Hi, my name is Ria. I'll be applying to colleges soon and would love to attend art school. I suppose my clearest goal as of now would be to get to a level where I can create a portfolio that would allow me to go to a good one. For where I'm at currently I really doubt I would get accepted into a place like art center though 
(and it's hella expensive). I've got much room for improvement and am very accepting of critique and advice :).
Besides learning fundamentals, there is also the problem of subject matter for me. Of course I play games and watch movies (other wise I would not know concept art even existed) but I am not so invested in these that I can design much at all (very small visual library). So I guess I suck at the most important part that makes up concept art but I still want to push forward. I like the idea that concept artists can design or create anything, even things people have never seen before. I also like the constant learning and research that is involved. There's always something new and interesting to do!
I have an instagram but there is no concept stuff on it (since my designs suck haha) https://www.instagram.com/ria_chen_art/?hl=en
Learning progress:
-Anatomy/Figure
Proko gesture (done)
Proko anatomy (doing; spine)
Michael Hampton FD: design and invention (hold; ch3)
Daily Gesture (doing)
Master Study
-Character Design [subject matter]
Medieval
Pirates argh (doing)
-Perspective
Draw a box (doing; lesson 6)
Scott Robertson H2D (hold; ch6)
-Vehicle Design
research first...
thumbnails
-Environment Design
(hold; week 02)
Reflection: damn, so I guess it's all over the place... I mean that I am trying to do many things from different resources all at once. I guess I should focus onto one book/video series for each subject, get done with that and move onto the next book... maybe I should even limit how many subjects I am studying at one time. (I put some things on hold).
Some of my stuff
(and it's hella expensive). I've got much room for improvement and am very accepting of critique and advice :).Besides learning fundamentals, there is also the problem of subject matter for me. Of course I play games and watch movies (other wise I would not know concept art even existed) but I am not so invested in these that I can design much at all (very small visual library). So I guess I suck at the most important part that makes up concept art but I still want to push forward. I like the idea that concept artists can design or create anything, even things people have never seen before. I also like the constant learning and research that is involved. There's always something new and interesting to do!
I have an instagram but there is no concept stuff on it (since my designs suck haha) https://www.instagram.com/ria_chen_art/?hl=en
Learning progress:
-Anatomy/Figure
Proko gesture (done)
Proko anatomy (doing; spine)
Michael Hampton FD: design and invention (hold; ch3)
Daily Gesture (doing)
Master Study
-Character Design [subject matter]
Medieval
Pirates argh (doing)
-Perspective
Draw a box (doing; lesson 6)
Scott Robertson H2D (hold; ch6)
-Vehicle Design
research first...
thumbnails
-Environment Design
(hold; week 02)
Reflection: damn, so I guess it's all over the place... I mean that I am trying to do many things from different resources all at once. I guess I should focus onto one book/video series for each subject, get done with that and move onto the next book... maybe I should even limit how many subjects I am studying at one time. (I put some things on hold).
Some of my stuff