know how much I'm in love with myself. Why you may ask do I love myself so much? Cause I just tested positive ..... for AWESOME!!!
If you're wondering what makes me so sure I'm the coolest thing since squeezable cheese, it's actually fairly simple.
Because my over inflated ego allows me to think it's true
And funny enough that's a very important lesson for a lot of artists. This whole post started off with me simply hoping to get a laugh out of you all and part way through I realized there's actually a very good lesson here. Something lacking for many artists I encounter is a lack of confidence in their self and their work. I teach at schools, libraries and comic shops, many times the hardest part of teaching any artist is simply getting to look at their work. They are afraid of showing it to another, worried that they'll notice that it's not perfect, find their mistakes and call them out on it. There are so many artists out there that could be so much more if they would just give their ego a boost. In the poetic words of Kid Rock "it ain't bragging (censored) if you back it up!"
I should also say that confidence needs to be tempered with humility. Believing in your work and your self, doesn't me believing your flawless.
You need to believe in your self enough that you are able to show your art to another and learn what you can improve upon. strive to improve upon even your greatest achievements. If you're not continually trying to improve yourself you can't go forward. No ones perfect, it's the simply nature of things, realizing this will liberate you. Every mistake you make is another push towards success. So stroke that ego however you can and get just a little vain.
On a separate note, my Man vs Animal contest has been a great success which means I'll be doing it again in the near future with a few changes to improve the game and keep it fresh. You can check out the full game over on my facebook fan page here www.facebook.com/pages/Smashed…
Also keep watch for a new piece I'm working on which I'm very proud of and excited to debut
Lastly two things
1. If you live in or around edmonton you should check this out www.facebook.com/events/475052…
2. Stop giving me Llama's people. I appreciate the gesture but I really don't understand their purpose and shall never give anyone a Llama myself. Save your Llama's for someone else, and just send me a message about my art instead, it's much more appreciated. Thanks!
See you all back here!
Same Dan-time!
Same Dan-channel!
That should give you just a taste of what goes through my head everytime I look in the mirror. I know you neither asked nor cared but I felt it's important that you all know how much I'm in love with myself. Why you may ask do I love myself so much? Cause I just tested positive ..... for AWESOME!!!
If you're wondering what makes me so sure I'm the coolest thing since squeezable cheese, it's actually fairly simple.
Because my over inflated ego allows me to think it's true
And funny enough that's a very important lesson for a lot of artists. This whole post started off with me simply hoping to get a laugh out of you all and part way through I realized there's actually a very good lesson here. Something lacking for many artists I encounter is a lack of confidence in their self and their work. I teach at schools, libraries and comic shops, many times the hardest part of teaching any artist is simply getting to look at their work. They are afraid of showing it to another, worried that they'll notice that it's not perfect, find their mistakes and call them out on it. There are so many artists out there that could be so much more if they would just give their ego a boost. In the poetic words of Kid Rock "it ain't bragging (censored) if you back it up!"
I should also say that confidence needs to be tempered with humility. Believing in your work and your self, doesn't me believing your flawless.
You need to believe in your self enough that you are able to show your art to another and learn what you can improve upon. strive to improve upon even your greatest achievements. If you're not continually trying to improve yourself you can't go forward. No ones perfect, it's the simply nature of things, realizing this will liberate you. Every mistake you make is another push towards success. So stroke that ego however you can and get just a little vain.
On a separate note, my Man vs Animal contest has been a great success which means I'll be doing it again in the near future with a few changes to improve the game and keep it fresh. You can check out the full game over on my facebook fan page here www.facebook.com/pages/Smashed…
Also keep watch for a new piece I'm working on which I'm very proud of and excited to debut
Lastly two things
1. If you live in or around edmonton you should check this out www.facebook.com/events/475052…
2. Stop giving me Llama's people. I appreciate the gesture but I really don't understand their purpose and shall never give anyone a Llama myself. Save your Llama's for someone else, and just send me a message about my art instead, it's much more appreciated. Thanks!
See you all back here!
Same Dan-time!
Same Dan-channel!
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2 min read
Hello dear reader,
I'm not sure what to call my imaginary fan club. Do I stick with the old Daninites? Or ring in the new era and associate the nick name with my studio name, calling you Head Smashers?
Ahhh well if my imaginary fan club loves me as much as I imagine they do they'll swoon over any pet names I have for them.
So I'm kinda sorta getting the hang of this old Deviantart site or the DA as you young hipsters would say. It's kinda sad when you feel proud of yourself for such a minor feat but that's just how exciting life as a freelancer is boys and girls! On that note I would also like to announce that about 15 minutes ago a stray cat walked across my balcony. He was a slick confident tom cat with an air of self importance about him. We held each others gave for a moment, but that moment said more than words ever could. So basically what I'm trying to say is today is off to an exceptionally great start!
I feel like every time I write a journal on here I should open up with the date and talk about my conflicting feelings for the handsome young stud that sits in front of me in math class. But since I'm neither a 14 year old girl or in math class I think for today will skip over that part of the journal.
You know what? I have no idea what I wanted to write about in the first place .... huh
Guess we'll talk about whatever I wanted to talk about another time.
I hope you enjoyed me wasting 5 minutes of your life, and I'll see you here.....
Same Dan-time!
Same Dan-channel!
I'm not sure what to call my imaginary fan club. Do I stick with the old Daninites? Or ring in the new era and associate the nick name with my studio name, calling you Head Smashers?
Ahhh well if my imaginary fan club loves me as much as I imagine they do they'll swoon over any pet names I have for them.
So I'm kinda sorta getting the hang of this old Deviantart site or the DA as you young hipsters would say. It's kinda sad when you feel proud of yourself for such a minor feat but that's just how exciting life as a freelancer is boys and girls! On that note I would also like to announce that about 15 minutes ago a stray cat walked across my balcony. He was a slick confident tom cat with an air of self importance about him. We held each others gave for a moment, but that moment said more than words ever could. So basically what I'm trying to say is today is off to an exceptionally great start!
I feel like every time I write a journal on here I should open up with the date and talk about my conflicting feelings for the handsome young stud that sits in front of me in math class. But since I'm neither a 14 year old girl or in math class I think for today will skip over that part of the journal.
You know what? I have no idea what I wanted to write about in the first place .... huh
Guess we'll talk about whatever I wanted to talk about another time.
I hope you enjoyed me wasting 5 minutes of your life, and I'll see you here.....
Same Dan-time!
Same Dan-channel!
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