Salutations citizens of CD, 

I was referenced this website by an article from Noah Bradley. This website looks very profound and I wanted to be apart of a social network consisted of aspiring artist.

I knew I wanted to pursue in art ever since I was in my mothers womb! Well, not literally (that would be gross). I group up watching excessive amounts of cartoons from Cartoon Network to Nickelodeon. Shows like "The Justice League" or "Ed, Edd, n Eddy" put a huge impact on my creative interest. Later down the line I started to get mature and watched more detailed animated shows like the majority of anime and comic books. I kept evolving all throughout my adolescent years and remain so today. Hopefully someday, a great producer pick up my ideas to make it on their channel (or I can just fund my own projects, bump them ;-J)

So far, the main equipment that I use is my Monoprice Tablet and the programs that I own is Adobe Illustrator CS4, PhotoShop CS4, and Flash CS4. I've done two animations which were finished in flash, so you can see my talent so far. It's on YouTube and Newgrounds, I'll give you the link bellow. I'm pretty good with these programs and wouldn't mind helping anyone else on any projects.

Hope you reply and prosper your day. 

Sincerely,
E-Lion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHb3Zacpx_s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIJZJnmDffs
http://e-lion.newgrounds.com/

HOODY HOO, Crimson Daggers! Been lurking here a solid year or more, time to start posting. I found this place through ConceptArt Forums. I had a sketchbook there, which I kept up on very infrequently.

I intend to be more diligent this time around. I may repost some stuff from that SB, as I never got much critique on it to begin with. WHO KNOWS!? Anyway, see y'all around the forums.

Hey Peeps,


I'm new to crimsondaggers and also very excited to join a community of artists such as myself. Although i'm still learning the fundamentals of drawing, my goal is to one day become a concept artist who specializes in creature design. Looking for like minded people to study/improve with. 

Thanks for your time,

7T :P

Hello everyone!

I recently stumbled upon this website when I was searching for  "Character Generators" on Google. I came across http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-1063.html and was really impressed by the character generator that Dennis Kutsenko made. I wish I knew how to make one like that myself.

So once I found that thread I was curious about a forums named "Crimson Daggers", thinking it was a sort of gaming or RP forums. Then to my pleasant surprise I saw that it was a community for artists. Unfortunately I couldn't find a description or introduction for the site itself, so I'm still a bit clueless to what it really is and it's background, etc. Even with that thought it tempted me enough to want to join it.

I'm an aspiring artist, and even though I'm probably a bit older than some of the people here (28 years old) I'd still like to become a professional artist someday and have a career in art. I still have a long ways to go and really need to work on improving my skill, but I'm not going to give up on that goal.

I'd love to be a character concept artist, illustrator, children's booth author/illustrator, and... a few other things that interest me, but not sure when any of that is going to happen. For now I'm mostly doing art commissions online and have some of my artwork up at a few local art galleries.

For the past few months I've had a pretty bad art/creative block. So I'm hoping by joining the Crimson Blades forums I'll be inspired and motivated to improve and make new artwork. It'd be also great to meet other artists and potentially make some online pals.

I have a Wacom Intuos 4 tablet and use Photoshop CC. I'd eventually like to get a Cintiq but those are super expensive, so... >.> We'll see about that.

I've only been doing digital art for the past 3 to 4 years or so, which is when I decided I wanted to pursue art as a career. 

I look forward to getting involved with this community and would be more than happy to talk and discuss art and art related subjects with anyone interested! Also, if there's anything I should know about this community, the forums, what's to be expected of me, etc, please let me know! I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks! :)

Elloo guys! 

Have you heard about the gnomon school? Did you know you can attend it in real life and not only as online workshops? Curious what it is like to be a gnomon student?

Well i am writing a Blog about my experiences at gnomon! I am starting the 3-year-program in a couple of days and have already some Posts to feed you with! http://gnomon-experience.blogspot.co.at

I started this Blog to inform people who are interested in the facility and maybe even want to apply as well. I was in the situation where i tried to get as much Info about the school as possible before i was ready to apply, now I'd like to give back. It's written from my point of view as an international student. School starts next week! 
If you have any questions about the school or living in LA, ask me - preferrably on my blog!

https://m.facebook.com/?_rdr --> facebook page

Hi I would want to join an art group and level up so that I can be a professional artist. If you are interested in having an art partner, feel free to PM me!

Hello everyone,

My names Adam and I'm from Australia. I've been dabbling in art for a while and after seeing so much inspiring stuff online I've decided to take the plunge and try make the career change, committing to studying art full time. I'm joining this forum because none of my friends do art and I need some art friends or else I think ill go bonkers. At the moment I'm taking a head drawing course with Glenn Vilppu at his online academy... I'm also focusing on figure drawing myself. Besides that I'm tyring to make sure i get the fundamentals down. Ill be doing heaps of studies and posting them in a sketchbook soon.  My goal in the end is to be a concept illustrator/designer with more focus on illustration specialising in creatures and characters.

Excited to start getting to know some of you

Cheers,
Adam

Hello CD.
Heard of you guys from /ic/
Other than a misleading name, I thought it would benefit me to join up and get some critiques in my art so I can improve better.

I'm a pretty weak artist, 24 but with the skill of a 10 year old. So I hope I can learn alot here.

Hello, I'm Jan (short for Janessa)! :) 

I'm a 24 year old Canadian who is currently a hobby artist.

I used to want to do art professionally, but then life happened, and I ended up being a cook in a restaurant lol. As such, my art took a serious dip in skill level, and I wish to improve my quality of work. I'd love to get to a point where I could sell my artwork, but feels like there's a long way to go before I reach that level. 

I also have a dream of creating a web comic, so that's my main motivator for improving my artwork. Currently waiting for a tablet I ordered to come in the mail since my old one finally decided to die :( 

Anyway, I don't really know what else to say, so hello everyone. Nice to meet you :D

As a digital artist I have mainly been self taught, and while I have had some great teachers to help me along the way I am always open to joining a new community of artists.  I enjoy critiques and feedback of any kind.  I am hoping to be able to receive suggestions from more experienced artists than myself, so if you see any of my pieces of artwork and know how I could improve on it, please let me know.  

Sadly I do not have an abundance of extra time being that I am currently enrolled in a collegiate level Video Game Design program and plenty of side projects that I am working on.  I do want to make more time to work on my artwork though, and hopefully I will be able to get back into the routine of drawing at least one picture a week.

My original goal when I started to create digital artwork was to become a concept artist.  I am still hoping to work on concept art someday, however, getting a job doing pretty much any sort of work in the Video Game Design industry would be great!  

I have worked on a few commissioned pieces, and I am open to taking on more freelance jobs in the future, so let me know if you are interested in commissioning or hiring me.

Links

My YouTube Channel
McJohn Art

My DeviantART Account
http://mcjohnart.deviantart.com/

Thanks,
McJohn.