02-27-2017, 09:27 PM
I'm the same honestly, I massively prefer to look at stylized work(usually anime in my case) over anything else, even if technically the artist is way worse, stuff like the old master works for the most part they really don't interest me I much prefer other artists like Cushart Krenz or Kawacy.
That being said I do think there is a balancing act between stylizing your work and studying which is something I've been trying to find a balance for atm, in my case I've been trying for 3 hours of studying then just 3 hours of doing whatever I want from imagination each day and trying to relax with it(seriously imagination work used to stress me out so much).
I do think studying is still really important because even the most stylized work usually has elements of realism, good example for one that blew my mind was when people started pointing out how some anime artists would draw the bottom eyelid line and the shadow of the top eyelid.
But at the same time I don't think you need to apply this to realistic pieces first, instead I think you just need to take the information you learn from studying and figure out how best you can apply it to your work or if you even want to apply that specific thing to it.
I think Vilppu said something similar about anatomy actually, it's very important to learn it but once you do it really doesn't matter.
That being said I do think there is a balancing act between stylizing your work and studying which is something I've been trying to find a balance for atm, in my case I've been trying for 3 hours of studying then just 3 hours of doing whatever I want from imagination each day and trying to relax with it(seriously imagination work used to stress me out so much).
I do think studying is still really important because even the most stylized work usually has elements of realism, good example for one that blew my mind was when people started pointing out how some anime artists would draw the bottom eyelid line and the shadow of the top eyelid.
But at the same time I don't think you need to apply this to realistic pieces first, instead I think you just need to take the information you learn from studying and figure out how best you can apply it to your work or if you even want to apply that specific thing to it.
I think Vilppu said something similar about anatomy actually, it's very important to learn it but once you do it really doesn't matter.