Was flipping through my files a few nights ago. Inevitably I opened up the one with two pieces in it...yes, just two. A couple sketches from when I used to go to the clubs, done a few years apart. I haven't posted 'em here. (Also don't go too often anymore. Am past the customer demographic, I dislike loud noise & the scene got old a while back) Both are gesture studies of dancers...what else would they be, in such an environment.

I kept them because in both instances, the sketch turned out perfectly. Everything I did just flowed, & went...right. The only exception is in the 2nd one I tried to add the dancer's hair--that was a bad decision. But the rest looks great. I wasn't going for likenesses; the point was to capture their movement in the few seconds my marker was on the paper. I did it, twice.

I do not mention the above to brag, because in both times it was as much a matter of luck as of whatever skill I have. If you're an artist--amateur, pro, whatever--& if you ever have that flash-of-lightning moment while you're working on something, consider yourself lucky. Not every artist experiences such bliss. If you experience it twice...you might be Irish. But seriously, if you do it twice then you're luckier than most & all your work just paid off.

I know not to hope for it a third time. If you manage it 3+ times, either you're a Jedi master or--this is much more likely--you're cheating somehow, & your work ain't as great as you believe.