Shout Box archive

17 Jun 03:19

Brian Hermelijn

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And also draws outside as well

17 Jun 03:19

Brian Hermelijn

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He makes his own clays, and take screenshots of those to make his artworks.

17 Jun 03:19

Brian Hermelijn

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A person that comes to mind right now is James Gurney.

17 Jun 03:18

Brian Hermelijn

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Of course. It will be different, since the person them self, went their way to collect their own resources than using others, at the same time, there is room for both. One shouldn't limit to only one approach. But I do agree.

17 Jun 03:17

Jan Kloidt

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its already powerful because no one else is doing that

17 Jun 03:17

Jan Kloidt

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that is exactly the point: you dont really need the kangaroo and you probably don't really have a connection to them if you dont see them in real life often. if you limit yourself to your own environment it'll just have to be something personal to you

17 Jun 03:16

Brian Hermelijn

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And I already do that, haven't delve into env. yet, but I take pictures of my own poses. Since that's what I am currently learning more about. Same with heads.

17 Jun 03:15

Brian Hermelijn

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Lets not kidding our self that we will find a kangooro reference, if someone is living in a place where there is no kangooro to begin with. Unless the person picks up his belongings go to the places where he can find kangooros, take pictures, come back home. (Fly to other places)

17 Jun 03:15

Jan Kloidt

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just try it :) not saying you need to do it forever, just do 1 design without online ref

17 Jun 03:14

Brian Hermelijn

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There is room for both, no need to limit yourself to only one.

17 Jun 03:14

Jan Kloidt

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yeh i follow them on twitter, interesting stuff

17 Jun 03:14

Jan Kloidt

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of course, the internet is a great resource, but just try it out to limit yourself that way! it's crazy how much more original and true to yourself it'll be

17 Jun 03:14

Brian Hermelijn

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By the way, check thisiscollosal if you haven't already ;D

17 Jun 03:12

Brian Hermelijn

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Always find new interesting things since I do not specifically search for something, rather I just put some time to just explore see what new other ideas pops up, and put that in my morgue folder/pins

17 Jun 03:11

Brian Hermelijn

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Hence on pinterest, I diversify the topic and just explore and google + as well.

17 Jun 03:11

Brian Hermelijn

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Why not combine both? If you're not looking for something fresh, you can just google whatever see what you will find.

17 Jun 02:27

Jan Kloidt

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when you look up stuff online, it always is filtered by the intention to find something and that means you already know what it is before you find it so you can rarely find something fresh because you're limited by what you know already. but just draw stuff from outside your doorstep and you'll see a million things you'd have never looked up online

17 Jun 02:23

Jan Kloidt

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its weird how that feels like a hack to get to your personal voice, it's so powerful and simple

17 Jun 02:21

Jan Kloidt

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your life, your surroundings, your own take on it

17 Jun 02:21

Jan Kloidt

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if you cut away images from other people all there is left is you

17 Jun 02:20

Jan Kloidt

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ikr! theres infinite inspiration everywhere that no one else except you will ever get the chance to use

17 Jun 02:20

Artloader

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Sounds like an interesting challenge! Just saw something on my desk that I could easily turn into a space ship!

17 Jun 02:19

Jan Kloidt

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but that would be sooooo cool! i'm pumped

17 Jun 02:19

Jan Kloidt

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if people wanna have a challenge like this, send me a PM and I'll make sth. in the future, right now there's too many challenge work going on already

17 Jun 02:17

Jan Kloidt

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maybe i'll make a challenge for that, i really want to see what happpens when people try it out

17 Jun 02:16

Jan Kloidt

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i SO recommend that to anyone, just draw one thing from imagination and the only ref's you may use are what you find in your immediate real-life-environment

17 Jun 02:15

Artloader

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I've watched a few Feng Zhou videos and he's got a massive library of reference photos that he's captured himself - amazing sunsets etc ...

17 Jun 02:14

Jan Kloidt

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would sketch it directly but i dont trust the weather today

17 Jun 02:14

Jan Kloidt

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just walk around photographing everything

17 Jun 02:13

Jan Kloidt

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yeah i think i'll do that today

17 Jun 02:13

Artloader

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Yep - good point to remember.

17 Jun 02:12

Artloader

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I often think about getting a good camera and carrying it about with me so that I could capture references at the drop of a hat.