As an exercise and a way to get my creativity going all the time I have launched a separate blog to publish stories about a universe I have been creating for decades now. Abandoned Worlds is about a future earth and what our existence might be like if the only evidence of alien life we found were ruins.
Admittedly, I just want to draw alien ships and planets but I feel that if I can create stories and turn this into a regular exercise I can only improve my artistic skills. In fact, I have been reading several creative people who encourage others to draw all the time.
Create, create, create!
What better way to improve than to do something creative that I enjoy. It happens all the time in life where those who repeat and work at the same thing all the time get better at it. It reminds me of a quote from M*A*S*H where Hawkeye is speaking to a dejected Winchester after his first "meatball surgery" and says. (I may be paraphrasing here--you get the idea.) "It's not that we're any better than you. We've just gotten good at it through sheer repetition."
Look for illustrations on a regular basis which will include sketches, paintings, and maps. I plan to call on all my skills to fill out this universe I have been placed in care of.
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