Hey there! I heard of this forum today and it seemed foolish not to dive in heard first!
My tumblr and my facebook page. ^-^

I'm Maria Gaia, 23 years old from Portugal. A born artist and compulsive gamer who dreams to fight for her lil' spot somewhere in the industry. I love illustration and concept art. I want to focus on environment works for this end of the year and fortunately beyond. I'm a sucker for good anatomy, all things organic and realism.
Soooo yeah! Happy to be here! 

I've heard of the forums through whispers...

Hi there! Ryan here.
I'm a self taught hobbyist. I started digital art with some graphic art work years ago now.
I have a full time job as a mobile game developer, so that's fun.

I'm really looking for a solid community for feedback and activities.

You can check my stuff at https://www.artstation.com/artist/rogueSleipnir
also https://twitter.com/rogueSleipnir

'Hoping to stick around these parts.

Hello folks!
(Where do I start ... well...)
I'm Caio Felipe,
I'm Brazilian.
I like to tell stories and draw and create comics, but i keep "fighting against my work". I've many broken hours to study during the day long.

I don't know if i can do this, but this is my facebook profile: 
https://www.facebook.com/mr.caionery

portfolio:
https://www.artstation.com/artist/mrcoala

Hi i'm Codo and i'm searching for an art community to improve and also learn how to balance to whole financial/ social artistic thing.  I hope in a few years i can get to a professional level 
Here is some work in progress.


Figure study.


Sketch on my part time job.
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Hello, my name is Lars and I'm striving to improve as an artist, though I really have no idea on how I should go about doing that (any tips or recommendations would be appreciated!)

I'm not really sure what sorts of works of mine I should post in this first thread, so I'll post a life drawing I did a few weeks back and a sketch I did pretty recently!


   

   

Hi,
 
My name is Magda and I'm an odd-jobs artist. I dabble in graphic design, photography and 3D modelling, but what I would really like to do professionally is illustration and -preferably characters and assets- concept-art. At the moment I don't have a lot of confidence in my art, so I hope that posting my stuff here will help me toughen up and get rid of the awkwardness. Looking at what some of my peers have already accomplished, I feel I'm kind of old (I'm 25). These past few years I have been studying archaeology and hopefully I will major this year. I dream of combining the knowledge that I have gained during these studies with my interest in art.
 
Cheers!
 
Here's some of my stuff:


   

   

lectures scribbles
   

sketches with ref
   

Hi guys, my name is caleb

. I've been serious about art since I entered foster care in middle school. I'm kind of a slow learner, but I try to make up for it by working harder. I'm still trying to become a professional concept artist and I'm currently 22 years old, I'm self taught because I can't afford art school (like many people). I'm used to conceptart.org but I thought I would try here instead because I don't like it there anymore.

I Reeeeally want to improve and eventually work for Blizzard, though I know I still have a long way to go. I look forward to being a part of this community :) It would be nice to be a part of something again and not feel like I'm completely alone in this art thing. . I feel like I should be farther since Ive been doing it so long, but im nowhere near where I want to be as an artist. I hope to be able to reach that one day. thanks for having me

I've almost given up art quite a few times, but I've always believed that where you come from doesn't matter, it's where you go.

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Work in pencil is my teacher from Drawing class. Work in pen made in a cafe , when i was drawing my father and his eyebrows inspired me to create a detective with cigarete which products bubbles. After that i drew my teacher alike the detective )

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I came here to learn stuff and chew bubblegum and I'm all out of gum! So...um...yeah I'll sit here with my sketchbook....ok?

So hello everybody. My name is Raphael, i'm 28 and I finally decided to sit down and learn this art thingy. The thing is, it's so hard learning alone and having no one to talk about it. 

So although meeting new people comes hard for me - that's what I hope for here - to be with people who love the same thing as me. Also I'm hoping for an occasional (or not so occasional) kick in the butt to point me in the right direction, because man am i a noob.

So yeah, nice to meet ya!

Hi! I'm an an aspiring illustrator and Concept Artist. I've been drawing on and off since middle school but started taking practicing seriously around last winter. I like cool characters from manga like DBZ, Bleach, and Slam Dunk and would like to draw stuff that evokes that type of cool, adventurous feeling. I also really like blockbuster films like Star Wars as well as coming of age movies like the Breakfast Club.

 I am currently conflicted about school since I found out about art as a job around second year so I switched to the closest thing to art at my school. I switched from Mechanical Engineering to Industrial Design. My classes aren't exactly what I want since its mostly model-making and takes up a lot of my drawing practice time. I'm stuck here right now as a third year and am waiting to graduate (which will take an extra year since I changed majors) so I can dedicate all my time to practicing and entering the industry. A bit confused on my path in life but am inspired to become as good as Dave. 

I currently have a few sites up
http://genosgrande.deviantart.com
http://www.sycra.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17574

I can't really decide whether to use my username for everything and separate it from my real facebook and instagram or just connect everything and use my real name instead. Also I started my sketchbook on Sycra.net and don't really know if I should repost everything from there or just start from where I am now.

Anyways, thanks for reading and I hope to learn a lot from you guys!