STEPHEN FRY

MrCartoonguy said:
I hope this does work out for you Susanne85. It would give you some amazing skills. However, you really do have the aptitude and excellent creative skills to do your own thing. You could take from this artist and adapt. I wish you all the best.

Thank you very much for the support I want to learn the basics and different techniques and the one thing I really like to learn is how to paint tight lines. I wish you the best too and hope you continue to make comics and paintings.

Oh art and manic depression...an useful topic!

As I already told in the "Introduce yourself" thread here...what I like to do against depression is creating something. Generally it's something drawn (like with pencil) or painted (like with Indian ink).
I have done a bunch but I'm only going to show three examples.

Let's begin chronically.
The following one is the oldest and ugliest piece but still one with bad memories on it:

No, that's not how I look like. And I made a spelling mistake, yeah.
But it shows pretty well how I felt back then in 2003 when I seriously wanted to die and couldn't really handle my emotional downs.

The next one is way more colourful:

I simply called it "Selbstmord" (german for "suicide" ) and made it in 2006. I also wanted to test my colouring skills with it.
Maybe my idea behind it was like: if I shall not die then a fictional person on person should do this for me.
And the rainbow dress symbolizes the way other people might ignore the problem inside the person's soul and they only wanna see the good and happy things.

Last example and from 2007:

This was when I not only had pain in the soul but also in the body (I can easily get afraid of something like failure. And when I get afraid there's a lot of stomache ache).
Sometimes you feel you get ripped apart by it.

Personally I think it's a good thing when you can pull yourself together to create art when you're down. I also experienced it like others here when you sometimes only feel like sitting there and do nothing at all.

Tabascofanatikerin, I love your art. KSx

Tabascofanatikerin, I love your art. KSx

Thank you Vampyros, I like compliments they make me feel good :).
Yes, you are right about the therapeutic values of painting/art. It has helped me and at times art has almost driven me crazy. It has been hard trying to find the way I work and I am still finding this. I have gone back to my routes and begun caricatures but with oils this times. However, the other aspect I love is when I make something from the inside which is floating around. You know? Something more expressive or strong that is in the heart has more release value or personal statement that an oil painted caricature.
I am planning on painting a couple of celebs soon and Mr Fry is among them and Bill Murray because I love his face. Bill Murray has a face of slight optimism which holds a dysthymic and cavalier front.
The trouble starts when the art list grows in account with all the ideas and the time is not always there.
Most of all, I thank you for your compliments.
I hope your art blooms and you enjoy it, please do post it on here if you feel happy to do so.

In a game of pushnote hide and seek here. My escapologist friend is searching for me. Mrcartoon s has @ some cartoons at Piczo.com

That's where I am.

Susanne85 said:
I toast with you on that one

Cheers (hic!) honey. I did try being creative when drunk, and then again when stoned once... I ended up slashing a canvas to ribbons but it was fun at the time and extremely theraputic!

Recently posted a Vision Board to help me to focus on how I'd like to develop artistically.

it's funny isn't how you're never satisfied with your own work and always admire everyone elses! Such is the life of an artist. Sod it I say and just keep doing your own thing. Very occasionally I hit on something I am proud of!