01-02-2014, 06:40 PM
SMRRRFETTEEE!
Likewise! I've always held your sketches to a high regard, ever since I joined the daggers! Your work ethic and potential as an artist was one of the many factors behind my drive and my will to grow and improve!
I'm sorry I replied so late; I hope you enjoyed your holidays! You worked your butt off this year and you sure as hell deserve some time to re-calibrate haha! I am excited for what challenges await us, the DANGER SQUAD!
That year...dear god; THAT YEAR MAAAAN. I don't even know what to say about all of the things that I learned, experienced, thought, sacrificed, did and didn't do. Instead of recalling all of those beautiful and not so beautiful memories, I am going to take a moment of silence for last year...............................................................................................................................and start plotting for this year. Start planning for 2014.
It seems like my first year of seriously, like, REALLYYYY seriously pursuing art was more of a tutorial; feeling out my strong points and acknowledging my weaknesses, learning and understanding the fundamentals, learning about the industry as a whole, and realizing WHAT IT TAKES TO SURVIVE IN THIS JUNGLE. I learned the basics of painting digitally, I obtained my first paying commission and I learned a bit of the business and marketing aspect of the freelance model too.
I received just an appetizer, a TASTE of what this life entails. It was all just prep for the real thing: now that I have experienced a little piece of everything, along with the bountiful amounts of resources at my disposal, I have no excuse.
That brings me to the declaration of my next objective: becoming a self sustaining freelance artist. Last year, I prematurely pronounced that as my goal, hence the name of this sketchbook: Pro-Jekt 179. During my first year in this game, I wanted to be fulltime 6 months into 2013 (June). Obviously that hasn't happened haha, I was very ignorant then...and I still am now. BUT, I will learn from that experience; I am going to form an action plan that clearly details each step that must be made to reach my goal. Each action that must be executed...to reach my goal. Before I was blindly hacking and slashing at my goal. Yes, I have gotten closer, but most of the mindless power moves detoured me, burnt me out, and left me dizzy and even more confused than before. I am going to be more precise and eloquent in my goal for this year.
-END GAME/GOAL: TO BE A SELF SUSTAINING, FULLTIME, FREELANCE ARTIST.
What does one need to be a SELF SUSTAINING FREELANCE ARTIST...
-STEP: ...GET HIGH PAYING COMMISSIONS/COMPANY WORK
How does one get HIGH PAYING JOBS...
-STEP: ...CREATE VERY VERY VERRRRYYY GOOD WORK/KNOW PEOPLE AND HAVE A HISTORY WORKING WITH CLIENTS
How do I produce 1. high quality artwork, 2. build connections within the industry and 3. establish a good client/artist work history...
-STEP: ...1. CAPITALIZE ON YOUR STRENGTHS, EXPLOIT YOUR WEAKNESSES, AND STUDY YOUR FUNDAMENTALS (namely: rendering, composition, design, anatomy) 2. UPDATE CONSISTENTLY ON ALL OF THE FORUMS AND REACH OUT AND SHARE YOUR ART WITH OTHER CREATIVE AND GOAL ORIENTED PEOPLE, 3. IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A GOOD CLIENT/ARTIST WORK HISTORY, YOU NEED TO HAVE A HISTORY OF WORKING WITH CLIENTS; OBTAIN CLIENT WORK
1. How do I capitalize on my strengths, exploit my weaknesses and study composition, rendering, design, anatomy? 2. How do I update consistently on the forums and share my art with creative and goal oriented people? 3. How do I get a working history with clients.
-STEP: 1. STEM INSPIRATION FROM THINGS YOU LIKE AND ENJOY AND IMBED THAT INTO YOUR STRONGEST FUNDAMENTAL SKILL, LOOK AT THE THINGS YOU SUCK AT THEN WORK UP THE COURAGE TO STRENGTHEN THOSE AREAS, RENDERING: DO MATERIAL STUDIES AND APPLY THOSE STUDIES, COMPOSITION: RESEARCH AND STUDY HOW OTHER ARTISTS COMPOSE THEIR IMAGES THEN APPLY WHAT YOU LEARN AND EXPERIMENT WITH VARIOUS METHODS; BE CREATIVE, DESIGN: RESEARCH A SPECIFIC THEME, ERA OF DRESS, ARTICLE OF CLOTHING, AND/OR PATTERN AND STUDY IT THEN APPLY IT TO SKETCHES, ANATOMY: STUDY ANATOMY BOOKS AND APPLY THE STUDY. 2 KEEP A SKETCHBOOK ON THE POPULAR FORUMS AND DEVIANT ART AND UPDATE IT WITH YOUR ART AND BE ACTIVE IN DISCUSSIONS, CHALLENGES, AND COMPETITIONS BE SURE TO COMMENT IN OTHER SKETCHBOOKS AND/OR GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK. CONTACT FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES ON FACEBOOK THAT OR STRIVING TOWARDS THEIR GOALS AND SHARE YOUR ART WITH THEM AND ENGAGE WITH GROUPS AND SUBJECTS THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. 3. OBTAIN CLIENT WORK
1. How do I schedule these studies? 2. How do I strengthen my weak area? 3. What are my strengths? 4. How often should I update and engage with the community on these forums and competitions? 5. How do I get client work?
-STEP: 1. EVERYDAY, DO SOME DESIGN SKETCHES FOR 30-60MINS, STUDY ANATOMY FOR 1HR, DO A MATERIAL/PORTRAIT STUDY 1HR, AND DO SOME COMP SKETCHES FOR 30-60MINS. 2. DEVOTE TWO DAYS OUT OF THE WEEK TO STUDY PROBLEM AREAS. 3. ANATOMY IS MY STRENGTH 4. UPDATE AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY EVERYDAY ON THE FORUMS. DO COMPETITIONS AND CHALLENGES AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH 5. TO OBTAIN CLIENT WORK, HAVE PIECES OF ART THAT ARE OF HIGH QUALITY OR CREATE A PORTFOLIO THAT CATERS TO A SPECIFIC COMPANY.
1. Where can I receive the references and material to study? 2. What are my problem areas? 3. How do I produce high quality pieces of art? 4. How would I know what type of style and standard a company holds?
-STEP: 1. YOU CAN GET REFERENCES AND MATERIAL TO STUDY FROM GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH, PDFS, YOUTUBE TUTORIALS, AND OBJECTS/MODELS FROM LIFE. 2. ENVIRONMENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS ARE YOUR PROBLEM AREAS. 3 YOU CAN PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY PIECES OF ART BY APPLYING ALL OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS COUPLED WITH YOUR IDEAS INTO ONE IMAGE. 4. YOU CAN VIEW A COMPANY'S STYLE AND STANDARD BY LOOKING AT THEIR WORST ARTISTS' WORK FOR THE COMPANY.
1. How often should I create full-fledged portfolio pieces? 2. How do I find the company's worst artists' work?
-STEP: 1. YOU SHOULD CREATE A FULL FLEDGED PORTFOLIO PIECE AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. 2. YOU CAN FIND A COMPANY'S ARTISTS' WORK BY GOOGLING SOMETHING LIKE "COMPANY" ARTWORK AND THEN, LOOK FOR THE ONE THAT HAS THE LOWEST QUALITY FUNDAMENTALLY AND IN "COOLNESS"
1. How do I practice creating more "complete" pieces?
-STEP: 1. PRACTICE CREATING PIECES THAT ARE CLOSER TO FINISH BY WORKING ON SOMETHING BEFORE BED EVERYNIGHT!! DON'T WORRY ABOUT FINISHING IT; YOU CAN ALWAYS COMEBACK TO IT LATER. GET THE BASIC IDEAS AND COMPOSITION DOWN.
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A post wouldn't be complete without some art; The last of my art from 2013:
Likewise! I've always held your sketches to a high regard, ever since I joined the daggers! Your work ethic and potential as an artist was one of the many factors behind my drive and my will to grow and improve!
I'm sorry I replied so late; I hope you enjoyed your holidays! You worked your butt off this year and you sure as hell deserve some time to re-calibrate haha! I am excited for what challenges await us, the DANGER SQUAD!
That year...dear god; THAT YEAR MAAAAN. I don't even know what to say about all of the things that I learned, experienced, thought, sacrificed, did and didn't do. Instead of recalling all of those beautiful and not so beautiful memories, I am going to take a moment of silence for last year...............................................................................................................................and start plotting for this year. Start planning for 2014.
It seems like my first year of seriously, like, REALLYYYY seriously pursuing art was more of a tutorial; feeling out my strong points and acknowledging my weaknesses, learning and understanding the fundamentals, learning about the industry as a whole, and realizing WHAT IT TAKES TO SURVIVE IN THIS JUNGLE. I learned the basics of painting digitally, I obtained my first paying commission and I learned a bit of the business and marketing aspect of the freelance model too.
I received just an appetizer, a TASTE of what this life entails. It was all just prep for the real thing: now that I have experienced a little piece of everything, along with the bountiful amounts of resources at my disposal, I have no excuse.
That brings me to the declaration of my next objective: becoming a self sustaining freelance artist. Last year, I prematurely pronounced that as my goal, hence the name of this sketchbook: Pro-Jekt 179. During my first year in this game, I wanted to be fulltime 6 months into 2013 (June). Obviously that hasn't happened haha, I was very ignorant then...and I still am now. BUT, I will learn from that experience; I am going to form an action plan that clearly details each step that must be made to reach my goal. Each action that must be executed...to reach my goal. Before I was blindly hacking and slashing at my goal. Yes, I have gotten closer, but most of the mindless power moves detoured me, burnt me out, and left me dizzy and even more confused than before. I am going to be more precise and eloquent in my goal for this year.
-END GAME/GOAL: TO BE A SELF SUSTAINING, FULLTIME, FREELANCE ARTIST.
What does one need to be a SELF SUSTAINING FREELANCE ARTIST...
-STEP: ...GET HIGH PAYING COMMISSIONS/COMPANY WORK
How does one get HIGH PAYING JOBS...
-STEP: ...CREATE VERY VERY VERRRRYYY GOOD WORK/KNOW PEOPLE AND HAVE A HISTORY WORKING WITH CLIENTS
How do I produce 1. high quality artwork, 2. build connections within the industry and 3. establish a good client/artist work history...
-STEP: ...1. CAPITALIZE ON YOUR STRENGTHS, EXPLOIT YOUR WEAKNESSES, AND STUDY YOUR FUNDAMENTALS (namely: rendering, composition, design, anatomy) 2. UPDATE CONSISTENTLY ON ALL OF THE FORUMS AND REACH OUT AND SHARE YOUR ART WITH OTHER CREATIVE AND GOAL ORIENTED PEOPLE, 3. IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A GOOD CLIENT/ARTIST WORK HISTORY, YOU NEED TO HAVE A HISTORY OF WORKING WITH CLIENTS; OBTAIN CLIENT WORK
1. How do I capitalize on my strengths, exploit my weaknesses and study composition, rendering, design, anatomy? 2. How do I update consistently on the forums and share my art with creative and goal oriented people? 3. How do I get a working history with clients.
-STEP: 1. STEM INSPIRATION FROM THINGS YOU LIKE AND ENJOY AND IMBED THAT INTO YOUR STRONGEST FUNDAMENTAL SKILL, LOOK AT THE THINGS YOU SUCK AT THEN WORK UP THE COURAGE TO STRENGTHEN THOSE AREAS, RENDERING: DO MATERIAL STUDIES AND APPLY THOSE STUDIES, COMPOSITION: RESEARCH AND STUDY HOW OTHER ARTISTS COMPOSE THEIR IMAGES THEN APPLY WHAT YOU LEARN AND EXPERIMENT WITH VARIOUS METHODS; BE CREATIVE, DESIGN: RESEARCH A SPECIFIC THEME, ERA OF DRESS, ARTICLE OF CLOTHING, AND/OR PATTERN AND STUDY IT THEN APPLY IT TO SKETCHES, ANATOMY: STUDY ANATOMY BOOKS AND APPLY THE STUDY. 2 KEEP A SKETCHBOOK ON THE POPULAR FORUMS AND DEVIANT ART AND UPDATE IT WITH YOUR ART AND BE ACTIVE IN DISCUSSIONS, CHALLENGES, AND COMPETITIONS BE SURE TO COMMENT IN OTHER SKETCHBOOKS AND/OR GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK. CONTACT FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES ON FACEBOOK THAT OR STRIVING TOWARDS THEIR GOALS AND SHARE YOUR ART WITH THEM AND ENGAGE WITH GROUPS AND SUBJECTS THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN. 3. OBTAIN CLIENT WORK
1. How do I schedule these studies? 2. How do I strengthen my weak area? 3. What are my strengths? 4. How often should I update and engage with the community on these forums and competitions? 5. How do I get client work?
-STEP: 1. EVERYDAY, DO SOME DESIGN SKETCHES FOR 30-60MINS, STUDY ANATOMY FOR 1HR, DO A MATERIAL/PORTRAIT STUDY 1HR, AND DO SOME COMP SKETCHES FOR 30-60MINS. 2. DEVOTE TWO DAYS OUT OF THE WEEK TO STUDY PROBLEM AREAS. 3. ANATOMY IS MY STRENGTH 4. UPDATE AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY EVERYDAY ON THE FORUMS. DO COMPETITIONS AND CHALLENGES AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH 5. TO OBTAIN CLIENT WORK, HAVE PIECES OF ART THAT ARE OF HIGH QUALITY OR CREATE A PORTFOLIO THAT CATERS TO A SPECIFIC COMPANY.
1. Where can I receive the references and material to study? 2. What are my problem areas? 3. How do I produce high quality pieces of art? 4. How would I know what type of style and standard a company holds?
-STEP: 1. YOU CAN GET REFERENCES AND MATERIAL TO STUDY FROM GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH, PDFS, YOUTUBE TUTORIALS, AND OBJECTS/MODELS FROM LIFE. 2. ENVIRONMENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS ARE YOUR PROBLEM AREAS. 3 YOU CAN PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY PIECES OF ART BY APPLYING ALL OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUNDAMENTALS COUPLED WITH YOUR IDEAS INTO ONE IMAGE. 4. YOU CAN VIEW A COMPANY'S STYLE AND STANDARD BY LOOKING AT THEIR WORST ARTISTS' WORK FOR THE COMPANY.
1. How often should I create full-fledged portfolio pieces? 2. How do I find the company's worst artists' work?
-STEP: 1. YOU SHOULD CREATE A FULL FLEDGED PORTFOLIO PIECE AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. 2. YOU CAN FIND A COMPANY'S ARTISTS' WORK BY GOOGLING SOMETHING LIKE "COMPANY" ARTWORK AND THEN, LOOK FOR THE ONE THAT HAS THE LOWEST QUALITY FUNDAMENTALLY AND IN "COOLNESS"
1. How do I practice creating more "complete" pieces?
-STEP: 1. PRACTICE CREATING PIECES THAT ARE CLOSER TO FINISH BY WORKING ON SOMETHING BEFORE BED EVERYNIGHT!! DON'T WORRY ABOUT FINISHING IT; YOU CAN ALWAYS COMEBACK TO IT LATER. GET THE BASIC IDEAS AND COMPOSITION DOWN.
...
A post wouldn't be complete without some art; The last of my art from 2013: