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Trying to Create After Creating a Baby

I studied animation and physics in college, and something I love to do is still to draw or paint or all around doodle.  And do math.  At work, I can math all day long (I'm a physics teacher) but my creative endeavors have been tricky.  The big barriers (and I think this is possibly true for most people, even if they aren't parents) are:

  • Time to do the endeavor
  • If you have the time, space in your home.  Some things take up a lot of space or need a large space to complete.
  • If you have the space and time, materials can be hard to work with around the kids
For me with drawing, I've been trying to find a digital solution.  I've been drawing with Procreate on the iPad, and if I can overcome time and space issues, I have my laptop and cintiq to play around with.  But the big thing is I want to make this something that works for me wherever and whenever.  Drawing on iPad on the go works pretty well, but the programs aren't as slick as those on the computer.  There are some drawing methods that translate super well to the iPad but not so much to Photoshop.  And then there's Illustrator, where you can make the really neat vector work, but man am I not even good at that yet so my lack of skills makes me super frustrated.  

I don't have a good solution yet.  I don't know if there is an elegant solution to any of this, besides to keep trying.  I have been utilizing Skillshare, which has been encouraging, inspiring and all around awesome.  To be fair, there are better classes than others, but at least they exist.  

In terms of sewing, we'll see.  That one is even tougher than drawing so once I feel good about drawing, maybe I'll be inspired to figure out sewing around my baby.  Hopefully.

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