Ryan James Artist

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I'm just here today to remind you to stay on course! Keep making! Keep finding the fun in it. SO much of a creative life is unfortunately about feeding yourself, keeping the lights on and appearing somewhat successful and…

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So, A.I art is here and it's not going away. At first when I started seeing the art that it was creating I was blown away by just how beautiful it was. Then I saw it getting even…

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Would you ever think of going up to a child who is playfully drawing, take the crayons out of their hand and tell them, “You're not talented enough?” so they should probably stop? Would you berate them for colouring…

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How do you know the difference between knowing when to keep going and when to call something quits? I've made the mistakes on all sides of this. I've pushed myself to burnout, I've also quit something before I…

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This week I've managed to finish three canvas. One is another halloween prompt and the other two were paper plane inspired. For those that don't know I use origami a lot in my manifestation and affirmation process and I…

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The biggest threat to your progress will be your ability to handle your lonliness. Making art, making anything really takes time and usually way more of it than you are budgeting for. There's no way in hell I…

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I've had a little stumble lately when it comes to how I view my art work. It was a slight step backwards in that I started to play “the game” instead of creating the kind of life I wanted…

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All is well here at Ryan James HQ and I've been working on some comissions which is why I haven't been posting or engaging as much lately. Whenever I get a commission I tend to hyper focus on…

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Sometimes I want to quit. I'm not ashamed to say it and I think it's actually healthy to acknowledge it. Now I know you might think I'm about to say something along the lines of “so long as you…

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I am here at the end of the first quarter of the year figuring out what and where I want to do next. I get a little overwhelmed but not by the art itself but by the marketing. Some…