Hi, My name is Javier Rodríguez, I'm a 24 y/o self taught Illustrator and concept artist. I'm from Chile. I studied animation but the college was so bad that I don't even know why I got into that in the first place, but that motivated me to pursuit my art hobby into something more professional. Have had the opportunity to work in some little places here and there, and now i'm in the freelance train for about 1 year. 
 I'll leave my Tumblr and a drawing of mine I guess
   
Greetings.

Cheers.

Hi guys, just popping in to say hello :)

Bit of a quick back story I suppose. I started drawing a good number of years ago, on track to reaching my dream of becoming a professional artist. Just when I was nearly getting there, I fell on some hard times, lost a ton of confidence, got a shitty full time job, stopped drawing entirely, and worst of all, I completely gave up on my goal. Lost pretty much all of my progress and motivation to learn.

So 2 years on, finally getting over some heavy depression and getting my mojo back...*rocky theme tune intensifies*...I'm ready to start all over again. Biggest fear is making bad drawings, so I kind of need to force myself to show my progress to the world and get over it, or I'll never achieve anything!

Phew, sorry for the long winded intro. Now, work work work!

Hello.  I am into traditional media and 3d modeling, mostly.  I am currently inking a coloring book.  I will probably work in some plein aire oils later this summer to break up the monotony of daily inking.

Hi, my name is Ari, im 24 and i love digital illustration.

Sorry my eng its no so good!
Im very influenced by dali´s art style, i really love surrealism, and i try to put some of this art style in my illustration.
I like graffiti and all hip hop culture. Im here to learn and show all my skills.
All my live i paint and see this like a hobby, but now i want this to be part of my rutine and lifestyle.
You can visit my fb portfolio and check my work, hope you like it.

https://www.facebook.com/dodidart/

Hi!!!   i'm Juan pablo, 24 years old, from Colombia.

I always liked to draw but never had the strength to do it seriously but seeing all these great artists who showed me that dreams can come true with hard work and dedication then I also decided to try and what better place than this to start that journey. Greetings.

Hello! I go by the nickname of Helianthe and I live in Paris, France. 
Like many I know this forum thanks to Noah Bradley's "Don't go to art school". I bookmarked the forum but never actually signed until now. 
I am currently in an art school, but despite the fact that it is not my first art school and that I have met many people since I finished high school, I never really succeeded in having a group of motivated fellow artists/ friends to hang out with. I have a difficult relationship with schools in general and after a self taught year I joined the school I am currently in, but due to a lot of health issues I missed a lot of classes and so it's been more than 2 years I am more or less on my own. It makes me put a lot of pressure on myself and it kinda makes drawing a stressful activity rather than an enjoyable one, so I've decided to share my drawings and enter a community so it can become a fun and fullfilling experience again. And that's why I'm here!

More on myself:
I am 21. I am really interested in concept art and animation, mostly 2D, and I am currently obsessed with Dragon Age (I finished inquisition and started Origins, planning to finish it once I'm on vacation). I also have a tumblr and other social media accounts but I don't upload them often. I hope to meet you guys on the sketchbook threads (and other threads too!) and will go find myself an avatar and create my own  sketchbook thread as soon as I hit the post button :D 
Cheers!

Hey guys how's it going?

I'm Luís, 24 and from Portugal.

Been a long time lurker but I thought it would be cool to start a sketchbook here at CD. So before I go and do that I just wanted to drop by and say hello, you guys are all amazing!

Hey!   
My name's Jun, I'm 19 and I'm from Asia.  
The end.  

..No.  

I'm an aspiring artist who left programming to pursue his dreams (Yes, cliché) I picked up a pen a week ago and I'm putting in hours upon hours everyday to get better and learn more! It's a lot of fun. I think I might have found my "thing" after stumbling and bumping off of various things for better part of a year now.

A good friend of mine (and a great artist) told me about CD, and it was probably the thing I was looking for.   
So, glad to meet you all, and let us all improve together and have fun!

Hi!

Im Luis Angel Payano, a 22 years old self-taught illustrator wannabe from Dominican Republic.

I made this account when i found out about the daggers through dave and dan's videos, at which point, i was trying to get a grip of the whole arting thing, struggled massively with drawing and painting, and didn't really know what i wanted to do with my art.

I continuously shied away from posting, and kept telling myself i would do so when felt i was "good enough"... only to realize about a year later that i was just running to the horizon, and still feel the same way. 

In any case, after outrageous amounts of soul-searching and trying to get good on my own, i decided its about time i get involved in the community, so... yeah :)

Hello nice to meet you all.
I came from 4chan's /ic/ mostly but I'm not really a regular there as I said in my first question post.

I'm mostly a weeaboo but I enjoy all sorts of art including paintings.

My main goal is to get a decent job at a small game studio or somewhere and do animation/concept art there.

Right now I'm just trying to get good at drawing and painting.

Also I'm bad at communicating sort of online and offline (social anxiety that leads to small awkward acts) so I say to hope that it won't happen too much!



have this sketch of a rabbit as Link I did.