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]

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 My name is Anwar.  I'm 34.  I've loved art before I could talk but I didn't get the guts to start chasing it til about 10 years ago.  I don't really want to go over my story.  I just wanted to say I'm here because I want to improve.  I found this site by watching Dave Rapoza's bonus content on the Bog Witch.  
  Currently I draw a sketch a day to get better on top of whatever other freelance I got going on.  I also work for a corporation as an illustrator.  It's a safe job but I'm not satisfied.  Overall I'm not satisfied with my work and I want to improve and just keep learning and getting better at making things.  Below are some things I've worked on and at the bottom is Apocalypse, a piece I'm trying to take to as realistic of a level as I can get.

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Hey guys new to forums. Like many of you guys I am here to improve my art skills and help the art community. My goal one day is to be a concept artist for films and video games. Yea I know very over rated but that's just what I am in to. And please don't hesitate to say hello or give me tips and stuff in fact if you could be brutally honest and tell me that I am bad if you think so. It's only going to help me thanks.

Hi there!

My name is Brena, I am 23 years old. I have been drawing for most of my life, as a hobby. Stopped for about a year or so to focus on something else. But, I missed it and now I want to get serious about it, and impove my skills. I have mainly done traditional art in the past, but now I am venturing into digital art. Heard cool stuff about CD, so I decided to join.

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Hello.  My name is Tony.  I'm new to the site.  I came here to get better as an artist.  I'm hoping this site will help with that.  My deficiencies are painting and perspective. So if anyone can point me in the right direction on here, it'd really be appreciated.

I'm currently a third year game art student. I'm more confident in my 2D than 3D art, and I want to improve my skill as an illustrator/painter.

These are some of my latest works:


I hope to get lots and lots of criticism here!

Hey there!

My name is John Hayes, I have been a 3D character artist for video game development for almost 2 decades.

Coming from a background in traditional sculpting and hand drawn animation, I transitioned into digital art by learning on the job. I was fortunate to help design, model and animate characters for several games published by Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft. My current day-job is creating characters for Super Evil Megacorp.

Funny thing is.. my break into game development started with concept design, but 99% of the time I have been modeling, animating, and painting textures. Now I am looking to go back to the basics as well as continue and learn to grow, maybe even find ways to use 3D to augment my 2D art.

If you are interested here are some examples of my art on-line:

Production Art work
http://zugok.cgsociety.org/

Personal Blog
http://www.artistebot.com/

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/artiste.bot/

Deviant Art
http://artistebot.deviantart.com/

Pinterest
https://www.pinterest.com/artistebot/

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhayes68


I hope to get out of this community is the conviction to achieving greater skill as well as be challenged to my limits. I am thankful for the time and efforts of this community and honored to have a chance to participate.

Regards