Gwaaaah, update!
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I have recently submitted a series of paintings for consideration in Digital Arts annual book. To do so I needed to finish this painting for one, and go back and touch up several others.
I know this is a very odd painting, as it should be it flowed out of my mind without restriction or controlled thought. The finishing of this painting as compared to the one I posted earlier is primarily in the detailing of the two front characters. They are in the jungle and they needed to look like they belong. So I added elements of tribal garb to help push that idea.
It has been quite some time since I posted to this blog, which is standard Operating Procedure for me, as you all pretty much know. I have been hard at work trying to keep a small paper alive in the worst possible market for said paper. I have recently come to realize that it might, in fact, not be possible. Regardless of my input the paper will survive or not dependent on the team I have assembled to run it. So rather than beating my head against a wall for several more months I am going to work on landing creative projects, illustrations, paintings, etc. This means doing what I have wanted to be doing for years. I realize that this market is not any better, in some sense, however I enjoy the work and that will make it worthwhile.
I have, in fact, been afraid to actually try being a freelance artist. I have always been successful at… well, everything I do, and fear is never a factor, but for some reason it exists in this particular aspect of my life. I go go down a long torturous road of not being understood, and how I really am just throwing my soul at the canvas, blah. I don’t think that is it. I understand marketing, business and demand. I am having really serious failure on seeing my particular style as being a strong market. For one everybody and their cousin sees themselves as artists and illustrators, the market is flooded.
So I need your help. Who should I send my portfolio to? Is their a particular genre, format, direction you could see me heading based on what you see here?
One Response to “Gwaaaah, update!”
Christian Hammer is a Jack of all trades and I like to think of myself as a modern Renaissance man. I have worked in nearly every creative field, from comic books to medical illustration, And have a classical Fine Arts education (BFA).
I am an artist, inventor, cartoonist, illustrator and Serial Entrepreneur who loves to help other people find their own passions in life, and strive to reach their goals.
This blog serves two purposes, it houses my sketchbook and portfolio and is meant to demonstrate technique and process in sketching, drawing, painting and digital painting. If you ask nicely I might even post some of his secret Photoshop tricks.
If you would like to ask me a question, offer me freelance work :-) or contact me for any reason, please email me at christian at mindzle.com 
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For me, and I’m a hopeless dreamer, success as an artist has to be measured against your own standards. To my mind, my work isn’t accepted because my standards are too high.
Should I compromise for the sake of acceptance? I’ve tried that and it only ends up in failure, anyway Life is compromise, right. You know like this is what I want but I have others to consider…Well, maybe art should be the one place of personal freedom…except it can’t be…because always in the mind is what do I want others to see/think…
So, my advice is, don’t listen to me… not very helpful, I’m sorry…the obvious enjoyment and skill you demonstrate drawing could translate to something…like say, comic book art, I reckon would do a certain justice to your work…that way you could spit out hundreds of weird images…without labouring too much on any one…I know you have or are working on one though, right?..I’m only thinking commercially here (very difficult for me)… your more highly finished paintings you could still do for your own peace of mind…
Anyway, like you said, the enjoyment makes it worthwhile…
I gotta dash -