Hello everybody!

My name is David, I am 25 years old and writing to you from Danmark. I finished my bachelor degree in biology in January and have decided to take a break from school. During this break which will be around 1 year (maybe more, you never know) I would like to get in touch with my creative side again, which has been neglected for far to long.

Drawing has always been a big part of my life, but the last couple of years I really have not been able to practise it that much. This has mainly been because of school, and also because of the fact that I have surrounded myself with friends who just are not interrested in drawing and such (they have some other great qualities instead). So my favorite past time practise has been put on a shelf collecting dust.., collecting dust until now that is :)

I have started drawing again. Mainly pencil, but I also got my hands on a wacom intuos5 drawing tablet, so I am also trying to get the handle on photoshop. What I have been looking at so far, has been quick gestures, so I can get a handle on the anatomy of the body and its motion. My drawing skills at this moment are pretty rusty so it will take me a while to get back to where I finished last time. The level I was on last time, was in my oppinion "slightly" above amateurish.. I had some understanding of anatomy, lighting and color.

What I would like for my future is an even better ability to draw, so it will be possible to leave the rank of an amature, maybe even becoming so good that I can make a little money with my drawing skills. In that sense I am thinking of charater and enviroment design. Being able to draw the things I fantasize about is really a dream, something I never have been able to, probably because of the lack in skill.
I hope the crimsondaggers forum can help me with this, the drawing skills many of you have are incredible and very inspiring, but very overwhelming as well, because where do I start so I can get better?
The first thing I would like to do is to join a study group, so I can get some help and be helpfull. A study group would also be able to give me some structure on my practise which maybe at one point can help structure an every day drawing routine.

This is my introduction people, hopefully not a too boring one :)

-David-

PS: I am not very familiar with forums and have never ever been active in one before, so bear with me. I generally ask a lot of questions ;) I will upload a sketchbook as soon as possible!

My name is Alex I'm 23 years old and am from Bucharest, Romania. I graduated ceramic arts department, and about a year ago I got an Intuos tablet and I want to get better at digital painting, and hopefully work in this industry.

I have a big problem,i can't draw daily,i just can't. I sit and watch tutorials and when i'm done, I have no idea where to start drawing.ANYWAY, I would like to improve my skills and learn from you great artists. It looks like this is a great place to do that and also make friends, because staying at home trying to study pretty much kills my social life. And sorry about my english.

Some of my work
P.S. the ceramic stuff are from college.

http://morpsz.deviantart.com/gallery/

How's it going everyone!

My name is Joel, I am 16 and I recently acquired an intuos 5. I am absolutely determined to get better at digital art. I'm going to focus my studies on getting better at anatomy, forms in general, colour theory, composition, painting digitally, everythinggg. Right now I'd say I'm about as amateur as amateur can be which is fun because I learn so much each day but at the same time the sheer amount there is to learn is pretty daunting.

After browsing crimson daggers a bit, I have to say I'm awestruck by all the brilliant artists and the overall attitude of everyone. You guys are wicked.

I'm kind of shy because I have no idea whether or not to comment/really jump into the community because my opinion is like nothing compared to all the people who have been here for years :/

TL;dr I'm a scrub who wants to improve, the community here is amazing, love you all and I'm really shy (yet excited)

Hey everyone :)

My name is Michael and I'm currently an animation student in Ontario, Canada. I recently found about the Crimson Daggers while watching some artist interviews and the name kept coming up until I found myself watching the daggers livestream and thought it was time to actually check it out for myself. My goals right now started to drift outside of the animation world and more toward illustration and design and I was looking for a more involved way to study those things, so the daggers sounded like the right place for me. Anyway, I look forward to getting involved with the community and meeting some like minded people.

HELLO WORLD,

All I can say, I do pretty hope that my stay at this Community will be productive,
to introduce myself best way I recommend and welcome all to visit my gallery,

Dr.Genuks gallery

demonstration of my skills and FREE TUTORIALS covering ZBrush/Maya 3D, 2D manga Studio EX4-5 ect., might be found at my youtube channel, in particular some color worls with Manga Studio EX5:



Cheers!

i am hapaldo, and like basically the rest of the forum, i am making attempts to be an artist. grand! yes. yes, so grand. i am not a genius of words, and i hope that whatever visual communications i slide toward you will be clearer than these petty attempts at pixelated speech.
a bio! yes! i have drawn since i was a wee hapaldino, mostly whatever interested me. alas and alack, this means naught in the world of professional visual creation. if people like the well known Johannes Voß exist with all their motivations and hours spent wisely-- i am still no closer to my goals than a hapaldino who never drew!

crimson dagger seems like a cool place, with critical conversations about art occurring and whatnot, i think i may have found a nest for this hapaldo.
greetings from hapaldo!

Hey

I don't really know if this is the right place for me to be.. but I really want to be a concept artist/freelance illustrator so here I am...

I am a 21 year old full time Amazon.com employee and college student (non-art major). I've liked to draw since I was just a kid, but was never motivated to take art seriously. Now that I want to take art seriously I have such less time than i did then...

I do have a few really pressing matters for the community here to maybe offer some insight or help on..

First I know that to go from any level to professional in a field as technical as concept art takes years of intensive labor practice... Did any of you find a way to balance this kind of practice with full time job and/or school schedules? Very interested to see responses.

Second I'm looking for a mentor of sorts... someone who is a professional who can perhaps help me with some questions I have and guide me on my journey a bit

I know I'm asking alot here.. and hopefully I'm in the right place!

I'm pretty green at drawing, extremely at painting. I'll be sure to throw up a sketchbook soon for you to see.

So uh..thought I'd say hi, so hi.

Been surfing around and this place caught my interest from referrals. I'm just looking to really start growing, if possible from complete scratch and use all kinds of resources and opportunities possible here. Spent a few years floating, like some kind of modern nomad trying to figure out what I really wanted to do. So I'm a blank sheet essentially.

Came to realize that I always pore over graphic novels and character designs, and I'd like to follow in the footsteps of artists like Yoji Shinkawa, or Kinu Nishimura to list a few. Their linework is sublime. I pretty much have them under a notepad titled "I must strive to exceed."

So here I am, on the diving board so to speak. Somewhat nervous to dive. Wouldn't know where to start exactly to be honest. I'm going for the self-taught routine until I save up for classes. I've essentially set up general and realistic goals, got myself a nice small workspace recently as an affirmation to commit to the path I'm now about to step towards. Not looking for any handouts, but maybe uh..some direction to point me towards so I don't feel like I'm completely in the dark? It would be greatly appreciated! (Do I start with faces, anatomy or what? etc)

Also, I look forward to hopefully be part of a solid community.

HI

I'm pretty much a recluse, and I often find myself needing a place to get feedback and just generally socialize with other artists. I finally built up the bravery to join this place!

Hope to learn lots!

Sketchbook: http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-4851.html

Hello, Everyone! I am a 2 yrs professional software engineer (mainly for games) that aspires to be extremely well at both programming and art. I've known about this site for a while but just haven't gotten around to it. I hope I'll be able to improve a lot with critiques from you all!

I've already started by posting a sketchbook on here and would highly appreciate it if you all could come visit and give some critiques or even just at least some support. :) I appreciate every bit and am going to try hard to be the best I can be.

Thanks. <3
Ji-Li