02-25-2014, 03:22 AM
Hey there crack, I think you are a pretty smart guy. You have a lot of ideas and put a ton of effort into art. Your crosshatching drawings are really wonderful. Seeing that, I know you can do really well if you focus on less. You are doing a lot of things but everything is a big lack of fundamentals. I did the same thing as you until I looked back on a year worth of work and compared it to what everyone else was doing and realized I really wasted all my time. Pretty much everybody beated my year of working a ton within 3 months and they were only working casually. It was because I tried to do too much and felt rushed and wanted to be a great artist already so I can get out of my bad life situation.
It was quite painful when someone looked at my work and told me " sorry I don't see how any of this is helping you improve" though it also gave me the drive I needed to finally do things right and happy that someone out there was dead honest after a whole year.
I think you should just forget about everything and start all over again. A great place to start is with your drawing skills and crosshatching. You are already pretty good at it. You can stick to just those two things and and still do pretty much what you are doing now. You still would be learning a lot like perspective, light, visual library, anatomy, composition, etc . There is just so much that goes into everything and I think you are tackling way too much for your level. You focus on less and get good at something , and it will give you the confidence to stick to it because you will really see the improvement everyday.
Check out people's sketchbooks and ask yourself what is helping them improve so much then look at your work and see how you can change. There are tons of sketchbooks and the answers are all there. I hope I am of help to you. I know you are a smart guy, you just gotta start learning how to learn. Good luck!
It was quite painful when someone looked at my work and told me " sorry I don't see how any of this is helping you improve" though it also gave me the drive I needed to finally do things right and happy that someone out there was dead honest after a whole year.
I think you should just forget about everything and start all over again. A great place to start is with your drawing skills and crosshatching. You are already pretty good at it. You can stick to just those two things and and still do pretty much what you are doing now. You still would be learning a lot like perspective, light, visual library, anatomy, composition, etc . There is just so much that goes into everything and I think you are tackling way too much for your level. You focus on less and get good at something , and it will give you the confidence to stick to it because you will really see the improvement everyday.
Check out people's sketchbooks and ask yourself what is helping them improve so much then look at your work and see how you can change. There are tons of sketchbooks and the answers are all there. I hope I am of help to you. I know you are a smart guy, you just gotta start learning how to learn. Good luck!