My name is Jennifer (obviously) and I'm currently working as a graphic designer. It's always been my dream to work as a professional artist, but where I grew up there was no college for it. Since then I've been continuing to draw on the side without really going anywhere in terms of improvement, until I began to slowly discover the wealth of knowledge that is available online. I've been watching CD livestreams and absorbing all I can, and practicing when I can (I currently draw about an hour a day, and I know I need to step that up) It's so exciting to see, and I have to say that professional artists are some of the nicest and most inspirational people I've ever met/spoken to.
I have taken 4 courses at CGMA masterclasses, I found the Gnomon Workshop, and I found the Crimson Daggers. For the first time, I actually feel like I have some of the tools to work toward my goals instead of just dreaming about them.
I found Crimson Daggers via Facebook, Livestream and follow quite a while. It was very helpful :) I am happy to be here. I am a student in Fine Arts Faculty and last year I decided to improve my technique and skills for concept art and illustraiton. I am very late i know but at least I am here now :)
New to the forum. I've just discovered this after watching some interviews on youtube. I really enjoyed it, and had a few good laughs, great loose vibe, so I decided to check this site out.
Also I've known Dave's work for a few years and always loved it.
So, about me.
I'm Jonas, I'm a concept artist that started out about 2 years ago. Still new in the game, still learning a lot.
Some of my more recent work was on the movie Cloud Atlas (released in the US next week somewhere) where I did a ton of environment concept art, prop & vehicle design, etc.. The trailer has quite a bit of my stuff in it (Trailer)
I've done a bunch of freelance jobs such as Magic The Gathering, things like that.
If you want to check out my work my most up to date portfolio is on dA: Deviant Art Gallery
Uhm that's it! I'll be checking out this forum and the upcoming interviews with fellow artists, I really enjoy them.
Hi all, my name's Gordon and I'm a beginning/amateur artist. Been drawing and painting for many years but have just started getting a bit more serious and teaching myself through tutorials and advice from other (working) artists. Concentrating on basic form and mainly working in pencil. Dabbled in Painter but I need to practice more before launching into digital art. Trained in Graphic Design I know Photoshop pretty well and have used it a lot over the years, just not to produce digital art.
Hi, My names Nick,
I'm trying to shift into an art based job, from currently doing data analysis. I've no real training, I left artschool 13 yrs ago after 9 months there, and have kinda muddled through,
I just joined, hoping that i can get some feed back on how to improve the work i'm doing. I've been painting digitally for about 2 yrs...on and off, and i'm slowly starting to get to grips with photoshop. I can paint what i see pretty well now using that software (Portraits etc), but I struggle with good composition when it comes to original work, and i want to be working doing fantasy/sci fi illustration full time. Naturally i've got a DA account, but i very very rarely get constructive feedback...its usually just comments such as "nice job" or some such (always nice to get comments like that, but not entirely constructive when you know the piece is nowhere near the epic quality the pros are producing)
this is my most recent "finished" piece
I like many other wonderful people came across this place after discovering Dave's kick ass artwork. I discovered the holy grail that is Dave this last spring and later this last summer I came across dan warrens stream late one night. Dave and Dan were chatting away and I just couldn't pull away from my screen. I was hooked, and so I have decided after much lurking to join this group and join the grand effort to turn our noobish selves into bad asses!
Soooo who am I?
I am a 21 year old college student who initially started college pursuing a degree in Biomedical Engineering.
I drew a bunch as a kid and through out high school with dreams of becoming an animator, but somehow none of this ever really translated. But alas my artists roots wouldn't let me go so easily.
Starting this last year I started really getting back into my drawing and trying to make some serious efforts in improving my artwork skills. I would love to make concept art & illustration a career and show my friends and family that you really can pursue the things you love if you make an honest effort.
Boil a brew, pop open a redbull. And thanks for your time o7
I have been lurking around here for a wee while now.
Having stopped drawing and designing for several years though, the resources and inspiration were still being bought, read and stored. Brought over to Crimson Daggers by Mr Rapozas incredible art work, which was stumbled upon on the Deviant art website while gathering inspiration for an image bank that was started several months ago.
Waaaaaay back in June while on a family holiday I had downloaded onto my phone Mr Brad Rigneys, "A hostile takeover" tutorial that I purchased.
Sitting watching this in bed with the headset on while my wife and kid slept, I was taken back to a world that I wanted to be part of several years ago while studying Graphic Design and Multimedia.
The rescource gathering swung into full operation. Using Youtube to its full potential, I came across Dave Rapozas wonderfull tutorials, was introduced to Daarken, kekai kotaki and numerous other masters.
To those gentlemen, I salute you for the inspiration that you give us all from your tutorials and interviews (interviews hosted on the daves youtube page).
If you have read this far, big man hug!!
About me. 39 years old, husband and father. Work full time.
I have been drawing since a kid. How to draw comics the marvel way, bought waaaaaaay back in 1987. Wow!!! What a book. Stick figures then cylanders and spheres, flesh it out. Pencil in the lines. Mannnnnn, thats friggin batman ah just drew *wink.
I hope to help others and receive the crit and makes friends. Aiming to upload a piece everyweek. Spare time is tight, roughly 3-4 hours a night.
Is there ts or ventrillo in use here. Would be good to chat about life and art with others. I miss the college/studio environment. Its magical to be with others with the same interests. People can thrive.
Really wicked to see a community of this kind thrive! I just started to get serious about digital painting a year ago about - and jumped in and out of watching youtube videos of daggers' stuff.. Thought it was about time to join in.
So bit about me, come from a classical animation background, been working in the animation and games industry in some way shape or form for ten years. Got into arts management earlier than I thought, and now just want to create artwork with strong story and emotional impact ... I guess we all want that :P
Largely self taught with the digital painting, few online courses - but really want to get serious about it and launch a freelancing business, trying hard to get the animation style tendencies to go away!
Ok that's that - some work posted up here for now, will try to get organised and post regularly!
I was one of those long time "watchers but no doers" that stalked around conceptart.org since forever. I've had some sketchbooks up there for some time, but always gave up. Now that I've finished my education and willing to become pro, I'm going to invest all my free time into becoming what I want.
I saw Awesome Horse Studios livestream first. Then, one day, I found about Crimson Daggers, and watched their recorded interviews. I made an habit out of listening to it in the background while I sketched. Then I ran out of those, needed more, fresher meat. And found sickbrush's mentoring class. There's this guy, who paints like there's no tomorrow, doing a class just out of his kind heart? I said, sign me up! But, alas, it was too late....
I'll be following the forums from now on, and doing the assignments as I'm able. This here, guys, is pure love. The forums, the partnership thing, the mentoring... pure love.
Hey, I'm new to the community, refferred by Sycra. I've been studying under him and he suggested a few ways to get into the artists community and meet other people out there like us. Just a little about me, I'm about to be married in a month so super excited there. I've recently switched my mediums from pencil/photoshop to strictly photoshop and been loving it. I use a 24' Cintiq for painting which definitley has it's ups and downs. Anyone else notice that the last 10 - 15 values of black are all the same pure black? I'm just ranting now :P Well, it's nice to be in your community here and look forward to talking to all of you in the future!
