Mat Miller

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Finding a style you can stick to until death is impossible because your taste changes through time, let alone you as human being. 
And even if you do end up feeling pretty confident and comfortable with producing a certain type of work, it probably won’t represent who you are as a person in the next few years, or even months. 
I know a lot of people say that you should try to make artwork that looks consistent in terms of style, because you’ll end up mastering that particular technique, and it will make your art instantly recognizable. But I think that makes you a slave of the style you created. It blocks your creative flow, and you’ll end up dismissing any idea that doesn’t fit with what you’ve previously created, tagging it as unworthy. Personally I think that art is about creative self expression above anything else, and if you’re not saying exactly what you think, painting exactly how you feel, than you’re wasting your time (I know I have) and might as well do something else that’s not art. If you’re anything like me, you probably have this crippling insecurity that won’t let you dive into experimentation, you probably hide inside your comfort zone making the same repetitive pieces. 
But something that gets me into the right mentality is the thought of suddenly being unable to paint, for example if something catastrophic ever happened. I don’t think I would really regret not doing work that looked exactly the same so that I could meet the expectations of the local art critic, or have the approval of the local community of artists in my hometown and get told by them that I have a “consistent body of work”. 
What I think I would regret is not creating whatever I wanted. With all of this that I wrote, I don’t mean that I don’t like the style of my previous paintings or that I will never do anything that looks slightly similar to that, but that if I ever do want to make something different I won’t stop myself anymore. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #arte #artrant #artgram #instaart #abstract #abstractart #abstractillustration #illustration #illustrator #rant #markers #marcadores #canson #cansonpaper 
https://www.instagram.com/marshella.quintanilla.art/p/BwTCdNLAwLM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13faou3wbms7

summer beach houses + kaleidoscope sunglasses

Variegated 🌱 Last little riso, with more subtle animation. This one was animated in AE, witch with PS, cat with Dragonframe. Really fun to see how riso changes it! Thank you Chute Studio for printing these!

*WARNING: (kinda inspirational) RANT*

(It gets better and actually becomes kinda inspirational towards the end so hang in there folks)

I’m honestly so done with people saying ‘oh I wish I could draw!’ I mean seriously you just wish it was EASY to learn to draw or to draw altogether. I honestly think people need to REALIZE that art is going to stress you out,make you cry, give you anxiety, etc. Art is HARD and honestly it never gets better. That leads me to another bit; then why do I draw? I mean, I have lots of other talents. I’m also a computer geek, chef, musician, etc. I could basically choose anything! So why do it? To this day that is one question that I am not sure how to answer. I guess I love the freedom I feel when my pencil hits the paper, I love the adrenaline rush I get that keeps me drawing (for 11 hours. Yeah, it’s happened. I timed it too.) I love the sense of confidence I feel when I acquire a new skill or get better. It’s hard to describe what it’s like, honestly. As always though, there are rough patches. It’s like trying to learn to fly. You’ll fall on your face a couple hundred times, maybe even cry (a lot) but then you’ll pick yourself up and try again. And once you’ve got it, by golly, there’s no going back. Art is an incredible, terrifying, adventure. There’s no way to make it easy. It’s my honest opinion that Artists are not born but created. Created by the world around us and the pure stubbornness in our hearts. I’m going to end this rant with a little note to all the artists out in the world. Whether you’re Tumblr based, Devianart based, heck even Instagram based. Keep going. Be stubborn, be reckless. In the words of my father’s water jug “If it isn’t a challenge, there will be no change.” So don’t be afraid to push yourself. Yeah, you’re gonna cry, maybe even regret taking this path, but it’ll be worth it in the end. I promise.

Archan Nair

The Rip VII

Watercolor on paper, 7x9.5”

2019

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