Hello Everyone! 

I’m an aspiring artist looking to be part of a community and to improve my art. I don’t have many friends that share my passion for art so I hope to connect with those that do. I really want to get more into digital art and looking forward to learning more about it! 



Here’s some of my work:
https://www.instagram.com/wishcapsule/

I've been referred to this site a few times over the past couple years. Since my previous art communities have all but died, now seems like a great time to embrace this one!

I know little to nothing about this forum, other than the fact that people post their art on it. I wanna improve my anatomy game, so here's my most recent "improvement" piece to get an idea of where I'm at.

Hello everyone, 

Admittedly I am a bit nervous about joining this page, this is honestly the most social thing I've done in the past few years. My partner referred me to it to get back into making art for our upcoming projects. I aim to learn to draw on the cintiq tablet, learn 3d modeling, and improve my 2d/illustration skills as well as help others do the same. 

Well, I graduated from University of Michigan with a BA in Art and Design and I give decent feedback. Sorry this is a bit awkward, it has been a while since I've introduced myself.

Hi my name is Alex i'm 19 years old and i'm about halfway through my first year at art school. I draw a lot but I feel like I should be better than I am for all the drawing I do, so this year I want to seriously start committing to bettering my art and i found this place so yeah! 
you can see some of my art stuff here:
Deviantart- http://zemie.deviantart.com/
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/alex_x666/

Hi Daggers !

I am Yaniv from Israel and I want to move from full time motion designer to freelance artist,
I feel I have neglected my real calling for the last few years so I am getting back to work and hope to find support here.
Here is my last piece, I hope you like it:



Happy new year everyone !

Hi, I stumbled across you guys when I was browsing ctrlpaint.com and felt that I had to sign-up! 

There's a real focus on making serious progress on here, which is exactly what I'd like to do with my art.  I'm hoping that if I hang around long enough (and put in some effort), I'll start to soak up some of the awesomeness I see around here.

A tiny bit about myself:  I'm a hobbyist who uses Gimp, Manga Studio, Blender and a Wacom Intuos3.  I'm currently working on a digital comic project which I'm taking at a measured pace so that I don't burn out.

Here's a sample of my stuff:

I'll be frank. I'm not happy with my art. I'm 24 years old and I am blown away by the work some high schoolers make with just a Wacom bamboo and a pirated copy of CS4. I mean, I am very aware of not comparing myself to someone else's work, but sometimes, it can sting. I guess that's why I'm here. I really want a career in animation and comicking, but I know I need some work on a lot of stuff. I need to draw my characters in more dynamic worlds, settings, etc. I need to focus on more anthromorphic creatures and animals, as well. Not to mention the fact that I have yet to really make heads or tails out of Blender or TVPaint!

I'm in my senior year of uni and I really want to find a great job in this industry, so I'm starting all over to relearn/beef up my skills, not just for a future job, but for myself. This is my passion and I need to take it seriously.

Hi everyone! 

This is my first time joining an art community. I looked around a little and this website is really cool.

About me, Im a college kid who just likes art. I heard art school isnt worth it and I dont have the money to suddenly decide to go to art school anyway, so Im trying my best to improve on my own right now. My goals are to improve my drawing skills in general and also learn to use colored pencils. 

Thanks for reading this, and have a jolly good day.

Hey I'm Otis and I'm 14 years old and aiming to be a professional comic book artist.

Hello guys! I've heard about this forum on a podcast and in a short time again during an interview with an artist I admire very much. So, it took me a few days until I actually came here and signed u, but I'm very impressed with everything I've seem on this forum, it feels like this is one amazing community! Congratulations on everybody's efforts and I hope I can be of any help here!
My name's Manoela and I'm a Brazilian freelance digital artist. I''m graduated in graphic design and I've been in love with illustration from a very early age, and 2 years ago I've started working as a fulltime freelance illustrator. It's not always easy for me to keep up with my bills here in Brazil, but I was very impressed at first at how this was actually POSSIBLE. So yeah, always have a backup plan, but do take a shot at your dreams, I guess. I do have the support of my family too, both emotional and ( if I ever need to rely to that) financial.
Currently, I work with analogic games (mostly card games) and editorial illustration (mostly for book covers and inside illustrations). Most of my work is based on fantasy illustration, and I work my best to improve at this field so that in the future I can work mainly with that.
I try to always study, sometimes with some nice online courses such as the Magic Box (Oatley Academy) of with Schoolism (thank you Bobby Chiu!), but sometimes I do come up with my own personal projects and self tough lessons. This is the folder where I generally post my studies:

http://imgur.com/a/0giRK

(Yes, it's messy, sorry about that)

And here are some links to find me:
Manoela Costa Ilustração (sorry, most of the page is in portuguese!)
http://manoelacosta.tumblr.com/
https://www.behance.net/manoelabcosta
http://neridanixie.deviantart.com/[url=https://www.behance.net/manoelabcosta][/url]