Discipline ò_ó

Why Discipline?

This newsletter was started with the goal of sharing thoughts on art making, sharing insights from projects I’m developing and games I’m part of.

In general to talk about discipline in art.

Discipline is only necessary when you’re doing something you don’t want to do. You don’t need discipline for things that are purely fun. Most of us start making art because it’s a blast, it’s an outlet for expression and fun ideas. It feels good.

But frustration hits when you see you lack the tools to express certain ideas and these don’t get out of your head properly.

That means it’s time to learn technique, so you start studying things that are harder, need consistency and may be boring sometimes.

That’s the part that requires discipline, every day you carry on with your practice without the promise that you will make it.

But without that discipline and practise, no one makes it as an artist.

Advice and people who suck

There’s something I love about art and it’s that your money or contacts don’t matter, if someone sucks and doesn’t want to put in the work, they will continue to suck.

But remember, art and work (even as an artist) are not the same. So some of these people unfortunately get to important positions working their way up without proper work or with the taste of a monkey’s ass.

I would hesitate on people who give a clear and confident answer on what you should do to improve or to move ahead in your career.

People can give advice (I do too in mentorships, chatting or here lol) but there’s no “path”, there’s just your own experience of the world and what you do with your art.

You find your own path by making art and learning.

Don’t seek clear answers from anyone for an art career, the answer usually is in your practice, work and interests.

What’s going on here ò_ó

As an update on what I’m up to now:

The following drops will be about Megalith, I’m trying to focus as much as possible on the comic book while working on Clash of Clans.

And that’s already a lot, there’s so much I haven’t shared yet from Supercell.

I was trying to do other stuff like Colorpoop, but that was crazy haha. The overload I have been carrying has been too much to move forward.

So I have laser focus on Megalith when it’s about creating, and will be sharing here updates and learnings along this project.

Live and learn, remember that whoever focuses, wins.

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