When I started this blog my initial purpose was to write reviews for the comics I read. I wanted to give reader a quick glimpse of what my life was like as a fanboy. Somehow I wound up moving away from that, and so I spent the last year or so maintaining this sites integrity by posting my artwork. Recently I've undergone some experiences that have forced me to take very hard look at myself as an individual. How I perceive myself and how I perceive and approach the creation of my artwork, particularly my painting.
As a result I have chosen to get back to my roots, not just as a comic book fan but as an artist. It is now my intent to use this blog not just as a source of information or a platform for viewing my work. Starting today I will use it to remind myself why I chose this path. Why I spend hours of my day collecting reference, reading, digging through my crates thumbing throug issues I've read ten times or more. Why I chose to create rather than manufacture or sale or package or market. Why I shake my head at my friends who slave away (and I do mean slave) at a 12 hour workshift, get a 30 minute lunch break and the only time they spend at home is the 8 hours or less when they're sleeping. Some of my friends are about that life and as Katt Williams once put it, "By all means get your paper, boo boo". But I used to be really hesitant to tell people that I’m a freelance artist, because usually what I do isn’t viewed as ‘work’ the way most people define it. But the more I think about it, the more I realize it’s no different than what some of these corporate drones do. I am essentially paid a fair wage to do what whatever my assignment requires, the only difference being I don’t have to wear a leash--sorry, tie and sell off my humanity bit by bit in hopes of joining the 1%.
Stay tuned.
--Ryan Scales
September 2014
#IronLionStudios
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