Am I brilliant at anything? I would like to think that I am pretty good with pencil and brushes...After all I have been making art for 8+ years. So I should be at least decent at it, right? But I am not sure if I would dare to call my art making skills brilliant... Here is Zodd from Berserk manga created by Kentaro Miura:
And here is Zodd in one of my paintings:
That painting is probably one of my top 5 favorite paintings that I created. Still original Zodd in Berserk manga looks much superior. I have created a few more Berserk inspired pieces. This is another character in Berserk manga- Puck:
And here are Puck I drew on paper:
And on canvas:
I think that my paper version of Puck is at least half decent. But I also think that Puck I drew on canvas is one of my worsts creations. Sharing him is a bit shameful really. So while I may be not bad at art I still fail badly in comparison to a true genius like Miura...
So while I don't think that I am the best at art I think that my stubbornness and will to not give up are quite brilliant. Another thing about me that is brilliant is that I desire to learn and improve. I started making my own manga about a month ago. And believe that during that time I have improved a bit. Now I try to draw some challenging poses and add illusion of movement to them. Like in this page of my manga I believe that this was the first time when I tried to draw someone from the back:
I may never be the best at anything and I don't think that I can ever reach the level of Kentaro Miura...But as long as I will be as good as I can be that is good enough for me.
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