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JennaMarieCo

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After attempting to come back to good ol' DA, trendiest art website of my youth, I've found that I much prefer Instagram now. I'll still post here on occasion, but mostly I'm over there. 

You can find me on IG trifoxatops. See you around!
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I've been in various stages of the writing process on my eventually-to-be-posted webcomic, Bernadette's Epilogue, for about a year and half.  We're talking from inception and ruminating on the idea for months and months to actually writing the script and page thumbnails two or three months ago. I'm struggling with keeping my writing on track with the themes and navigating with purpose toward the predetermined finale of the story.

There is an outline, but filling in the gaps with direction is proving to be the most difficult part of the process for me now. Filling in the gaps without direction? That I can do! But that isn't what I want this story to be. I get stuck thinking, "Is this important to the story?" "Does this further the plot or characters?" and "No, but is it *really* important to the story?" and can't move forward. So here I am, stuck with twelve pages of heavily edited script, needing about a hundred more, only able to stare at those initial twelve and edit them into the ground. And then I throw up my hands in frustration with the all too familiar "This is terrible! Why do I even try!?"

As a teacher, I have one million pep talks and kind words to work through the negativity, but as someone who hasn't had time for art since college, I feel like I've lost my creativity in favor of constructive criticism. I can edit for days. I just can't get the source material out of my head and onto paper. 

So, friends, what do you do when you hit a wall in your creative process?  Whether it be visual art, writing, or other, what gets you out of that funk and creating again? What do you do when you find yourself wanting to give up on a piece? Do you find that creating without self imposed constraints is helpful, hurtful, or even wasteful?

I'd be interested to hear others' thoughts. :)
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Sooo, I was away from DA for several years (6 or so), and I remember when llama badges started, but I never fully understood them, and now I seem to be accumulating them, and they are leveling up into other llamas, and I have a question:

What exactly do the llamas mean?

I mean, llamas (the animal) are great and hilarious, and the badges are clearly a positive, "Yay, you!" kind of thing, and I super appreciate them regardless.  I haven't given any yet, though, because I feel weird giving a gift that I don't fully understand.  

Anyone care to enlighten me on their personal llama giving practices?


In other news: challenging yourself to daily sketches is amazing for productivity! I've gone from "getting through" one sketch each day to really having fun with usually 5 or more much fuller sketches.  Even if you don't have much time (I do mine on the bus to and from work), it's well worth it. 
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Hello!

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...and welcome to my page! 

This is actually my second(ary) DeviantArt account, my first being right over here.  I made my first account when I was 16 or so, and I wanted to create a fresh account with more of my current work.  

I don't have as much time to art like I did when I was a teenager, but I have found more of it, as well as inspiration, with a fairly major and very positive job shift in the last few months.  Hopefully I will have more work up soon!

A quick about me:

I am a 29 year old non-profit music education administrator, flute teacher, and San Francisco Bay Area native.  I ride a boat to work most days, and play (flute) or sing various gigs throughout the year.  I wrote and drew a webcomic during much of my time in college which you can check out here (I make no claims as to its quality).  I play a little piano too, and like to bake, make ice cream, bike, run, play video games, and appreciate good beer in my free time.  I have a sweet apartment in the East Bay and a crazy tuxedo cat.  It's the best.
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