04-18-2015, 07:11 AM
1 YEAR UPDATE!
ITS ALREADY BEEN A YEAR! That. was. fast.
Let us summarize!:
My original plan was to take a year off from my program to "practice and develop a professional portfolio to begin searching for jobs". Whether I succeeded or not, I would go back to school.
Did I succeed? In a word, no.
I for sure improved. My lines are getting more confident, ideas and designs are making more sense. I even started to learn 3D (zbrush mostly), and it is a very different game but also helps me relate my 2D designs in 3D space.
I need to study more. Lately, I find myself wanting to do art, doing art, and giving up. I also watched some of Anthony Jones' stream and what he said really made a lot of sense. It's not that I suck, but that I keep doing the same things over and over and I'm bored of it (cause I'm not seeing any improvements). And the reason that I'm frustrated and can't paint a certain thing, is cause I don't know anything about it! I need to start studying what it is I want to paint if I want to paint it. Don't know how clothes and folds work? Go study it.
In my original post, I also said I will be following a personalized schedule. How did that work out... I followed it loosely throughout the year. The strict schedule went from doing a bit of everything, to being more character design oriented. From there I stayed with characters. When I say I followed it loosely, I mean that I did follow it, but everything was geared towards mech/combat armour/sci-fi/robots. Not ideal, but it gave me a focus. I definitely need to spread out my character design skills.
So I somewhat succeeded... I definitely got practice in, but failed to put together a portfolio. I did studies, sketches, brainstormed ideas, but I don't feel like I took anything far enough to show in a portfolio.
My next step: REALLY REALLY FOCUS. Easier said than done, but that's that.
School-wise: I plan on continuing my program that I took a year off from.
"New" goal: Develop a portfolio and just keep going.
Thanks for reading. The original deathline is over, but I'll be sure to come back with updates when possible.
ITS ALREADY BEEN A YEAR! That. was. fast.
Let us summarize!:
My original plan was to take a year off from my program to "practice and develop a professional portfolio to begin searching for jobs". Whether I succeeded or not, I would go back to school.
Did I succeed? In a word, no.
I for sure improved. My lines are getting more confident, ideas and designs are making more sense. I even started to learn 3D (zbrush mostly), and it is a very different game but also helps me relate my 2D designs in 3D space.
I need to study more. Lately, I find myself wanting to do art, doing art, and giving up. I also watched some of Anthony Jones' stream and what he said really made a lot of sense. It's not that I suck, but that I keep doing the same things over and over and I'm bored of it (cause I'm not seeing any improvements). And the reason that I'm frustrated and can't paint a certain thing, is cause I don't know anything about it! I need to start studying what it is I want to paint if I want to paint it. Don't know how clothes and folds work? Go study it.
In my original post, I also said I will be following a personalized schedule. How did that work out... I followed it loosely throughout the year. The strict schedule went from doing a bit of everything, to being more character design oriented. From there I stayed with characters. When I say I followed it loosely, I mean that I did follow it, but everything was geared towards mech/combat armour/sci-fi/robots. Not ideal, but it gave me a focus. I definitely need to spread out my character design skills.
So I somewhat succeeded... I definitely got practice in, but failed to put together a portfolio. I did studies, sketches, brainstormed ideas, but I don't feel like I took anything far enough to show in a portfolio.
My next step: REALLY REALLY FOCUS. Easier said than done, but that's that.
School-wise: I plan on continuing my program that I took a year off from.
"New" goal: Develop a portfolio and just keep going.
Thanks for reading. The original deathline is over, but I'll be sure to come back with updates when possible.