Mario Breskic : Social Wall

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  • I think computers are neat. I think you know that I think they’re neat.

    But I do have an issue with them: you can store a lot on them.

    Take Photoshop or Procreate, for instance: not only can you save tons of your own files, but you can also collect an endless amount of extras for those programs.

    Things like brushes. Textures. Effects. Filters. And I did. I stored them. I even bought brushes; sometimes just because someone, somewhere, on some forum, mentioned those were the ones used for a certain illustration. A design. Whatever.

    Here’s the thing about how my creativity works (or rather, how it doesn’t) I’m really into building something from nothing. And when I get a product that skips that step for me, nothing happens afterward.

    Say I have one of Kyle’s Real Oil brush sets for Photoshop. Now, I think that if I ever need to draw or paint with an oil effect, I’ll be ready and set to go. I’d be prepared. But… for what?

    There are so many things you can make with these neat computers. But me? I feel like I’ve been creatively blocked by tutorials, by helpful “tools,” in a way that’s funneled my creativity into something I don’t even enjoy.

    I’ve struggled with creativity for years. That’s why I’ve been reading about how to maintain creativity in times like these: times when people talk more about what products they use than what they actually do with them. And I’m guilty of that, too.

    So, I’m uninstalling all those extras. I’m going back to my own ideas.
    Because everything started to look like a nail to me: because all I had were hammers.

    But what if I never needed a hammer at all?

    What if I needed something else entirely?
    Something no one else had already built?

    What then?

    I don’t need more tools. I need more of me in the work.

    Sorry, Kyle, but your work has been drowning mine.

    Source: My after‑hours blog on Tumblr Code & Canvas

  • I personally think that having a lot of brushes or brush sets to choose from only makes sense if you notice you need a specific effect. Otherwise you just get stuck. In my experience, products easily replace creativity. But I donʼt know how #asca

    Source: My Twitter Account Mario Breskic

  • Evaluated the benefit of license-based brushes for Ps and Procreate (like you can buy on Cubebrush and Creativemarket). I donʼt think that these are beneficial for me, at all.
    I am actually uninstalling the ones I bought last year for Procreate. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #asca

    Source: My Twitter Account Mario Breskic

  • Spent a lot of hours searching for something on YouTube which was more easily found in minutes on Pinterest. Visual searches are just better that way #asca

    Source: My Twitter Account Mario Breskic

  • After getting myself a document scanner I can and am using as a texture scanner, I’ll drive up to my favorite nerd store and look into buying Mörk Borg and Cy Borg stuff, if they have it.

    I can’t help what inspires me. It’s paper all the way down.

    Source: My after‑hours blog on Tumblr Code & Canvas

  • From the workshop, experimenting with a new tool, aiming to draw with a scanner. Shoutout to @annaxmalina for her marching ants selection works.

    Source: My after‑hours blog on Tumblr Code & Canvas

  • Figuring out a hand‑held scanner, working on an idea I’ve had since the first #scanner showed up on my computer desk.
    Marching ants inspiration by @annaxmalina #graphicdesign #iriscan #drawwithobjects #drawwithlight

    Source: My Instagram account Mario Breskic

  • You need to write by hand if you want to get anything out of writing other than word count.

    You need to read books, not the internet, if you want to understand yourself better.

    You have no need for apps other than games.

    This is what I have learnt these past days, writing in my journal, mapping out my inner territory of behaviours and loops, reading the German book The Neverending Story by Michael Ende, and uninstalling social media apps* and replacing them with games.

    I do not know much. I just notice how much more myself I am becoming each day.

    *The browser is my interface

    Source: My after‑hours blog on Tumblr Code & Canvas

  • Übrigens habe ich mir da dann auch beim Müller um die Ecke ein Büchlein von Lamy geholt, und damit kartografiere ich jetzt, was sich in mir befindet: was ich mag, was ich nicht mag. Und dann schaue ich, wie sich das anfühlt, sich selbst zu sehen/lesen.
    Das Buch schlage ich in der Mitte des Heftes in der Mitte auf. Das bietet Platz zu allen Seiten hin #asca

    Source: My Threads Account Mario Breskic

  • Zuerst habe ich mir ein Tagebuch von Paperblanks gekauft, dann sah ich folgendes Meme.
    „Mein Tagebuch wurde aktualisiert.“

    “Updated my journal.”
    Und das ist gerade mein Mantra.
    Kanns kaum abwarten, mit was ich mein Journal als nächstes update. #asca

    Source: My Threads Account Mario Breskic