Blog Post #7

Blog Post #7

Trying to Inspire with Art

So because every time I go on social medias and see my feed filled with beautiful artworks (because I follow people who do art-because I like art), I would scroll through the comments and see all the wonderful praises from the followers of the artist. And most of the comments go along the line of "You inspire me with your art" or "You are so talented" but what I actually want to focus on is the first line. So after looking through so much of these comments, I actually start pondering like hey what do they mean by inspire? Do they mean like the artist inspires them to draw? Or do they mean that the artist inspires them to do something (eg save the environment; chase their dreams)? Or is it a combination of both of them? Sometimes the word "inspire" is so ambiguous.

But regardless of whatever they mean (I assume they meant both), I actually tried out inspiring people with my art. Which I'm not sure if it works because I havent really shown them to anyone but I guess my artworks mostly inspire people to do something and not really inspire them to draw. They aint very nice but I hope it inspires!

Oh and I did this "project" during the time I was hooked up on this drawing app called "Sketchbook Express" which is actually really fun. Like it's this drawing app where you basically just draw whatever you think. And it's good because it's also tech friendly so you know you dont waste ink drawing and if you are unsatisfied, no paper wasted just a click of a button. Yea, so I was actually pretty addicted to it for a while but I decided to embark on this "Inspiration Project" so yea all my drawings in this project are drawn using this drawing app.

So here comes the first one.

No matter how messed up your life is...

So this one actually came about when I was just randomly doodling a rainbow because I was actually testing out the colours and yea so I drew the rainbow and then later thought about my project so I coloured everything else grey and wrote those words. So what this drawing actually wants to reach out to is to tell everyone that no matter how hard life is, it's always going to get better or there's actually some good things in your life and you should focus on them instead. So yup.

Second one is on hunting.

No Hunting!!!

So this one came about when I was just drawing grass. Yea. Simple as that. Drawing grass. Then I just decided to add the soil in. And add in a couple of ducks. Then I came across the idea of my project and decided to add a man with a gun in the background. Yea then I just filled up the white space with blue as the sky. Pretty simple and silly cause like hunting isnt really about killing ducks. I mean killing ducks are considered hunting but seriously when someone mentions hunting, you dont exactly think of ducks. But nonetheless still hope this picture inspires.

Third one on smoking.

Dont Smoke!!!

This one is to encourage people not to smoke. And honestly people who smokes just puts me off. The smell and the harm of smoking. Sometimes I wonder why people smoke. It harms you. It smells bad. It makes you smell bad. Why? So this is just a little drawing to encourage people not to smoke. And yea maybe you guys would feel this is a little under expectation because maybe you expected me to draw lungs and scary parts to scare smokers away from cigarettes but to be honest, my drawing skills aint good for that. Besides it actually takes skill to draw on drawing apps. I find it really hard to make detailed drawings that's why all the stuff you see here are brief.

Four one on a quote I really like.

Do what you love
Love what you do

I really really like this quote because it's really so true. Like it's important to do what you love, your passion, your interest. But it's also important to love what you do, to take pride in everything you do. So yup really love this quote. And really like this drawing also because it is different from the rest because of it's black background. Yea it's like drawing on black chalkboard.

Hold on to your Dreams

This one came about when I was just drawing the gigantic lollipop and decide to add a stick man holding on to it. I guess I wanted to label myself as the stick man but meh. Somehow the stick man looks as if he's struggling to hold on to the lollipop so I used the turquoise and different shades of blue to create a confusing background and ta da the message of this drawing is to hold on to your dreams no matter how life tries to tug it away from you. It may be a big dream, so much bigger than you can possibly handle. But anything's possible if you want it to happen. So dont ever give up your dreams. Yup and that's the end of my "Inspiration Project". Haha yes it's so little. But at least I made five.

So doing this project was really fun because it was a new thing. Drawing on apps, that is. And honestly speaking, I still am not quite sure what "inspire" means but I really like the feeling of my drawing "inspiring" others. And sure maybe these drawings are brief and simple, but still hope it "inspires" you in one way or another.

And I guess I shall share a couple of other drawings I did. The first one...

I dont feel too well :(

Oops. He doesnt feel too well. Haha okay but this drawing started out when I was drawing the infinite sign (look the eyes). By the way, this was the second drawing I made using this app. The first one was something like this but because I didnt think about saving it so I lost it. Haha this drawing is so cute. And err the guy has like this weird head shape that makes it really funny. For some of you guys who cant really see it, the green thing is actually his blanket and he's in bed. :)

The second one...

The Merlion-Cat

This one is honestly super random and I did it when I was super bored. So yup here we have a merlion-cat. And the blue squiggly lines are the sea. Have no idea why I did the violet background. Then we have them birds. Then we have the sky and the sun. Haha super random I know.

Third one..

The Duck Song

This one was actually inspired by The Duck Song. And yes XD I didnt draw the guy cause 1) I have no space 2) He's kind of complicated But seriously, I really love this song, sure it doesnt make much sense but it's kind of a childhood thing. And yup, pretty much the longest time I took to draw a picture (on the app).

Number four...

Sleeping Child

Haha okay this one was inspired by the song "Sleeping Child" by Michael Learns To Rock. So yup I drew a sleeping girl with her hair spread all around her under a beautiful blanket. Haha not that pretty but yea. So what's cool about this drawing is that it is like a small part of a big picture. Yea so I kind of enjoyed drawing it.

Fifth one...

Evil Eye

Haha just got around trying to draw some dark stuff and came up with this. Then I decided to add some colour to add in to the atmosphere. Take a look below.

Evil Eye

Them blood makes it more murderous. Actually i didnt quite understand why I added the black spray paint effect there. But I guess I did it because it seems more real. Nah it's okay. Even I dont know what I'm saying.

Sexy six...

Super Girl

This one owes its birth to my messing around with the symmetrical function. By the way, the symmetrical thing is really super cool. So yup, I drew a girl and decided to add in the Superman icon. Have a look at it in colours.

Super Girl

Seems like everything looks nicer with colours. And it's indeed really amazing what colours can do to our art.

Seven...(say this in singsong voice)

BANANA

Haha yes it's a banana. Just didnt really know what to draw but feel the need to draw so I got inspiration from fruits.

Eight...

Watermelon

Here's another fruit. Please welcome the watermelon! When I send this to one of my senior, she replied asking me who Avery is. And I decided to tease her by saying Oh Avery is my imaginary friend, you know, the one everyone has when they were a kid. To be honest, I never had the chance of having an imaginary friend. But that led her to think she's abnormal and stuff. She's really funny. But yea, this actually reads "A very legit slice of watermelon"

Mighty nine...

Geography <3

This drawing is entitled "Geography Love" in tribute to the subject. It is really one of my favourite subjects and I'm so lucky I do well in it. Some people love a subject but sadly they dont do well for it and have to drop it despite their passion. So yup, dont you all just think geography is interesting? It's learning about the earth and the environment around us, learning about human geography, farming, tourism that makes it all so fun because it's just so relevant to everything around you. And besides, this is a drawing I made for my class to encourage them to do well in geography the day before the exam. By the way, I'm actually the geography rep of my class XD.

Tenth...

Halloween

This was a picture I made because of Halloween. Yup, tribute to Halloween.

Eleven...

Crying Mother

This is one of the most interesting drawings I have drawn and I dont think that anyone quite understand this drawing except for myself. So it started off when I was drawing this weird shape thingy and somehow transformed it to become a head of a creature. I call her the mother. And those dark blue droplets are actually her tears. That's how the name came about. Then I painted the background blue because it has the sad atmosphere and also because it symbolises water which kind of links to tears. Haha I'm probably not making sense. XD But then later I added the stick man in the background to symbolise that the son is walking away further and further from the mother and that also explains why she's sad. It's totally okay if you dont get this. Just look at it as a weird picture.

Twelve...

Ducky

This is just another picture of a duck. Apparently, I was obsessed with ducks at that point of time. See if you can spot the clouds. :)

Yup and that's the end of this blog post. Hope you will try out this app because it's really fun. And if you didnt notice, I used the spray paint effect for most of my drawings because I really like that blurry distant feel it gives my pictures. Yup go try it out and maybe you can tell me about your experience. :D