Creative Team Work - Taking a Break

Deviant Scrap continues growing at a fast pace and I'm always impressed and wow'ed by how the designers can continue to produce so many new and captivating digital elements week after week! 

I've taken a bit of a respite from creating specifically for the Creative Teams I participate in so I can focus on working on developing more personal work.  I began creating digital illustrations for Deviant Scrap upon it's arrival on the internet in May 2010 and as of today, have created  448 different pieces !  That's an average of 26 per month!  I know!  I guess there's no surprise that I have a passion for working digitally!  I saw that number and thought....

 

"Holy Cow!"

(close up detail of Spinning My Wheels below)

 

This collage/illustration was created after Finecrated Designs and Holliewood Studios collaborated recently to create a kit they called "Ode To A Muse - 2"  with images reminiscent of Michael deMeng's asssemblage work. 

Spinning My Wheels 8 x 11 inch digital illustration

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Image Credits with thanks to Finecrafted Designs and Holliewood Studios

 - Ode to a Muse 2, Dancing Girls - Lisa Altered Art

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Self-conscious, self disclosure part -

I've tried to  reflect periods in my life when I occasionally feel like I am “Spinning My Wheels” creatively.  Sound familiar?  I think "us creative types" all have occasion from time to time to second guess what they do and why they do it?  I'd wager that for the majority of us, it certainly has little to do with the notion of a 'get rich quick scheme' :0) Not that there's any harm in dreaming....

The Eye being held is my true creative aspirations, that I hold onto dearly but sometimes put on the back burner while I act like a  ‘puppeteer’ for some of my work on various creative teams....(the dancing women representing the kits) And the antlers and eyes are my insecurities – “deer in headlights” timidness and also my ‘mask’ to avoid the work. Or not being 100% myself. There I said it - I am often my own worst enemy.  Doesn't Dr. Phil say, "You can't change what you don't acknowledge"?

Please note, this does not diminish the gratitude I feel for the great fun I have at Deviant and how lucky I feel to be a part of the teams there!  I have learned so much and more importantly have developed wonderful friendships with like-minded peeps.

Thanks as always for reading these posts and allowing me a 'voice'.....

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