09-30-2012, 05:57 AM
I think you'll find that a lot of professionals are actually self taught, all the resources you could need to learn are available on the internet, but it will require very serious dedication, which can be hard to achive when you have a secure job providing you and taking up most of your day. I know when I had a job I didn't want to do anything when I got home, just play computer games and relax.
I'm just a nobody, it's been two years since I began learning digital painting on my own and about a year since I began doing freelance. I have made so much progress since, but I still don't get enough work to support me, even though I live alone and my life expenses are almost non existant. I find ways to get by though. I don't know what your life sutiation is like, not everyone can commit this way, but once you do and you stay focused, you can improve dramatically.
I can't tell you what to do, only share my experience, but I would say if you commit to the idea that art is what you will do, and make a routine of using whatever time you have got in a focused effort to improve, there is no reason why you can't achive your goal.
To sum my rant up; getting good at this takes time, but there is no magic involved, anyone can do it. If you are commited and you make a focused effort you can achive anything you want.
I highly suggest checking out Dave Rapoza and Dan Warren's livestreams, they talk a lot about these things and have been a big insperation for me personally! Also listen to the Crimson Conversations where you get to hear how established profiessionals came to be where they are today.
I'm just a nobody, it's been two years since I began learning digital painting on my own and about a year since I began doing freelance. I have made so much progress since, but I still don't get enough work to support me, even though I live alone and my life expenses are almost non existant. I find ways to get by though. I don't know what your life sutiation is like, not everyone can commit this way, but once you do and you stay focused, you can improve dramatically.
I can't tell you what to do, only share my experience, but I would say if you commit to the idea that art is what you will do, and make a routine of using whatever time you have got in a focused effort to improve, there is no reason why you can't achive your goal.
To sum my rant up; getting good at this takes time, but there is no magic involved, anyone can do it. If you are commited and you make a focused effort you can achive anything you want.
I highly suggest checking out Dave Rapoza and Dan Warren's livestreams, they talk a lot about these things and have been a big insperation for me personally! Also listen to the Crimson Conversations where you get to hear how established profiessionals came to be where they are today.