Self concepts of art... A look into Rachel

If any of you like Van Gogh then you know about the struggles he had with his art and his life. Above  is a chair painting I did at age 22. Paying omage to his art... 

It was one of many this is now hanging in my parents house. I built the frame and canvas myself.... Stretched it cut the wood the whole nine yards! Then hand drew the under sketch before I painted it! Lovely right! I got an a++ on college for it!  

You know what my class mates said.. Your art is shit.. You should quit now... 

 Funny??? Right??? I get or used to get that a lot on line too... Now I just tell people to fuck off or if they are so great then post your work... Response I get ... My art is better... Ect. Critics will always be around... 

 Here are examples of other sketches or painting I have done.

I did these years later the one above with the crazy cloud patterns is hanging in my friends House. He loved it. These are a few crazy abstract things I did. I was happy here. 

So what happened here? If you are an artist then you know the answer nothing? 

Well I was breaking out of an old shell. 

Are they awesome are they cool... Are they shit? No they just are. In order to grow you must fail. What happens is change! I had to let go... So I did. I did not give a crap what others thought. If I had then well... Why live. People on YouTube laughed .... Others tweeted this failure. But I knew my dream has been and always was to share my art. Those sketches above are ideas for my comic.

You know who stood by my ideals other comic artists. Such as ninja-x and my dear friend Meggan... And many others.

I broke free of the above shell and evolved..... 

It took time... And a lot of self love.... 

I even did spiderman after my wonder woman failure.... 

Water color painting before and after adding paint... All done by my hand. 

The ability to change and grow is an artists greatest gift and strength. 

Here we are today

 

The very last drawing I did a few days ago.. It has a touch of what is called manga style mixed with slight abstraction and comic book style. You combine those three and you have my style I use for my comics. So I leave you with this.... 

Be who you are. No two artists are the same. People will always hate your art.... Some will love it. The only thing you can do is love yourself and fuck the rest. 

Art

For those who may struggle at times never give into critics. As an artist I learned this lesson the hard way. If some one tells you they hate your art, don't let it get to you. You can't let it rule your life. I did for a long time. Then I pulled out my high school transcript and saw all the art classes I took. Everyone has bad drawings. Shit I have many! Hands are the worst but I still embrace them! Don't let others tell you how to draw! Do it by your own rules. And if they say every drawing they do turns out perfect . They are full of shit. :) Just be you!

Below Meggan and Sean kissing in the rain.

BBQ "CHICKEN" SALAD VEGAN

This is super easy to make.....

Two boca vegan spicy chicken paties

Black grapes 1cup or 2 depends how much you want

1 cup of yellow grape tomatoes

1 head of romain lettus

Prepare boca patties with BBQ sauce of your choice. Lightly fried. 

Enjoy.....

Feeds 2 :)

Ways that are easy to help animals, save water, and help Mother Earth

If you are like me then you love animals. I believe like humans they have a soul.... :) By eating a plant based diet vegan or vegetarian you can save around 50-75 animals a year. 

http://www.countinganimals.com/how-many-animals-does-a-vegetarian-save/

Also there are other things you can do.... Such as meatless Mondays. Even that helps a lot. 

By ditching dairy and drinking things like soy, rice, almond, oat, or coconut milk .....

After all 

They both have souls and want to live... Food for thought... No pun intended....

:)

Good morning....

One of my biggest idols Mark Crilley Creator of Brody's Ghost.... Liked one of my drawings I posted on his Facebook page... I am stoked and honored.

Taken this very morning..... What I use to make my comic..... :) 

Part of the process of finding myself is sharing my comic blog, Oracle of The Dragonfly. 

My ever faithful spider man coffee cup. I can't write with out it... :) 

So it has been a while since I have posted on this blog. And I will be doing updates here about the comic and other stuff. So Head over to Oracle Of the Dragonfly, see how a few scribbled drawings, has begun to inspire people to dream.   :)