I show you where my inspiration came from.
It started by something I found in my garden. Called a 'basket fungi'
Followed by the wonderful transformation of the fruit of the 'Cape gooseberry'
The first layer is quite simple:
Hardly any difference, but here is added grass and windows:
Followed by de basic shape of the trees, hills and clouds.
More grass, details in the city and the cages of the trees:
Grass and shadows in the front, shadows on the crowns and trunks, and the shaping of the cages.
This small hazy part is my favourite. Like a far, but comforting sign of life.
Enjoy the vote and reward!
Another great one! I'm so lame at writing comments... this is wonderful!
I know. Writing comments is the worst part. And getting them the best.
And to be honest; Real life is not much better. Some people are natural 'complimenters'. Why them?!
I've been practicing and it's getting easier! I'm finding people who's work i like and it makes it a lot more fun. What happens is i feel like i'm repeating myself and not being some sort of eloquent commentator.
I'm judging myself and it doesn't create when i do that. One thing i do now is vote the post i comment on. I see a lot of long discussion type posts and those are different than art work and photography - people have long threads talking about things. Artists? Give them money! Haha right? For me the best comment someone could have for my work was when they buy it! Oh god i sound terrible don't i !
No haha, you not sound terrible. Nothing more inspirational and motivating than a sale, isn't it?
On Steemit it looks like 80% of the discussions are about money. Maybe I look at the wrong people, or am in the wrong time zone, but I find it difficult to find something to vote on.
I joined when a friend asked me if i was tired of 10 years of social media, myspace, facebook, flickr, twitter, instagram, youtube, google etc. not paying me even 1 cent for all the content i posted and how much money they make from me. Not only was i not being paid but people constantly wanted photos and even art for free or next to nothing. my work was being put on calendars and peoples desktops for screen savers and not one penny paid to me.
So i joined here hoping to maybe make some money. I know it's not cool to talk about wanting money. So i don't know what to do. I have never worked so hard for a few pennies. It's brutal here. If it wasn't for 3 people voting for me with some actual money i would be nowhere with it. The worst part for me is posting shots that took me 10 years to get and being ignored.
i have a friend who does this site from a crypto, steem money angle as well as post every day. There's a great potential for making money here if you invest in it. He has his sp up over 500 now. His vote is worth actual money and he can contribute to people that way. He also gets curation rewards for his voting. Over time this all grows and accumulates. if steem grows and doubles or triples or more he will make a sizeable amount of money from it
This will probably sound silly but you got off to a pretty good start here. If it isn't too much of a crazy maker for you, post 4 things everyday. Vote 10 votes everyday. Vote for me! hahaha! I'm so rotten aren't i? What if we stuck it out and in 6 months or a year it really was going good? It's totally possible. This thing here is only about 1 and a half years old. Those founding people hung in there when it was nothing and now most all of them are making very good money. Damn i sound like such a jerk. I'm broke and need money! How gross it is to admit it
In the last 14 hours i posted 3 times. Earned 1 penny total. That was because i voted for myself. This site is pretty rough. I'm not a natural story teller. I wish i was that guy with all the moves. The salesman charm, the writing skills the expert computer money market investor all around James Bond. I'm not. I thought i was a good artist and photographer but it's really worthless... Without the rest of the promoting marketing charm...sorry for this