Everything must start with you!
You have to want it bad enough to make the time!
You have to believe in yourself enough to actually make great art!
You have to stay motivated!
You have to make mistakes to actually learn from them!
You have to practice... A LOT!
All of this will take time away from your family and friends... you have to sacrafice some of that time and hopefully they will understand. I'm not saying that you should lock yourself in your drawing room and become completely unsociable. You have to always put family first, but you also need to find the right times to work on your art. Everyone has hobbies or T.V. shows they watch every week. Say you actually hate the show your girlfriend or wife watches religiously. Let's call it, "The Housewives of Idontgiveafuck" shall we.Well, this is a great time to go draw some amazing art! Ladies, I haven't forgotten about you. Say your man wants to watch the game or that "Ancient Bigfoot Pimps his Ride" show. Well, this is your chance to go do more important things like work on artwork!
Yes, most of us have children and have to be responsible adults. Take turns with your better half and watch the kids for them to do stuff and when they are done then get them to watch the kids while you work on your art. If the noise of kids playing or babies crying distracts you then invest in some headphones and listen to something that will help you get in to the zone. Start with your kids early and let them know in a nice way that Daddy or Mommy is working and teach them the importance of what you are doing and it will be much easier to find time as they get older. Also, let them get involved, give them a coloring book and some crayons and tell them that they can make some artwork too. Most children want to be like their parents and would love to draw their mom or dad a pretty picture. If you have teenagers then they probably would rather be playing the X-box or PS4 than hovering over you at the art table anyway.
Now that you have that under control, you have to stay motivated. Nothing sucks more than finally getting time to draw and not having any motivation. What has been helping me is to read motivational quotes or look at other great works of art (Comic book art is great art to me.) These things tend to help me stay motivated, so I made a motivational sheet and hung it above my drawing desk along with other posters from artists that inspire me. The motivational sheet has some inspiring quotes along with a Plan Of Action for following my dreams. Below is a low res file of what I made and put on my wall. Feel free to use it if you want and if you need a high res file just email me at midnighthorizon@hotmail.com and I'll send it to you. Maybe you have things that you want to put on your motivational sheet instead. It's easy to make using photoshop or illustrator. Tweak the idea and make it work for you. It's a great way to help you keep focused on your goals and dreams.
Yesterday was my birthday and I had a lot going on but I'll be working hard at updating this blog every Monday from here on out. Talk to you later.
-Kenny
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