08-14-2015, 09:54 AM
I have to ask Amit, did you have a background or interest in art before you started the journey?
I think this thread could be really useful for a lot of us here who are doing the self taught thing, I find all the conflicting information quite overwhelming, and I struggle to figure out what I can attribute to my lack of skills (like my sketchy figure drawings someone commented I should be doing as Proko instructs - which I've tried, but keeping proportions becomes impossible, I'm either not yet at a skill level to see the line before I put it on paper, or I just find the lines better in a mess, I don't know what's right, and if I should be spending time fretting over clean lines or not.)
Choosing which direction to go etc becomes quite hard. I've found setting myself this comic goal has settled so much of my worry, I have a thing I'm doing, and I'm not being distracted by other things I could be doing.
Long ramble to ask - did you just choose to focus on single things and that became your learning path?
Zeart, do you have those same problems - finding a focus and not being distracted by all the things you feel you /should/ be doing?
Also, art time vs work - do you think perhaps having smaller amounts of time makes you more focused and determined?
I think this thread could be really useful for a lot of us here who are doing the self taught thing, I find all the conflicting information quite overwhelming, and I struggle to figure out what I can attribute to my lack of skills (like my sketchy figure drawings someone commented I should be doing as Proko instructs - which I've tried, but keeping proportions becomes impossible, I'm either not yet at a skill level to see the line before I put it on paper, or I just find the lines better in a mess, I don't know what's right, and if I should be spending time fretting over clean lines or not.)
Choosing which direction to go etc becomes quite hard. I've found setting myself this comic goal has settled so much of my worry, I have a thing I'm doing, and I'm not being distracted by other things I could be doing.
Long ramble to ask - did you just choose to focus on single things and that became your learning path?
Zeart, do you have those same problems - finding a focus and not being distracted by all the things you feel you /should/ be doing?
Also, art time vs work - do you think perhaps having smaller amounts of time makes you more focused and determined?