Hey hey,

I'm new here and just want to get better at drawing/painting. Hope this is the right place! I'm 27 and live in the netherlands.

Hello everyone! 
I am a 21-year old confused person from Germany trying to get better at art. I always used to have my phases where I would study and generelly draw a lot, but then again also long phases where I would maybe do nothing but a little sketch everyday. 
I want to learn to stick to drawing as much as I can everyday so I can portrait exactly what I have in mind and maybe one day even do it as a job. I do study at some kind of design school that teaches everything ranging from fine arts to animation and graphic design. But I haven't really found my place there yet and I think that illustration comes a bit short. Here is some of what I've been doing for the past few years: http://schlusslicht.tumblr.com/

Anyway, I am really looking forward to becoming active in this forum, posting art and possibly helping people with what little knowledge I have :) I hope you all have a great day/evening!

Hi there!

My name is Tasha (friends call me Dem) and I'm new here. 
So good, that there is such a nice place, like this forum.

Couple of days ago i was thinking again like Omg, what to do and so on-) and found this Dave's post http://daverapoza.blogspot.ru/2010/02/fr...iving.html and then the forum also.

Like many people here, i'm almost self-taught artist and hope one day to live from my art.
I'm a little bit confused, where to move next - i like to make environments, but i'm not sure that it's possible to be a concept artist on freelance, doing environment design job. Do you know people like that?

Also thinking about covers for books..

What to do next? Agencies? Publishing houses? Approve folio and sending mails to studio's art directors? 

Talk to me, I'm full of doubts @_@


Tasha Stognieva art - this is my portfolio
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Blog

Also where is a good blog community? What do you use?

Hey there my name is Jared Calder, I'm 18 years old from Ontario, Canada.. I like to paint, draw, dance, read and sing but painting is my biggest passion. I'm hoping to meet some great artists and friends here and Improve my skills to be the best possible artist that I can be! you can see my work here http://kodachi-sama.deviantart.com/

Hi everyone!
I'm Adam, age 20 from the UK, studying Illustration at Uni. I've known about this place for years but now I've got the balls to join :P
My main aims are

-To improve my skillset
-To help others who struggle where I have overcome those struggles
-To make friends! (and contacts ;)

Anyway here is a selection of my work, hope you like and will join with me on this journey. The Witcher one is a WIP and the others are finals :)

Look forward to talking with you all, I need a hand getting into these things :)

Hey, guys!

I'm wyrm, just a common scrub from Philly trying to get better at art.
I've been on DeviantArt for the past year or so, but I've been looking around for some other sites that could offer opportunities to grow as an artist.

I've never done anything 'huge' yet, other than some commissions here and there, but I hope to one day be able to make a living off of doing what I love. Preferably, I'd be a concept artist or illustrator for the video game industry. It's a far fetched goal, I know. But I can dream, right?
Anyway, I'm a complete n00b to this website and quite possibly the worst artist here. But that's the whole point, I guess. You've gotta start somewhere.
I could use some guidance, or a mentor, or even just a friend to help me out every now and again. I hear Crimson Daggers is a great place to learn and I don't want to give up on it because I don't know how it works

So, that's that. Here's some of my art. I'm trusting you all not to roast me.

Also, here's my DeviantArt if you wanted to check out some stuff on there: http://machineheadx.deviantart.com/

Keep it real, daggers!

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Hi 
my name is Ankit Yadav from india 
i discovered this forum through dave rapoza and noah bradley.

i'm 21 i started drawing and painting seriously for almost 2 years ago
i don't have any art background, i am graduate in B.sc(unfortunately) so i am learning everything from scratch.
i used to work in a footwear industry almost a year ago but i left my job because i hated it.
and later i discovered concept art it just blew me away and i fell in love with this. i realized this is what i want to for the rest of my life.
 
In india thing are really hard if you want to be an artist or designer actually it is considered as the most
lowest profession.
society don't really Respect anything if you are less than an engineer or doctor 
which make things really hard if you want to move forward.
 
there are not many art collages here  
and the art students do everything accept making art 
this year i applied for a design collage NID which is considered to be good 
but failed in entrance test. the competition is cut-troth 
like 50'000 candidates for only 15 seats so i failed terribly 
and i want to move out from my country and attend Art center or FZD school but i don't have any money
but thanks to internet i am not hopeless 
so these days all i do is sit in front of my computer screen and just draw

so here i am 
my goal is to create a high quality concept art/design portfolio at the end of this year 
which will help me to get some freelance jobs and get inside the industry.
 
looking forward to make good art buddies and share my journey with them. Improve and grow together

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Hi Everyone.

I'm 26 and currently employed full time as an artist with a startup game company. I know I'm really blessed to have this opportunity but I completely hate the job.  My boss is unwilling to compromise or work with me on anything and because he is not an artist, and I'm the only artist involved, I get no feedback, guidance or encouragement to push my work.

I had a rough experience in private art college (eventually I was forced out of the program and finished my game design degree at a state college) and its mostly left me with nothing but debt and regret.  

I stubbornly refused to participate in the communities provided at either of my schools because I am stupid and stubborn.  I now realize my lack of artist peers and community is a huge detriment and a barrier to me being able to improve my work, improve myself and feel good about myself.  (I tie my self-worth into my art pretty heavily).

I discovered this forum through Noah Bradley's website.  I hope I can take his Art Camp courses, but currently I don't have enough money.  In the mean time I hope to participate in the community, work on studies and sketches, and improve myself.

This is my portfolio: https://www.behance.net/Waywardbun
I'm just starting a Deviant Art where I'm hoping to keep track of my studies: http://solipselene.deviantart.com/

Study I did this morning:


Sorry for rambling!  Thanks for reading, I'm hoping I can make some friends here :)

Hi everyone :) My name is Eli, and I'm from the United Kingdom. I found the forum through Noah Bradley's post on 'Don't go to art school' and as a self taught artist I have found it challenging on how to approach effective art study, and also feel my improvement stunted due to lack of constructive criticism. 

I haven't been apart of an art community for a while, and I think it'll be a great way for me to build up self discipline through accountability. I work a 9 - 5 Monday - Friday job, that unfortunately doesn't involve any drawing and have been struggling to find a balance, as I feel I have been neglecting my art, so hoping this will help get me get into a better routine. 

Currently, my main focus is to improve my figure drawing and anatomy, especially the structure of the head. Art at the moment for me is about building more confidence and having fun, my short term plan is to start work on a personal project, but ultimately I would love to work in character animation or character design. 

I will be starting a sketchbook soon, and looking forward to getting to know you all :D

I am lucky nobody got the username John. From my experience, it's probably one of the first usernames to go.

Hello to all of you, all the way from the Philippines. I am an old fart (pushing 30's) trying to make it. 'it' meaning to make a decent living out of drawing pretty pictures.

I do not like my day job, but that's okay. I always have that dread of going to work at the back of my head whenever I draw. Fear is a great motivator.

I joined because I need to stop being a loser. Let's work hard. Let us all be awesome!