This is a summary of February, although I could not summarize it during February.
There was a major turning point (I think), which may change the way I approach illustrations in the future.
For various reasons, I could not update the eye catcher. It’s hard.
Number of days exposed to the painting: 11 days
The number of days the painting was touched in February 2025 was 11. It was a small number.
I had practiced for 10 days until February 16th, and then I fell into a situation where I couldn’t touch it, and now it’s March 2nd. It is very frustrating.
There was one day when I was playing rough without drawing, so my drawing record was 10 sheets.
Practice.
As I mentioned in the article, I have started to study perspective drawing.
I feel that I have been able to organize my understanding of perspective drawing, which I had only fluffed up unexpectedly, a little better in my mind by writing down what I had studied and writing an article about it.
However, since I have just started practicing, I still get lost and make mistakes. I would like to practice repeatedly with subjects such as corridors, rooms, and buildings, and I would also like to try drawing the same subject matter in different ways using different perspective methods, as I did in the article, and try drawing non-square objects using the perspective method.
In the end, I think that by incorporating knowledge and correctness into these crude illustrations that were drawn only by atmosphere, we can make the illustrations more or less convincing.
Completed illustration
Sadly, I could not complete anything.
It all depended on the reason why I could not draw, which I will discuss later.
Number of times you went out for a drink
About 4 times. Less.
Situations that now threaten my personal life.
The title is a bit exaggerated, but I was assigned to help out on a project that is under fire at work, and oddly enough, I have been working consecutive days from February 17 to March 2.
However, the problem is that I have a lot of work to do for the end of the fiscal year and for the next fiscal year on the regular work side, and I can see that I will be working excessive overtime until the middle of March, and in addition to this, I have to do help work (as an administrative assistant) and work on holidays. I am under a lot of stress right now.
So I have been unable to smile for a long time, partly due to the stress that my personal life is becoming overwhelmed by the fact that I want to illustrate but can’t find the time at all.
I get up, go to work, come home, go to bed, get up, and repeat… It’s a tough day, and I’m wondering if I can do something about it, but it’s hard to do anything about it.
I want to go out for drinks and karaoke.
I want to play.
Progress on goals set at the beginning of the year
The following three goals.
- Reduce the time to complete one illustration
- Aim for 1,000 followers of Bluesky
- Aim for triple-digit number of likes
I have decided to drop the second goal regarding followers, although it seems premature and shameful, due in part to the drastically changed circumstances and environment that surrounded me in the first place.
Instead, it was replaced by the following goal.
・Complete at least two illustrations in one month.
I would like to accumulate a number of concrete achievements, although the first goal is also covered by the second.
Also, it is easy to measure progress quantitatively, which is a good goal for me as I am still a beginner.
bluesky situation
However, I will keep a log of the bluesky situation as well.
About 40 posts in about a month. I haven’t been able to say much.
Conclusion
It has been confirmed that I will have more time for work in March than expected, so I have to think a bit about how to accomplish my new goals in this situation, but I have seen something in an article that says that you should not be driven by a sense of obligation to paint a picture.
I think it is constructive and very good to make efforts toward what you want to do, but if a sense of obligation comes into it, you will not be satisfied even if the result is completed.
I don’t think it doesn’t make sense to force yourself to do it, but I think it might lead to shortening your life span in the end. This is just my personal opinion.
Since I am easily bored, I want to continue drawing for a long time after I have started, and I will loosely manage my goals until I am able to draw the best illustration I can imagine in my mind’s eye.
I’ll go steady, steady, steady.
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