AChi's sketchbook~

[AChi]

I'm about to write a post that might sound a bit negative, so let me start by saying that your studies are 10/10.

The thing that's very noticable to me is that the studies/imagination work ratio is lopsided. Granted, doing those studies has allowed you to figure out a working process for getting very finished looking results under certain circumstances, but a good part of that knowledge doesn't translate into your imagination work, which is why you need to figure out a different method for those areas, and the thing that can help you achieve that isn't more studies, but experimentation. You might benefit from not focusing on studies for a bit. They are just a means of gaining new knowledge, and one that is limited in a lot of ways.

Thanks for ur comment Lodratio. You are right and I agree with you that I should do more my own work instead of "studies". I think I was not confident enough to do imagination work, I have ideas, stories in my mind but I dont know how to make them real, and that's why I keep exploring those working process by studying from photos/masterpieces, because it's faster to learn technical stuff in that way.

I am currently taking class about how to visualise ideas, it helps a lot and I learn to generate ideas from randomness by using photoshop techniques. However I have to admit that my studies/imagination work ratio is low...cos as an engineering student I have no enough time to develop and testing ideas and doing those "studies" only take about half a hour. But dont worry about me, I still remember the reason that why I want to draw and paint,which is to show and present my stories. I will use the knowledge from studies and start doing more imagination work from now on. tbh I did lots of black&white thumbnail stuff every day but I just keep forgetting to post them

thank you very much for your advice!