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Beware! long journal

Journal Entry: Mon Oct 5, 2009, 5:38 AM


Heyhey!

I feel a bit bored and my journal needs an update.
how is everyone?

I've got a tendinitis in my right hand :( I cant draw or paint like I usually do. sometimes I use my left hand for studies. That's quite enough but it feels so odd after a while. I had better to stop before my left hand starts to act weird too P: Just because my left hand isnt practiced as my right hand.
I'll continue my commissions after I feel as fit as a fiddle again!
Apropos, I take that injury as a sign in time. I should hear more to what my body wants me to tell. My body said "Hey, heyheyheyhey, your hand already feels tired, you better stop!"
I want to do more for my fitness again. I'll buy me a powerball or something fimilar for my hand. back trouble shouldnt be a problem too if you do enough against it...Today three friends and me will go for a jog. I want to do that regularly now Ò_Ó! We have to take care of our body if we want to paint and draw forever. arrrgh, I was so stupid but its never too late, is it?

Not being able to paint seriously piss me off! There are so many things I want to try out. I collected a bunch of great photorefs I want to do studies from. I feel sooo inspired this year. hmmm, everyone should have friends to hang out and draw with. It really helps you to get up of your sofa. I think my life changed pretty much. I used to hang around a lot with my schoolmates, wingding'ing every time we could. Now I became a party pooper, some ppl would say I became antisocially, I know that, but I dont really care. It's great how it is atm. I feel more productive in comparison to the past years. And I see the development in my art ( well at least a bit!)
It's october and my mother died exactly one year ago. Getting a different attitude to life may be also a reason why I'm so into drawing and painting again.
Like Oscar Wilde said (in Dorian Gray): 'The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.' I see my self-development mostly in painting and drawing. I'm not retired from public life or retreating into my shell again because I found friends who are like me. sharing a passion is awesome. It could be like this forever, but somehow I KNOW things will change and I dont know how to deal with it yet. It's just a feeling and a natural rule of life (that says life changes fast, lulz) that makes me so fucking melancholic sometimes...

When my hand gets fit again I want to draw and and paint again. I want to paint more with subtle colors. I'm aiming a natural feeling in my paintings. Thats a conclusion I get after lifestudies I guess. Artists like Alex Kanevsky or Jeremy Lipking totally make me wide-eyed. awesome use of colors.

I would never write such a long journalentry if my hand would work. Typing with only one hand is pretty new for me, haha.
sorry for the long blabla, thanks for reading!

hugs!

  • Mood: Worried
  • Listening to: hooverphonic
  • Watching: planetes
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:iconaloneinuniverseart:
~AloneInUniverseArt Feb 11, 2010  Hobbyist General Artist
it's carpal tunnel , I have problems with it too...I bought powerbal...it's cool...first a had some strange tingles in my arm and 3 fingers and than it started to hurt...I'm resting oten now, I don't sit anymore for 10 hours over computer without resting...you'll be ok ;)
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:iconmungusband:
I'm a musician and am recovering from tendinitis. It came on suddenly and nearly stopped my ability to perform. My doctor gave me a steroid pack, which didn't help, and referred me to a hand surgeon who injected me with cortisone... which didn't do anything. I despaired and didn't know what to do, and then I heard (randomly, but perfectly timed) an interview with Ani DiFranco. She had been sidelined by the same problem and took a year off from playing to heal. She said that passive healing didn't do anything and she was in as much pain after the break as when the pain started. The only thing that helped her was, apparently, acupuncture. She sang its praises and talked about how it was a turning point for her. So I tried it.

I'm still dealing with some pain, but I'm stunned at how after three or four sessions my pain is all but gone. It's important to go to someone who knows what he or she is doing, of course (not a chiropractor who also offers acupuncture), but it really works. My band is teetering on the edge of breaking and my hand decided to freak out, so I was desperate.

I apologize for posting this loooong comment, but I know how I felt when it was just suddenly there. I wanted to share my experience. :D
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:iconhoskins78:
*hoskins78 Dec 2, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Sorry to hear about your hand - I had huge problems myself from using a regular mouse all day at work for years and years. I switched to a marble mouse for general use and found it was easy to use with either hand, so I could give my right hand a long rest to recover. Still use a marble mouse now - and a pen tablet for painting type stuff now that my hand has recovered. Hope your back in full flow again soon!
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:iconjowfr:
~jowFR Nov 30, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
we, your fans will miss you...but take a breath, to rest your body, keep the faith that everything is gonna be alright!

I really love you and your art!
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:iconmalize:
~MaLize Nov 26, 2009  Professional Photographer
I hope your hand is better. You wrote this post in early Octobre, we're late November, so I supouse if you didn't write a new entry, you're ok and working.

I'd like to know if you are avaliable to hire for a matte painting.
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:iconfayeyong:
~FayeYong Nov 24, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
I recently discovered your DA and I have to say your use of light and colour is so inspiring to me.

I do hope your arm gets better, I'm a comic artist myself and I understand how horrible and frustrating it can be for the drawing arm to be injured. Take care! :D
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:iconmutantspacehonky:
!mutantspacehonky Nov 17, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Get well soon.
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:iconskaramanger:
Hope you recover soon! keep positive :)
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:icondm7:
*DM7 Nov 4, 2009   Digital Artist
Ah, now I know, you don't have to reply my previous question on what's up with your hand. Sorry about that :) Aw that's no fun and I certainly wish you speedy recovery!

I'm pretty familiar with melancholic feeling and I'm too facing some health issue that will set me back with art AGAIN. *sobs*

Exercising and fitness I know that too well and want to do it so that I can paint forever too. Funny how painting motivates us further in life... it's more powerful than I thought haha. So yeah I hear ya, yup I do. Good luck with your recovery and I certainly will keep on watching you, just take your time and don't overdo it mkay? :D
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*stroggtank Nov 3, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
tendinitis suck!!!! I spent FOUR months without modeling 3D stuff and fell into a big depression... I got many shots in my tendon (ouch!) and had to learn to use my left hand... now I am full left handed with the mouse, and only use my right hand with the wacom and a vertical mouse just for 3d modeling & sketching... kinda frustrating, but we are alive!!!! and back in bussines!!, nice to see you back on the road... keep rocking!

Carlos
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