08-12-2013, 01:35 PM
Hi. My name is Valency. I'm a senior year graphic design student in the U.S. currently. I've mostly done logos and generic painting, but not a whole lot in the vein that you guys do. I have, however, followed several of you for a bit now and decided it was high time that I join. You guys are the best of the best and I'd like to follow that if I may.
My drawing skills are, at best, mediocre. You can get a glimpse of what I'm currently capable of here: http://valencygraphics.deviantart.com/ga...?catpath=/ There's nothing earth-shattering, but I'd like to get there and put in the hours this next year to do it. I really think that my graphics would improve drastically if I can get some rudimentary basics down. I have a few goals already in mind:
1. Speedpainting a day. Kind of like a photographer's "photo a day for a year," this is for warm-up, practice, work, or all three. I have no idea what I'll do each day, but if you folks have some pointers, it won't go unappreciated!
2. (At least a) Portrait a week via /r/redditgetsdrawn. I know one of the ways you get better at subjects and matter is to keep drawing and drawing and drawing. Redditgetsdrawn seems to be a decent place to get some subject matter that I can use This will be the first year that I get extremely involved in making sure this is a priority (after schoolwork, of course!).
Any tips, tricks, critiques, slams, praises, compliments, ridicules, or meh's are welcome to me. I learn the most from constructive critique and having reasons for the change indicated explained to me.
First tip I would need: I just got an intuos 4 small. I am super excited to test it out once I get to school, but I'm wondering if there's a guide out there to give me an idea of how to set it up in a way that's suitable for working on painting or just to start out with until I figure out how I want to set it up? Thanks and hope to see you all very soon. :D
My drawing skills are, at best, mediocre. You can get a glimpse of what I'm currently capable of here: http://valencygraphics.deviantart.com/ga...?catpath=/ There's nothing earth-shattering, but I'd like to get there and put in the hours this next year to do it. I really think that my graphics would improve drastically if I can get some rudimentary basics down. I have a few goals already in mind:
1. Speedpainting a day. Kind of like a photographer's "photo a day for a year," this is for warm-up, practice, work, or all three. I have no idea what I'll do each day, but if you folks have some pointers, it won't go unappreciated!
2. (At least a) Portrait a week via /r/redditgetsdrawn. I know one of the ways you get better at subjects and matter is to keep drawing and drawing and drawing. Redditgetsdrawn seems to be a decent place to get some subject matter that I can use This will be the first year that I get extremely involved in making sure this is a priority (after schoolwork, of course!).
Any tips, tricks, critiques, slams, praises, compliments, ridicules, or meh's are welcome to me. I learn the most from constructive critique and having reasons for the change indicated explained to me.
First tip I would need: I just got an intuos 4 small. I am super excited to test it out once I get to school, but I'm wondering if there's a guide out there to give me an idea of how to set it up in a way that's suitable for working on painting or just to start out with until I figure out how I want to set it up? Thanks and hope to see you all very soon. :D