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HERE IS MY PERSONALITY TYPE RESULTS: ENFJs are natural-born leaders, full of passion and charisma. Forming around two percent of the population, they are oftentimes our politicians, our coaches and our teachers, reaching out and inspiring others to achieve and to do good in the world. With a natural confidence that begets influence, ENFJs take a great deal of pride and joy in guiding others to work together to improve themselves and their community.
People people and more people! I’ve been in a bit of art molasses with other projects, and these characters just started coming out naturally. I love when things happen like that. It gives me hope.
I’d like do share my process incase you’d ever want to try something similar:
1. I found vacation pictures and used people in the backgrounds as loose inspiration/reference.
2. I did very fast character sketches of people, focusing most importantly on big interesting shapes and exaggeration. The most important part for me in this stage is to sketch in pen (to have a more deliberate mindset), and to sketch fast! You can do as many as you want. A lot will look like utter crap until you get some you like.
3. So, next I pick the scrappy doodles I like, and use a projector to blow up the drawings and project them on a piece of drawing paper. (You can also use a window or a tracing table or whatever works for you). Trace the doodle lightly.
4. Next I get out the watercolors and play around with washes over the light drawing, and come up with a cool general color idea/base. No details… it will feel like kindergarden again.
5. Now I use some prisma colored pencils (or whatever kind you have), and flush out the rest! I also use white and black gesso if needed. Really play around, there is no right and wrong… have fun!
6. After this, I scan the drawings, touch up the colors if needed and add some texture. You can do it!!
I interviewed myself for a literature magazine no one reads. I read it on that comedian’s podcast, you know the one. He did the music for the co-host’s podcast from that other really famous podcast. Well, it got quite a few listens. Sure most of ‘em were me, but I don’t think I’m bragging when I say, I sounded pretty self aware.
I especially liked the part where I accused myself of lying about the time Prince offered me some Peanut M&Ms. There was a brilliant moment of silence where no one knew who anyone was. Was I waiting for another question or waiting for the answer? Which was which? Who wants to know? Who cares?
This all reminds me of a story the Buddha used to tell. He’d heard a beautiful bird singing one morning and recorded it with his i-Phone. He played it back to the bird and the bird sang happily in reply. The Buddha then hit repeat and the bird sang to itself until it grew weak and eventually died. All that was left was the recorded bird, still singing.
I have the story on mp3. I’ll play it for you as soon as I get done recording it.
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