If you read this blog or follow me anywhere else on the web you know that I (and I hate saying this because it sounds so pretentious) make art. It’s what I do in my spare time and I spend as much time doing it as life will allow. I’m not amazingly good at it, but I think I do all right most of the time.
And so obviously I spend a lot of time when I’m not neck-deep in a project thinking about ways I can improve and get better at what I do. What has been on my mind lately is trying to figure out where to draw the line between giving up on something that I feel isn’t working, and when to keep pushing and finish it anyway. Even if the final result isn’t what I wanted it to be.
I’m quite good at not getting caught by the sunk cost fallacy when working on a project. I will happily close my file and start from scratch if I feel like the thing I’m working on isn’t going anywhere. Even if I’ve spent hours working on it. But I suspect I’m just a bit too quick to make that decision at times, which in turn leaves me with sub-par post-processing skills because I so rarely get to that part of the workflow.
I’m sure this is mostly just an issue of my lacking experience as an artist, and I will become better at it over time. Even so, if you have some thoughts I would love to hear them!