Peter's Sketchbook

[Peter]

totally agree^ and yea Peter, sooner or later youre gonna figure this stuff out and youre gonna have to start finding it is what you exactly want to draw. Id reccomend making a list, and this is more personal. Just write words of visual things you like, be it fantasy, certain video games or films, sci fi, women, men, animals etc. And start really finding what it is exactly you want to do with your fundamental skills once they are locked in place.

I spent the earlier part of my development doing that, now i have to figure out the fundamental stuff.

Once youve made that list, start finding artists who do that stuff and build your visual library even if youre just looking. And lastly, as mentioned above, do some quick scribbles of stuff; I hate how fucking methodical this sounds but we are artists and you gotta have some you know, creativity here and there. Dont spend a ton of time on it, just get the idea down and move on :)

Fuuny you should mention making a list as I actually made myself one awhile back where I gathered a bunch of ref from artists I like, made a list of what exactly I liked about them and then cross referenced those lists to see what terms or phrases kept popping up.

I have a hard copy lying around somewhere, not too sure if I have the word document saved or not since I reinstalled windows a few months back, might of got deleted. If it has I'll make a new one and post it (if that's possible).

I think I've just been so caught up on getting good and make a living out of it that I lost sight of just producing art for my own enjoyment. I've got a new sketchbook so I'll give what you and Shinkasuru suggested ago tomorrow and do some experimenting.

Thanks for the advice as always man.! :)