10-28-2017, 06:25 AM
Hi! Welcome on Daggers.
I think that an architecture background is a great start for visual arts. I suppose that you have a strong foundation in perspective already and also have a visual library for architecture stuff? I see an arch illustration in flat style, could you show some of your drawings in perspective? Have you leaned how values and light work? I assume you know some 3d software?
As for your questions:
1. Could you specify what exactly Noah Bradley recommends? I watched some of his vids but don't remember a list of recommended things to learn, although there was a list of books on his website.
I think that you don't really need figure drawing and portraiture if you want to do only arch vis . While, since you're drawing people, maybe you want to try illustration/ concept art as well? Noah is a concept artist and an illustrator specialising in environments, not arch vis.
If you're not sure about what's the difference and what you need to learn for different career paths, you can start with this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piKV5nXL-C4 and then make a proper research. It's important for goal setting to know clearly where your point of destination is.
If you want to explore, get basic drawing skills which can be applied to anything, drawabox.com is a great resource on drawing fundamentals for beginners.
For figure drawing, if you decide you need it, Loomis is a classic resource (I think Noah mentioned his books). I see you do gesture, make sure to learn some structure as well. Loomis will help :) Drawabox too. You can also try Proko's vids.
For hard surface drawing/rendering Scott Robertson's How to draw and How to render are awesome. But most likely you don't need How to draw book if you already learned drawing in perspective as an arch major. For other 2d fundamentals you can check out Dorian Iten's articles/courses for accuracy and shading and Gurney's Color and light book/ blog.
2. As for sharing your stuff with the world - I don't know websites for arch vis, maybe someone else will reply, but do your own research anyway. I know a couple of people on this forum who did architecture in the past but nobody who would specialise in it atm. Also you can make your own website and promote as soon as you have content for it.
To share stuff with us, feel free to create a sketchbook thread on this forum, I'm sure there will be people who will visit it and crit your stuff/cheer you up :) Also check out our Discord, see the icon on top right of this website, there's a crit section in there too.
3. For goal setting and DLs you can check out Smart goals vid by Amit from this forum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7wJoRo5MdE&t=1s , awesome for that purpose.
Also there's a thread with list of books on planning and discipline http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7867.html , but it takes time to read and apply stuff from that books,while you can spend just spend several minutes to watch Amit's vid first and jump start your goal achievement today :)
I think that an architecture background is a great start for visual arts. I suppose that you have a strong foundation in perspective already and also have a visual library for architecture stuff? I see an arch illustration in flat style, could you show some of your drawings in perspective? Have you leaned how values and light work? I assume you know some 3d software?
As for your questions:
1. Could you specify what exactly Noah Bradley recommends? I watched some of his vids but don't remember a list of recommended things to learn, although there was a list of books on his website.
I think that you don't really need figure drawing and portraiture if you want to do only arch vis . While, since you're drawing people, maybe you want to try illustration/ concept art as well? Noah is a concept artist and an illustrator specialising in environments, not arch vis.
If you're not sure about what's the difference and what you need to learn for different career paths, you can start with this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piKV5nXL-C4 and then make a proper research. It's important for goal setting to know clearly where your point of destination is.
If you want to explore, get basic drawing skills which can be applied to anything, drawabox.com is a great resource on drawing fundamentals for beginners.
For figure drawing, if you decide you need it, Loomis is a classic resource (I think Noah mentioned his books). I see you do gesture, make sure to learn some structure as well. Loomis will help :) Drawabox too. You can also try Proko's vids.
For hard surface drawing/rendering Scott Robertson's How to draw and How to render are awesome. But most likely you don't need How to draw book if you already learned drawing in perspective as an arch major. For other 2d fundamentals you can check out Dorian Iten's articles/courses for accuracy and shading and Gurney's Color and light book/ blog.
2. As for sharing your stuff with the world - I don't know websites for arch vis, maybe someone else will reply, but do your own research anyway. I know a couple of people on this forum who did architecture in the past but nobody who would specialise in it atm. Also you can make your own website and promote as soon as you have content for it.
To share stuff with us, feel free to create a sketchbook thread on this forum, I'm sure there will be people who will visit it and crit your stuff/cheer you up :) Also check out our Discord, see the icon on top right of this website, there's a crit section in there too.
3. For goal setting and DLs you can check out Smart goals vid by Amit from this forum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7wJoRo5MdE&t=1s , awesome for that purpose.
Also there's a thread with list of books on planning and discipline http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7867.html , but it takes time to read and apply stuff from that books,while you can spend just spend several minutes to watch Amit's vid first and jump start your goal achievement today :)