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Copy and paste these 20 questions about being an artist... and answer them honestly! Title your journal "Honest Artist Challenge".



  1. A genre or style I've tried and decided isn't for me: Digital painting. I dabbled with it in high school and college, but I just don't have the bandwidth to learn, and I don't want to be mediocre at it.

  2. A common art advice I find hard to follow: Don't take criticism personally

  3. My biggest art-related fear: Creating something that ends up being a huge waste of my time.

  4. A project I've been putting off: I've always wanted to create a simple video game, but just don't have the time

  5. A subject I feel like I'll never master: People & anatomy

  6. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate my skills as an artist as a: 6

  7. A subject or theme I avoid in my art: I've thought about this a lot, and I don't think there's any subjects or themes I actively avoid.

  8. The most challenging project I've ever worked on and why: Dododex. It's consumed my life, and from a design perspective, it's challenging to design it well when I also have to be the one to code it. Especially when better design is often harder to code.

  9. How I deal with creative blocks: Take a step back. Do something else. Come back to it later.

  10. A skill I stopped learning... and have no regrets: 3D art. I got super into it in high school and planned on making it my career. As my interests evolved, I realize it wasn't really for me, but I'm still fascinated by it.

  11. How I handle criticism and feedback: Not well.

  12. My biggest motivater as an artist: Designing useful things that help people.

  13. A skill I have that unfortunately won't pay the bills: It's a different type of creative skill, but I feel like I'm good at designing spreadsheets. Though I guess I make spreadsheets at work a lot, so I guess that's contributing towards paying bills? 

  14. A project I abandoned and why: About 10 years ago, I had an idea for designing a collaborative storytelling app/site and got pretty far into the planning stages of it. I put it on hold because of other projects and was worried about committing to it.

  15. A color I rarely use and why: Brown? In interface design, I feel like it is just rarely ever used?

  16. My hobby or interest that always competes with art: Gaming

  17. A place I feel the most creative: In the shower

  18. A place I feel the least creative: Around people

  19. The most unexpected inspiration for my art: In terms of web/app design, I always find unexpected inspiration when I'm just going about my day. Just visiting random news or utility websites and then saying "wow, I love the way they designed this dropdown" and then saving it for future inspiration.  

  20. My main challenge as an artist this year: Being creative and doing creative things without it causing stress.



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Do you decorate your home for holidays?

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