Help me become a Professional Artist

[KurtJeremy]

@Adam and Joe i see, maybe ill keep doing the holding up the pen thing more often , as i still have a problem judging angles. doing it just enough then ditch it off and rely on instincts.

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been juggling stuff recently, learning Unity , Zbrush and Drawing but im mostly drawing on my sketchbook, heres some of my studies on PS though:

Rule of thirds: total images 20




Gestures and figure stuff










1 Hour studies prioritizing color (mostly from nathan fowkes)








Misc



Ok guys i need your help on this one. I Got the reference with me but i have difficulties in making a decent portrait painting out of it. some of my concerns are:

Color: trying to pick color is hard! how do you guys go about it? do you just open the color pick a color from the color picker and hope for the best? or do you guys have some palettes beforehand for more harmony in your colors?

Painting details : ie Hair , folds and the patterns on her dress. its too overwhelming, they said just dont copy it 1 to 1 and to just simplify it, Im not very sure as to how to go about that? can anyone provide some tips?

then again , this was kinda rushed. the drawing wasnt that solid at the beginning. because i wasnt aiming for the drawing and wanted to get to the painting and focus on it. getting kicked in the ass in the process.