Flexible Symmetry

Symmetry

...has always been one of things I've pursued in my art. I love geometric designs that remind me of the patterns of life out in nature.

One of the things I love about vector art, is how crispy the final results are. In previous posts, I've mentioned how I have actually moved away from trying to create "perfect lines". This is because after years of practicing I got to a point where my lines were really clean, and I was so into doing them like that, that I almost never gave myself permission to do more sketchy art. I was trying to create spotless and nearly perfect designs. So after a lot of years of rigidness, I started to be more flexible by intentionally doing a lot of it. My last post was one of them and I will be posting some more soon.

Anyways, I did this symmetric design a little while ago, and again was sitting in my sketchbook for quite some time, so I decided to use some vector power to give it that crispy and perfect look - which I still appreciate and like to achieve. It's always good though, to have the choice between both styles. It has helped me to loosen up a bit and also experiment more and have more fun.

I'd like to mention that I didn't try as hard on this one to create that perfect symmetry or perfect lines - which in fact makes me like it a lot too!

The final vectored artwork looks really beautiful, but I think the sketch - which actually wasn't a sketch but a finished little piece of artwork LOL - has an organic feel to it that is also very pleasing to the eye. There's no straight lines in nature, except for the horizon maybe, so I guess that's one of the things that I like, but I also love that it's not perfectly symmetric. Shapes vary and slightly change. Perhaps it's my own flexibility which I've gained throughout the years in my life that let me appreciate this now, when maybe in the past I would've judged myself hard, sometimes to the point of disapproving my own artwork when it wasn't as sharp as I wanted it to be.

Perfect Designs

Having studied graphics design was perhaps one of the reasons why I became so meticulous to the point where I didn't like the sketchy art so much. That and probably being a perfectionist, which is probably linked to some degree of OCD.

Designs must always be 100% perfect when turned in to a client, so I learned to check and trained my eye to spot even tiny errors. Not to say that I've become perfect, I actually don't even really like to be stiff and rigid, so have actually had to LEARN TO BE FLEXIBLE.. which you know is kinda like moving backwards, but not really. I've learned to like the mistakes, the natural imperfections, the inconsistencies, all which also make artwork unique and beautiful, but which unfortunately isn't good for most businesses.

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