So I've had sketchbook on here since the beginning of the year and forgot to introduce myself, I'm Andrew Robinson and I am currently studying Graphic Design at University in the UK, I've been drawing for enjoyment for quite some time but over the past year I've been getting serious about becoming an Illustrator/Concept Artist.

I have my books, I have my mediums and I have a lot of time, so I'll be updating my sketchbook thread quite regularly, I've been doing some digital portraits recently but they're eating up my time and I don't feel like I'm learning anything from them so I'm going to focus on my fundamental studies a lot more with some time set aside for personal work, I've been wary of doing personal work because I wanted to be at a level where I can create good work, but I realize that without doing personal work, I can't really apply what I learn and see my own improvements.

Nice to meet you all,

pugsloth

Hiiiya!

Hi, my name is Marcus, i come from sweden.
I am a art-newbie and goes to a art school. My goals are to get way better in my fantasy and to learn my eyes how to see things as they are, and also learn more about colour/shade/lights.
I am here to learn, im a student and i am willing to upload my journey through my art.
I use a tablet for drawing but i am also painting much traditionally in oil.
Im glad to join you here at Crimson Daggers and i hope you will help push me, advice me and critique my work.

peace!

Hello, guys and gals;)
My name is Alena, i'm 23 and live in Russia.
I can't say I'm new to art world - I got a degree as a graphic designer. But I did't really enjoyed it, so I decided to move closer to my dream of being kick-ass illustrator.
So I'm pretty excited to be here, in the place full of people, improving their skills. I hope it will help me to push my skills to the next level.
And if my lang is bad, sorry :)

Hello guys.

I am new to the community and I hope we can all get along! I'll be sharing some stuff over the sketchbook section to get critiques and stuff .

... I'm not good with words.

Oh and my name is Erick btw.

Thanks in advance! :)

I'm new to the digital arts. I won a 'Intuos Pro M' on a small competition and it awakened my interest in digital arts. Now I would like to learn how to make 3d like creatures, realistic portraits... or actually almost everything. :) I appreciate your help on my journey. By the way, I study industrial design but it almost finished, i am in my last semester.

I send my gratitude to Toxicpanda for introducing me this forum, otherwise i wouldn't be here and know that there is a forum like this one.

Hey, good to be here among fellow hungry artists. What drew me to Crimson Daggers more than other forums is the emphasis on hardcore improvement for those who couldn't afford well-connected art schools or those fancy ateliers we all wish we could have been a part of (!)(or simply for those self-taught hero's in here where conventional paths of art education in college were not an option and is certainly now are out of reach for me).

Not to mention I'm a fan of the style, the ethic and aesthetic of the forum being in tune with my sensibilities and not least of all it's contributors and the excellent pool of talent this forum pulls in - I'd list off the big names but I'm sure I'd be leaving others out by doing so.

It's a slow climb upward for many of us but worth every step and admittedly I was never a huge fan of forums however I'm sure this is the right place for it (another tick off the new years resolution). While it would be tempting to indulge in passionate monologues I'd rather leave you with the simple phrase: labor omnia vicit! Cheers.

I've been lurking around for a while, and finally I've decided to register and introduce myself... :D You can call me Cris - as Charneco it's actually my surname - and I'm from Barcelona.

I've been drawing since I was a child -well, doodling, actually - but for some reasons I stopped drawing for 8 years and one year ago I decided to retake pencils and Wacom and started working hard on improving my art.

I think that being on this community will help me to stay motivated and to do better quality artwork. I will -for sure- make a sketchbook thread to post all the crappy things I usually do..

I hope this wasn't boring to read ;D

I'm pretty excited to be on here. I look mainly to exchange ideas with fellow rookies, seek guidance from older members, and I hope to find in Crimson Daggers a platform to better myself through critiques and suggestions:)

I've been drawing seriously since September 26th, when I got my Wacom Bamboo tablet.
My progress can be seen on my Deviant Art page: http://danilov89.deviantart.com/

I also run a livestream channel to keep in touch with people that are passionate about concept art, and to keep pushing myself harder and further: http://www.livestream.com/latenightdrawingwithdanilov89

I've known about Crimson Daggers from Styles Osunde and I realize I should have an account here some time ago, but it's never too late.

I draw because it makes me happy and I want to do this for a living, doing what I love to do. It would be a dream come true! That's about all there is to say.
:)

Hey , people :) . I'm new here , so I decided the first thing to do is to introduce myself .
First i want to apologise for my not very great english , but that's smth i'm going to improve too .
I don't know where to start from :) .
I 'm studying Landscape architecture , and that is my final year in university . And now some big questions about my future appear to me . I decided that that's not really my thing and that what I want to do is make my hobby my real job.
I haven't improved much through years in university , i mean in drawing , cause i had lots of work there , I guess i should be a lot better for my 24 years , but I hope it's not too late to make the big change now . So that's why i'm here i guess :) .
And here's my dA profile as a part of introduction - http://krewi.deviantart.com/ , from two weeks now i post in cghub as well - http://krewi.cghub.com/ , but i don't feel like i fit there :)
So this year i'll do my best to feel more comfortable showing my works :)
Thanks ;)

Hello, I'm new here. You can call me Jingles (or Al if you want to use my real name). I'm here to do partner exercises with my friend Marla. Yay! I will probably make a sketchbook thread in which I will post my speedpaints and other scrappy exercises and things. I am really enjoying looking through the forum so far, it seems like you all are a great group of people.

Since art is the focus, here is an art map thing I did of my favorite personal work from last year:



I just picked out some of my favorites from each month this past year. 2013 was pretty prolific. I figure for an art forum that is an ok introduction?

I hope to make some good buddies here and share my progress for 2014 and get feedback. I am happy to redline & critique for anybody who wants it, just let me know if you want my feedback on something you're working on and I will try to help.

So, hi!