I noticed that quote today while browsing the internet and thought I should write my thoughts on it. This is what I've been coming to realize in life. A lot of people are not happy or where they want to be because they are simply working for someone else, have not yet fully expressed themselves or have not yet found their calling. But once you find yourself and build on your character, you will discover that you had great potential all along, and there will always be people out there from all over the world who will be attracted to your personality, endeavors and achievements. I think the key to be successful is to be positive, genuine and original.
Everybody is different and somewhere out there, someone is trying to find their place in their life. People are always searching, learning and discovering new things that could interest them. They might even come across your page one day, notice your content and immediately become a fan. Some people will have absolutely no interest. Others may outright dislike you or your work. Just stay busy on your craft and ignore the haters, for people who spend their time hating on others are not living their own lives to their full potential at their own detriment. They too must find their way. You cannot please everyone. But there will be many others who appreciate your work, and of those people there could always be that one person who likes everything you do and will share your work to all of their connections, who in turn will share to their connections. Trends will always be decided by the people. That is how things become viral, it is when something happens to fill in a gap in the universe that trends so well at the time that it becomes very popular. You never know unless you create and share your best creations, the kind of content that comes from the soul. It's all about creating amazing value and presenting things that have not existed before or have only been thought of as an incomplete, abstract imagining until YOU turn them into a reality. You have the power to manifest your thoughts into the world by utilizing your ideas, senses, emotions, hands and tools.
That will be the attitude I intend to maintain for my portfolio, my site, and my whole online presence. Only I will ever be able to create everything I do in a very specific way. I envision my pages filled with original and interesting concept art, keenly-constructed and optimized low-poly 3D models, and hand-painted textures done in my own unique style. These will be the key areas of focus in my art and all of which will be done solely by myself, unless I feel like borrowing some inspiration from favourite games, films and other entertainment media, in which case I will put my own unique spin on an existing idea, or try to improve the look of a particular character from an old but gold video game.
We must realize our own unique and intrinsic values. Everyone exists for a reason. Everybody living serves a higher purpose in the grand scheme of things. We simply need to optimize our creative potential to produce the most value for society that we are fully passionate about and share our creations with each other. I believe this is the way forward anyway. There are still too many people working in jobs that don't spark them, jobs that don't motivate them. People who live to work instead of working to live. There are still many young minds herded into a system that does not optimize their unique creative potentials. But I believe that there is always the right kind of person specifically created by cosmic powers, nature, God or what have you, to fulfill a certain role in society and ultimately the world. I believe if everyone can have the opportunity to do what they are good at, what they want and enjoy in a positive and generous way, things will work out for the better. People behave best when they are free to pursue their dreams and happy once their goals are achieved.
A wise man once told me:
Everybody is different and somewhere out there, someone is trying to find their place in their life. People are always searching, learning and discovering new things that could interest them. They might even come across your page one day, notice your content and immediately become a fan. Some people will have absolutely no interest. Others may outright dislike you or your work. Just stay busy on your craft and ignore the haters, for people who spend their time hating on others are not living their own lives to their full potential at their own detriment. They too must find their way. You cannot please everyone. But there will be many others who appreciate your work, and of those people there could always be that one person who likes everything you do and will share your work to all of their connections, who in turn will share to their connections. Trends will always be decided by the people. That is how things become viral, it is when something happens to fill in a gap in the universe that trends so well at the time that it becomes very popular. You never know unless you create and share your best creations, the kind of content that comes from the soul. It's all about creating amazing value and presenting things that have not existed before or have only been thought of as an incomplete, abstract imagining until YOU turn them into a reality. You have the power to manifest your thoughts into the world by utilizing your ideas, senses, emotions, hands and tools.
That will be the attitude I intend to maintain for my portfolio, my site, and my whole online presence. Only I will ever be able to create everything I do in a very specific way. I envision my pages filled with original and interesting concept art, keenly-constructed and optimized low-poly 3D models, and hand-painted textures done in my own unique style. These will be the key areas of focus in my art and all of which will be done solely by myself, unless I feel like borrowing some inspiration from favourite games, films and other entertainment media, in which case I will put my own unique spin on an existing idea, or try to improve the look of a particular character from an old but gold video game.
We must realize our own unique and intrinsic values. Everyone exists for a reason. Everybody living serves a higher purpose in the grand scheme of things. We simply need to optimize our creative potential to produce the most value for society that we are fully passionate about and share our creations with each other. I believe this is the way forward anyway. There are still too many people working in jobs that don't spark them, jobs that don't motivate them. People who live to work instead of working to live. There are still many young minds herded into a system that does not optimize their unique creative potentials. But I believe that there is always the right kind of person specifically created by cosmic powers, nature, God or what have you, to fulfill a certain role in society and ultimately the world. I believe if everyone can have the opportunity to do what they are good at, what they want and enjoy in a positive and generous way, things will work out for the better. People behave best when they are free to pursue their dreams and happy once their goals are achieved.
A wise man once told me:
"Instead of thinking about how you might look or how others may think about you, focus on what you can DO".