Jessica Backup

HEYOOOOOOO I have a new video for you today!! It’s about creative routines and creating daily, and my thoughts on the matter. So basically I’ve already started creating daily. I’m not making a hashtag for it, I’m not really sharing a picture every day about it on Instagram, because I’m not finishing pieces every day, and sometimes there’s nothing to show but that’s okay. All I really want is to experiment and learn, which is what I love about creativity anyway so I’m happy.

Here’s the thing: there is no right and wrong when it comes to art. Whatever you are making is the right thing, and I want you to remember that. When I was 14-15 years old I started taking pictures quite a lot, and I quickly fell in love with photography. I mostly took pictures of leaves and flowers really, but I absolutely loved it and I was always so proud of my images. When I existed within my own world of creating, I kind of didn’t even think in terms of “How could this be better?”. The images were just there, and I liked them, and that was everything I needed. It wasn’t until I joined a class of almost 30 other photography interested teenagers in high school that I started to really feel insecure about my photography, because suddenly realised how “different” my stuff was from what the other people in that class created. The main thing that I realised was that I never took pictures of people, and I didn’t want to. (Note: It wasn...

I’ve found a new way of creating that I reallyreally enjoy. I’ve been following so many abstract painters on Instagram lately, because I just adore their work, especially those really creamy acrylic paintings. And when Xanthe mentioned Kyle’s brushes in her Q&A-video a while back and I downloaded the wonderful gouache ones (they are all free for Creative Cloud-users!) I realised that I could get effects that I wanted digitally too.  Using his brushes, a few different tools in Photoshop (smudge mostly) I’ve started making these abstract digital paintings and it is sooo much fun?? And while I always try to create more physical things in my life – as a way to cut down on screen time (which is bad for headaches and stuff) – I really enjoy this process as it feels as intuitive and relaxing as painting while I can still keep the lovely undo button.   Here’s a picture taking during the process, and it seriously just looks like stupid scrib...