So, today I was drawing in class, a few other kids know I sketch in class. One person walked up to me while I was sketching a dragon and said, "I went through that phase at one point. " I've been drawing dragons for over ten years now. When will me 'dragon phase' end?
Why should it? ¯\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
The truth is, there is nothing wrong with âphasesâ. Phases are just time-periods where you have a concentrated interest in one thing. Thatâs not something bad. Thatâs just NORMAL. Youâre aLWAYS gonna be in a phase. Sometimes, a phase will only last a week and then youâll exhaust your interest and move on. Sometimes youâll be in a phase for years. Some people are in phases that last an entire lifetime.
You know who else had a dragon phase? A WHOLE SHIT TON OF COOL ARTISTS.Â
For example, Alan Lee who painted Smaug, arguably one of the most famous dragons of all time!
Ciruelo Cabral, an Argentine painter
Fantasy painting by John Howe
AND A WHOLE LOAD OF OTHERS!!!
Some people make entire CAREERS out of their phases. Drawing dragons is definitely one of those phases that is relatively common - dragons are cool! People have been drawing dragons for MILLENIA. Dragons are like, one of the most common themes in art in general!
Whatâs wrong with having a dragon phase? Why SHOULD it end?Â
You like drawing something - DRAW IT!!!
What this person is doing is using you as an ego step-ladder. By placing your interests into a box called âa phaseâ they are saying âyou are doing something that I already did, therefore I am above youâ and stepping on you in order to make themselves feel better for having âalready done thatâ.
Fuck that! You have something you like to draw, you draw it! End of story. EVERY artist is in a phase of some sort at ALL TIMES. Some of these phases just end up raking up a bad reputation because humans are social creatures and itâs way easier to bully someone than to critically think about why we consider, for example, the âanime phaseâ to be such a bad thing when it is, in fact, just a period in someoneâs life where they are imitating a style they happen to enjoy.Â
This has been happening SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME. Since the beginning of artists, really. We all draw inspiration from different subject matters, different stylizations, different drawing techniques. None of it is inherently superior.Â
Honestly, dragons are cool. I want to draw more dragons. Maybe I need to have a dragon phase.
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