Inspiration Overload

This will have to be a quick update since I am leaving for my Grandma's house in literally 20 minutes and I haven't gotten ready or packed my things. I kind of just woke up. Also sorry for not posting sooner, I've been busy flying Business Class and travelling the world lol.

I am currently in Chennai, a city on the Southeast border of India. I was born here as a weetle child so it's always nice to be back. The lifestyle and culture here is so different and has been inspiring a lot of cool ideas in my head! The different colors and people and overall aura of the city have sparked some neat things, which I will hopefully have a chance to create soon.

It's been a few days since I've landed here from Dubai. Dubai was AMAZING. The city is horridly arid and dry and I almost died from Heat Exhaustion one day, but the experience was worth it. I took loads of pictures on my camera and phone so those will be uploaded soon! See my last post for links to my social media because I've uploaded some on there (*cheeky spon*).

Anyways, I've been watching a lot of artist youtubers lately and been following a bunch of art accounts and their work has been influencing mine quite a bit. I even created my very first OC! WOO! Pictures of that little guy will be uploaded soon as I don't have much time now.

Basically, I've been very inspired lately from my travels and hopefully I will be able to get some more drawing done in these next few days since I wont have any connection to the outside world (aka Internet). *SCREAMS HORRIFICALY* My whole life surrounds the Internet, so let us all pray that Kavitha does not die because of the emptiness she is about to face.

Until next time,
GOODBYE INTERNET.

The Future Holds Camels and Sushi

Today is my last day in my lovely home, more importantly my bed. I set off on my travels and will not return for nearly seven weeks. SEVEN WEEKS. It's been ages since I've left home for that long and I don't think I can do it. It all really hasn't sunk it yet.

My flight for Dubai is tonight. We stay there for a bit, and soon I'll be in India and then JAPAN! I'm super excited for all the things I will witness. I'm taking my camera and my phone so I will be taking a lot of pictures wherever I go. I'm not much of a photographer but it's good to try new things, right? All three countries are vastly different so I'm curious to see how the pictures will capture that. I might even do some filming, who knows what future Kavitha is up to.

But the only down side is, I may not have WiFi all of the time (*cries horrifically*). Whenever I do, I will be sure to update you lovely people on my travels. I will be posting most of them on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter, and of course here. (that cheeky promo though)

You better get excited because it's going to be a wild summer.Oh, and let's hope it all turns out to be amazing and nothing terrible happens to me (like getting attacked by a camel or getting stuck inside a sandstorm).

Well, I'm about to miss my ride to the airport so I better leave.
Bye Internet!

The Birth of a (Slightly Underwhelming) Sketchbook

So, it's been almost two weeks since school has been out. Since then I've been on the Internet and well that's about it. I've been more active on Tumblr which is nice and I finished Attack on Titan (yet again). I was retweeted by one of my favorite people in the world - Hazel Hayes and yeah. I was also blessed with a new selfie by Dan Howell, which was nice (to say the least).

In all seriousness, I did manage to buy myself a new sketchbook and I've dabbled in it a bit. My primary goal for this year is to find my style in art. I really love comics and how the characters are drawn, so that has been a major influence. Also, games like Undertale have influenced some of these characters that I have drawn, and if you play the game it's quite easy to tell. I don't really know what I'm doing yet, but hopefully if I just keep drawing, I will be able to find who I am as an artist. Here's what I've been up to thus far. (I did try to experiment with watercolors, and may I say that I don't like watercolors - at all - but I decided to give it a go again, and well it turned out to be a flop).

                                              

                       








And that's been my sketchbook tour. Thanks for watching - or reading actually - and don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe.

Sorry, I watch too much YouTube. Thanks a lot Dan and Phil.

Top Ten Mistakes HS Artists Make: A Reflection

There I was. It was the last day of the school year and I was sitting in bed. I had no exams that day (*angels sing in the distance*) and so I spent most of my morning watching YouTube videos and Anime, with the rest of my time on Tumblr. As I was in my browsing position, scrolling down my feed, I realized that I needed to get myself out of this lazy day and be productive, because this would turn out to be my entire summer.  So, about two hours later, I did. Please don't judge me for the sad life that I live; let's just applaud the fact that I did get out of bed. ....I guess that says a lot about me.

Anyway, here I am being productive. 

I decided to tackle the beginning of my AP Art war, I mean, AP Art Journey. The moment I saw the title of the article we were supposed to read, 10 Mistakes High School Artists Make, I knew that I would fall into all of the categories. After reading it, well, I fall into at least six of them. Jokes aside, the article was able to shine some light on mistakes that I have seen people make in past art classes. Things like taking too long to begin (which I happen to do sometimes; I might as well be the Dutchess of Procrastination) and producing simple and cheesy artwork (which I try not to do) are very common. Many people paint a sunset over a beach and bam, they're done with their piece. I, on the other hand, hope to create something that is unique and makes people think, not always in a "deep and artistic" way, but also in terms of "what in the love of goat's cheese is that" kind of way. Um, let's just forget about the goat's cheese part and move on...

The article also encouraged me to develop my ideas more. I have loads of ideas in my head, but it's important that I (throughout the course of the summer and school year) build off of these ideas and create composure and cohesiveness with them. This then becomes one of my main goals as an artist, especially since this is very important when creating a portfolio. 

Other mistakes like taking too long on artist statements or going off of second hand sources don't affect me too much. I do follow many artists on Instagram and Tumblr, which really do influence my art style and inspiration, but I don't copy them or take their style as mine. I also do my annotations last, so it reflects what I have created, not the other way around. 

Also, the article mentioned "aesthetic pleasure", and well, my life revolves around those two words, especially in art. I want for everything to be pleasing to the eye and I want for my work to look nice. Just nice. Because of this, some people may say I'm a perfectionist or tend to start over a lot, but that's beside the point. My artwork may not be a lot of things, but it is and will be aesthetically pleasing. 

And so, these mistakes that were listed in the article do affect me since I am an artist who is in high school. Throughout this journey, which is about to end very soon (oh god), I hope to not fall into these mistakes as I might have in the past. I hope to grow immensely in terms of technique, creativity, and just holistically as an artist. 

At the end of the day, all I want is for my artwork to not be a flop. But, I mean, there's no guarantee of that. It could all literally burst out in flames and become a mess like my life. 

Ha.. ha.. okay, bye.