22 May 03:23
--The one big problem I could see with starting a project when you're not ready is that you might become hesitant to change things later on because you want it to be consistent. That, and you might default to doing things you're already confident in and end up not getting out of your comfort zone.
22 May 03:22
--Yeah, I was thinking of the practice I do for learning guitar (which was suggested as well) is learn the basic chords, at the same time have a music you want to learn and practice playing it. So in a way, you're learning the fundamentals while applying them immediately by learning a music (in this case can be illustration, concept art whatever you want to do) while learning the fundamentals.
22 May 03:20
--On how much accuracy do you need. Whenever you feel you are ready. If you fail, go back to the drawing board, correct mistakes, do more studies, and be back on the horse again, try your best and fail some more!
22 May 03:17
--It's like saying, wouldn't it be better if I just went in to play basketball than practice some drills, like shooting or dribbling, before I join a game?
22 May 03:16
--just gotta make stuff look cool or appealing, unfortunately for some of us realism is the only way to do that
22 May 03:16
--Studies and practice lose their purpose if they are not applied. I am sure Frazetta did his own studies and practice in his own time.
22 May 03:13
--Hopefully I am not bringing up a discussion that bears no fruit, rather something that everyone can learn from maybe.
22 May 03:12
--, wouldn't it be more beneficial to apply the skills immediately? Like lets say you do figure drawing (super accurate) but when you draw it from imagination it won't be as accurate compare to the one you drew with super 100% attention. So in reality, I think, instead of going through endless drill of repeating figure drawing mainly accuracy drawing, wouldn't you improve at a much decent rate if you participate in challenges etc. Curious to read your thoughts on this. I mean for I, I try my best
22 May 03:10
--You know, I am kind of curious to read your thoughts on this. We practice drawing the figure, composition etc. but when you think about it on the long run, how much accuracy you actually need in order to convey a message? Because if you look at Frazetta works for example someone pointed out that some of his figures aren't 100% anatomically correct. But it still convey what he wants since he mainly draw from imagination (from what I know)
21 May 15:11
--@Zest, Confidence comes from within as a result of your inner state, not from whatever skills you have attained.
21 May 15:07
--i know what you're saying zest, and i feel like a hypocrite trying to convince you otherwise. but if i were just starting out again, if i were in your position again, I would have joined challenges like this and applied my studies accordingly. I get you, zest. But, just do you man : )
21 May 14:45
--Especially when you aren't doing it digitally and you still aren't confident enough. Iterating is much harder. I guess I'm just making excuses. Gotta do it \o/
21 May 14:36
--:) I understand the pressure of wip feedback consensus can sometimes really screw up your process, so it's ok to hold back, but you can always just post stuff and discount everything anyone says. Need a strong mind for that one :P
21 May 14:35
--EVERYBODY, PARTICIPATE IN THE CHALLENGES. WE'LL NEVER EVER "BE READY" IN OUR MINDS; SO LET'S JUST START NOW. (i wanna see amit and piotr's secret stuff lol :3)
