18 Jun 00:17
--DOOOOO IT! Glad it was useful man!
Shout Box archive
18 Jun 00:09
--Watched your video on S.M.A.R.T. goals the other day Amit - useful thoughts - thanks for sharing - I'm thinking of putting together a goal around being able to draw and render the human figure better.
17 Jun 07:57
--"The lessons you are meant to learn are in your work. Ask your work what it needs, not what you need. Then set aside your fears and listen, the way a good parent listens to a child. " - Citation from Art & Fear
17 Jun 03:51
--to really accomplish that you'd probably have to make that thing a consistent habit, but it's a start
17 Jun 03:47
--the best result for me would be if it would turn everyone who participates into a more individual individual
17 Jun 03:47
--Well I don't know, but I for one, if it's a challenging project like that, I wouldn't half ass it.
17 Jun 03:45
--probably wont produce anything that will get you a job or that fits your portfolio, idk. kinda curious what will happen
17 Jun 03:33
--stuff like forget if its marketeable, forget if people will care about it, forget if it fits this or that mold or this or that IP. the only guideline should be that it you are 100% honest to yourself if you think it is cool and you hold it to your own highest quality standard possible.
17 Jun 03:29
--so im thinking that the brief for the challenge will be super loose and it's only going to tell you what NOT to do so you are forced to really come up with your own idea for it
17 Jun 03:28
--yeah, its good to have that space that doesnt have to be anything except what you really want it to be. where its allowed to fail and that can remain hidden forever if you want. its the only place where really anything completely new and cool can happen
17 Jun 03:24
--and something I notice with my design project I am doing as well, a project where you can apply your skills and learn at the same time.
17 Jun 03:24
--Yeah, I have been thinking of a project to start, to push my learning. Just individual/focused practice isn't enough. (what I noticed in case of like Ihor he has a personal project and that pushes him to the maximum while still having fun)
17 Jun 03:23
--i really want this to be awesome, so i'll put in lots of preparation and wait until the other challenges take a break or something
17 Jun 03:21
--but yeah not saying google is wrong, but I've noticed how it has taken over my entire creative process and i cant really surprise myself anymore while theres tons of stuff in front of my door that ive never even considered
17 Jun 03:21
--Yeah. Peter han also goes to museams a lot (what I noticed on his) instagram. He also draws a lot from an actual object than googling. Hey just saw you're going to start that challenge of drawing only from reference off of life, so will have to PM you to get in further details of what it will be about
17 Jun 03:20
--im sure he goes to museums to research dinosaurs himself instead of googling them