10-21-2013, 04:50 PM
Hey man, just had a ramble through your sb. I really admire your dedication and drive. I'd like to mention a couple of things I realised from 6 months ago, when I was pulling 30 hour weeks on top of full time work, for months and counting hours. The fact is that it's damaging to get focused on the number of hours even as a motivation tool. It becomes the focus and driver and you push yourself during times when it would be better to take a break and live life for a while. So i stopped counting hours and started having fun and I immediately leveled up. Lol.
You have been doing a lot of hasty work that isn't of the most value. Having said that, you've already started to realise this and are slowing down, and it immediately shows! That last pirate is leaps and bounds ahead of the other stuff. Where it does pay to do study is right before you need it. So for example you have some issues with drapery on the pirate, if you did a couple of short studies on blousey type shirts before you attacked it, it would be that much better. Doing focused study is really good because it immediately makes what you're working on better.
And don't forget the fundamentals. Do the perspective stuff, do the rendering of simple forms, do the line exercises as others have suggested because these things most efficiently get you to understand them. Not just 'know' about them, but really to be able to apply them to your work.
Ok lecture over. Great stuff man. Work hard, but don't forget to work smart!
You have been doing a lot of hasty work that isn't of the most value. Having said that, you've already started to realise this and are slowing down, and it immediately shows! That last pirate is leaps and bounds ahead of the other stuff. Where it does pay to do study is right before you need it. So for example you have some issues with drapery on the pirate, if you did a couple of short studies on blousey type shirts before you attacked it, it would be that much better. Doing focused study is really good because it immediately makes what you're working on better.
And don't forget the fundamentals. Do the perspective stuff, do the rendering of simple forms, do the line exercises as others have suggested because these things most efficiently get you to understand them. Not just 'know' about them, but really to be able to apply them to your work.
Ok lecture over. Great stuff man. Work hard, but don't forget to work smart!