Artist Buddies
One thing I don’t seem to have is artist friends. Oh, I have friends that are artists. I know Max Balck Rabbit and GNAW. I’ve talked with Eric S., Dadward, Jive Guru and Andy Bunny a few times as well as some others. But I don’t have any art buddies in the naughty art fandom that I talk to on a regular basis and maybe trade art with back and forth or run ideas through each other. Do other artists have artists buddies? I generally think that they do. That they’ve hooked up with someone else they admire or of equal skill and born a new friendship. I don’t have that. I’m pretty much a loner. I have been in a lot of my life. Oh, I have friends, but I don’t have friends that I go and hang out with. Well, that’s not totally true. My Wife is my best friend and we do everything together. But I don’t have an artist buddy, and you know what. If I where to get one now… I’m not sure I would know what to do with him/her. o_O
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January 6th, 2012 at 5:49 pm
I’m hoping to finally have my art site updated this year. Too many things have stood in the way of getting that accomplished. Hopefully you can check out some more of my work.
January 7th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
I Understand that. I’ve been wanting to update this blog, but the time it takes to do that… ugh…
January 6th, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Given my total lack of pen n’ paper artistic ability, I can’t attest to what it is like to have an artist buddy. I played in a band for a while, but that is a more collaborative creation than feedback on personal material. I guess the closest thing I can think of is running a paper by a colleague.
What got you thinking about having an artist buddy?
January 7th, 2012 at 8:46 pm
I don’t know really. I just assume that other artists have them and I don’t. That’s all.
January 7th, 2012 at 12:29 am
Seems like you’re kind of getting worked up over nothing. What you do with friends is share your discoveries and interests. If you have many interests in common, hanging out often will come naturally. I suppose that the online version of this is remembering to keep instant messenger running.
January 7th, 2012 at 8:45 pm
Yeah, I keep MSNM on all day at work, but it’s off when I’m at home. Just one of the things I avoid once the work day is over. ^_^
January 7th, 2012 at 12:41 am
Well I’m a writer, and a publisher, I’d like to think we’ve been friends a long time, and we’ve bounced ideas back and forth alot… but I understand, I’m not a drawing artist , so yeah.
January 7th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Oh, totally. I always consider you a creative friend. No worries there. You just lack… art skills. No offense though ^_^
January 7th, 2012 at 5:37 am
Well, I have a couple of friends who are also (hobby) artists that I meet and talk to occasionally, but I don’t know if that would qualify them as being “artist friends”. I wish I did have someone to be and draw with, to really discuss artist problems and art ideas with, but, well.
Unless you refrain from being close friends with other artists because of low self-esteem, worries that you won’t be “good enough” for them or whatnot, I don’t think you have to worry (all artists I have met have all had problems with low self-esteem, me included – that inner critical voice seems to come inherent in Artistic Ability itself). Most of all I just think it’s difficult to physically *find* other artists in the first place. In order to be close friends with someone I personally find it very important to be able to meet regularly, and for that it really helps to live somewhat nearby, or at least in the same part of the country – and it is a really, really big world out there…
January 7th, 2012 at 8:42 pm
That’s very true. Having a contact over the net is great, but to get together and art jam is another thing entirely. I do have a low self esteem though. I generally think I’m bothering people, which is the main reason I don’t really reach out to others.
January 8th, 2012 at 7:21 am
I share that fear of bothering people, of holding myself back. It probably comes from self esteem problems, of not loving oneself and therefore automatically assuming that other people won’t like me either. That kind of thinking is a severe mistake of course, but it is difficult to correct… On the other hand, that fear may be what fueled our desire to turn to our inner worlds and to create art in the first place. Without it perhaps we wouldn’t have spent all those hundreds and thousands of hours trying to improve our artwork, instead of being out partying and things like that. 😉
January 7th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
Pfft, you do so have art friends, you just need to get out and hang out with us!
January 7th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
That’s true, I forgot you do art jams. When do you do them? It’s hard to convince myself to leave the house though once work is done. I’m such a home body. ^_^
January 7th, 2012 at 9:40 pm
It seems to me you already have great (and artists) friends 🙂
January 7th, 2012 at 10:05 pm
Why thank you. That means a lot to hear others say that. ^_^
January 9th, 2012 at 3:00 am
Well, as far as artistic ability goes I’m useless. But if you need a person who can cook, that’s another story! Need a grillin buddy?
January 10th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
I don’t know. I guess I just figured that everyone else had one but me.