Day 40

'Giant Deer', Pen on Paper

Today's 'draw' is of the skeletal head of a Giant Deer again part of one of the exhibits from the 'Ulster Museum', I seem to have mentioned that quite a lot in the past few weeks but I've almost exhausted the selection of images taken from my trip there, the last one actually planned for tomorrow. The reasoning behind today's draw basically stems from me wanting to improve upon my illustrative drawing, the use of pen and cross-hatching. 

I know that my drawing has a certain style of it's own but sometimes when I look at other people's work I can't help but get that feeling that, well... what there doing is more impressive. It's an underlying jealousy or sense of inadequacy that we have all felt at some time or another, especially when the thing that we find ourselves having a particular proficiency for becomes overshadowed by someone who is much more proficient, more prolific and probably just generally has the propensity to be better than you as a person in every... single... way. It's one of those awkward situations where you both admire and hate someone in unequal measure, possibly even thinking them to be a bit of an ass or a nemesis even. The truth is though, although you find these people intimidating, unless they really are just a horrible jackass, they normally feel the same as you and loathing can eventually turn into respect... well at least that's what I've come to learn from every TV drama, sitcom or poor comedy film that involves two people trying to one up each other with hilarious consequences that has ever been made in the history of all that is. No matter who you are we have all coveted our neighbours 'ass' for one reason or another, we have all thought at some point 'I wish I could be as good as them at (insert generic activity here)'  and it's by no means a bad thing. In fact sometimes it's exactly what we need to cause us to actively want to get better at doing something, by thinking more along the lines of, 'if they can do it then so can I', then we can, a little positive reinforcement can go a long way.