10-02-2012, 06:41 PM
Def agree with what Simonarpalmer is saying. You prob shouldn't quit your job straight away, but do art in your spare time, instead of going out with friends do art, instead of watching tv, do art, instead of playing video games, do art etc. It will take dedication and determination on your part but it is perfectly possible to achieve your dreams. Success isn't not failing, success is failing until you succeed, as long as you don't give up you've never actually failed, you have only suffered a setback on the road to succeeding.
I took a quick look at your DA - You have a load of imagination pieces but I didn't see any studies there. Your understanding of form and how light works will only increase by studying those things from life. If you want to be serious about this I suggest going back and doing basics, take a ball and a lamp set up different light and draw it, do the same with other basic shapes, cubes etc then implement what you've learnt into an imagination piece. I know doing this kind of study sounds boring etc but those fundamentals are absolutely vital to your progress as an artist. You may not enjoy doing those studies as much as imagination pieces but what you learn from them will make your imagination pieces better and you will see the improvement in them and it will motivate you to keep pushing those studies.
If you haven't already start a sketchbook here and post in it every day at least something, even if it's a 15 min sketch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbZnCGyPn...plpp_video - here's a motivational video for ya ;).
I took a quick look at your DA - You have a load of imagination pieces but I didn't see any studies there. Your understanding of form and how light works will only increase by studying those things from life. If you want to be serious about this I suggest going back and doing basics, take a ball and a lamp set up different light and draw it, do the same with other basic shapes, cubes etc then implement what you've learnt into an imagination piece. I know doing this kind of study sounds boring etc but those fundamentals are absolutely vital to your progress as an artist. You may not enjoy doing those studies as much as imagination pieces but what you learn from them will make your imagination pieces better and you will see the improvement in them and it will motivate you to keep pushing those studies.
If you haven't already start a sketchbook here and post in it every day at least something, even if it's a 15 min sketch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbZnCGyPn...plpp_video - here's a motivational video for ya ;).