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What Makes An Artist Original?
🕑 Added 2025-05-05 16:20:07 +0000 UTCAs artists, trying different styles, aesthetics, and narratives helps us grow. It’s common to explore fan art or imitate other artists’ approaches. This works well for practice. But the goal should be to build your own voice—something personal, original, and clear.
Step 1: Learn Through Focused Study
Study gives you a map of what exists. Start with the fundamentals, for example:
– Shapes
– Composition
– Colour and light
– Storytelling
Use other artists’ work as examples to understand how tools work and how ideas take shape. Look at subjects that reflect human experience—emotion, conflict, change, beauty, contradiction. You can find these in books, films, conversations, and memory. Studying technique together with these deeper themes forms a solid base.
Step 2: Explore With Intent
Once you build a foundation, create your own pieces using what you’ve learned. Choose themes that matter to you. Use the tools to express your view. In this phase, the artwork starts to reflect your values, your culture, your interests.
Sometimes your work may resemble others. Focus on the idea you are expressing and the process you followed. Ask questions like:
– What part of this came from personal experience?
– What concept am I working through in this piece?
– What tools or methods helped me communicate it?
By focusing on your own process and themes, your work starts to gain structure and direction. This builds authenticity.
Step 3: Start Early and Stay Consistent
Create personal projects early, even if you feel unprepared. You will improve as you continue. Use each project as a step forward. Build a habit of asking questions and reflecting on what you want to say.
For example: I learned by copying. But a few months ago, I started asking why artists make certain choices. What do they see in reality? What emotion or concept are they trying to show? When I asked those questions, I found better material—in human nature, daily life, inner conflict. These themes give my work depth and make it easier to move forward with purpose.
Final Thought
Original work comes from experience combined with structure. Use what you learn to build your own system. Choose themes that mean something to you. Use tools to shape them. And stay in motion—because each step you take creates a clearer voice.
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Comments
Ramon Nuñez
Hi Ram, thank you for your feedback. Regarding the brushes, once you subscribe, you’ll receive an email with the download link for my set, along with links for private board references. These links sometimes need to be updated because they can throw an error, so please let me know via private message if they work or not. I’ll send new links if needed. Check your spam folder in case the email ended up there
ram
Thank you for your insights Ramon! I’ve been going through your posts and have learned a lot from your process and thoughts. It’s helped me streamlined my own process more and have fun with exploring random ideas! I’m also wondering where I can find your brushes as I love the way they look. Hope you have a nice day!
Ramon Nuñez
ty! have a nice week too
Dea_The_Mystic
Ramon your pics give me joy ✨🌸 nice week to everyone 🌸✨
