Building Up Neocities and Art Knowledge
Tuesday, March 19th, 2024 19:59![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hermenoodleLike a prior entry I had, working on a website with only oh so much coding knowledge can be a bit of a hassle, but in working with a template I initially had a struggle with a while back, I think I am getting the hang of it. I totally get the appeal of having a lot of images to overlap and really make a captivating y2k look, but maybe I'm getting too old to deal with complicated coding where the look of it is nice while the backend of it is a mess. Maybe that's just on me wanting what I learn to be organized enough that my memory of what I learned can be strengthened.
In the process of learning how to build a website on Neocities these days, I've also been taking time to go through my SVS classes before my subscription runs out in mid-April. I've learned a lot on environment design, and soon enough I hope to take up some of my old WIPs to really apply those, even with new thumbnails and sketches to really figure it out better. Currently, I'm going through the storytelling unit, and things are really coming together a lot better than I thought, including some past concepts I learned on the fly. This is really giving me a lot more confidence to create in a way where I know what I'm going to do in executing art that I can envision and create. It feels like a big difference, because with what I didn't know made it easy to create something, with art block coming soon after. If it wasn't the way the character is posed, maybe it's the fact that it lacked a specific background. Man, I wasn't big on backgrounds growing up, but I did do some things with character dialogue and comics once upon a time. It took some time to really learn these things (at least with receiving the information), but I am glad that I got it now where I can truly appreciate it and not feel as intimidated. The more I reflect on my own personal journey with art, the more I realize I missed out on some things, but I also think no one really tried to reach out to me with respect to resources, either. I guess that's a sad part of being a self-taught artist who isn't really "good enough" professionally speaking.
As far as some good things that have happened lately, I had my birthday as a St. Patrick's baby. I hosted my church's coffee hour, and I must say that I never want to hear anyone say that working in the kitchen is easy when you're preparing food for a large amount of people! The trial I faced in heating huge chicken tenders I had to cut up was no joke when racing against the clock of a service that's only a little over an hour long. At least--and most importantly--everyone enjoyed the food that was brought, including the warm chicken tenders! Also, my priest was kind enough to dedicate the Lord's Supper in honor of my birthday. I don't think I would have ever expected that in all my days. That's the way of the communion of saints, I guess!
In the meantime, I will be working a lot on my art and hopefully, writing, too. It feels like I need to play some major catch up on writing fiction for fun from my elementary days up to now, with later schooling focusing on essays so much. Then, with writing, I hope to utilize that more just for enjoyment or future employment, perhaps.
In the process of learning how to build a website on Neocities these days, I've also been taking time to go through my SVS classes before my subscription runs out in mid-April. I've learned a lot on environment design, and soon enough I hope to take up some of my old WIPs to really apply those, even with new thumbnails and sketches to really figure it out better. Currently, I'm going through the storytelling unit, and things are really coming together a lot better than I thought, including some past concepts I learned on the fly. This is really giving me a lot more confidence to create in a way where I know what I'm going to do in executing art that I can envision and create. It feels like a big difference, because with what I didn't know made it easy to create something, with art block coming soon after. If it wasn't the way the character is posed, maybe it's the fact that it lacked a specific background. Man, I wasn't big on backgrounds growing up, but I did do some things with character dialogue and comics once upon a time. It took some time to really learn these things (at least with receiving the information), but I am glad that I got it now where I can truly appreciate it and not feel as intimidated. The more I reflect on my own personal journey with art, the more I realize I missed out on some things, but I also think no one really tried to reach out to me with respect to resources, either. I guess that's a sad part of being a self-taught artist who isn't really "good enough" professionally speaking.
As far as some good things that have happened lately, I had my birthday as a St. Patrick's baby. I hosted my church's coffee hour, and I must say that I never want to hear anyone say that working in the kitchen is easy when you're preparing food for a large amount of people! The trial I faced in heating huge chicken tenders I had to cut up was no joke when racing against the clock of a service that's only a little over an hour long. At least--and most importantly--everyone enjoyed the food that was brought, including the warm chicken tenders! Also, my priest was kind enough to dedicate the Lord's Supper in honor of my birthday. I don't think I would have ever expected that in all my days. That's the way of the communion of saints, I guess!
In the meantime, I will be working a lot on my art and hopefully, writing, too. It feels like I need to play some major catch up on writing fiction for fun from my elementary days up to now, with later schooling focusing on essays so much. Then, with writing, I hope to utilize that more just for enjoyment or future employment, perhaps.
