The Velvet Revolvers

[Jeso]

Hi Velvet Revolvers!
Don't mind me - I'm hopping in.
I'm Vicianus - My real name is really boring (Stephany Green) so please call me Vici. c:

I just finished two years of Art School at LCAD, but dropped out at the end of last spring because the curriculum is not what I wanted. I'm kind of a silly person and throughout my whole life I've never taken school very seriously (especially because I could do extremely well in my classes without giving full effort) so paired with issues in the actual curriculum along with the idea that I can probably push harder studying on my own, already swimming under massive amounts of debt, I decided I wanted to slum it and work really hard for the remaining two years on my own and end up at a tastier skill level than the same kids who will be in what would have been my graduating class.

In terms of what I want to do... I'm really attracted to the visual development field. Trying variations on an idea to find its perfect visual equivalent, creating designs for a cohesive world. *O* In an absolutely IDEAL world, I would eventually want to be working on animation with a team of like-minded individuals. Really, though, I just want to make stuff and draw well. It would be really cool if someone paid me to draw.

I think that good art stems from clarity. From simply having a clear composition in value breakup, to clear form rendering so the viewer easily understands what he is looking at, to clarity of material in rendering and color, etc. Great art transcends this, and uses clarity to express a unique idea.

I looooove 80s animation like Akira and the works of Ralph Bakshi. My favorite artists are Norman Rockwell, James Jean, Tatsuyuki Tanaka, and Kim Jung Gi. There's content-specific stuff that I like in these artist's work; I'm also hugely inspired by Loomis, Gil Elvgren, Milt Kahl, Steve Huston, The Russian Academy, and Howard Pyle.

I have a huge boner for good art, I seriously live for it. UoU So I want to make a bunch of it myself.

That's about it for now -- I'll come back and post some studies and crits soon!

Hey Vici ! Welcome to the Revolvers, that was a cool story, I love akira, Rockwell, Kim, and Howard Pyle as well!
I took a look around your sketchbook, and its really dope! You have very good grasp of fundamentals I think. I love your anime'ish gray scale sketches. Hope to see more from you in this group!