03-03-2021, 02:57 AM
Hi Dominicque! Thanks for looking at my sketchbook! I read your intro post, you seem like a really deep thinker! I think I am too and it can really get in the way sometimes, right >.<
I'd heard somewhere about this art thief thing and people calling out younger artists and stuff, really sucks! Encountering that kind of attitude at 13 it makes sense you'd get those kind of ideas that it's bad >.< Hopefully you're getting past it now! And you're drawing a freakin' ton! so many pages of cool looking sketches ^_^
I watched a lot of interviews with manga artists, pretty much they all go "When I was a kid I copied characters from this manga, and that manga, then sometimes this other manga. I liked the way he did eyes, and she did hair, and that other artist did monsters". Their current art style is basically a blend of all those influences and they freely state that in interviews, with a lot of pride! that they can name their favourite artists as being part of what they're doing now! Any 'style' is new artists copying the older ones, mixing them together then adding a few unique things of their own. So... yeah! Copying and drawing everyone else is alllll good!!
Sounds like you're coming around to this anyway, but wanted to share it still ^^
What're your goals? What kind of awesome art do you want to see yourself making?! (apologies if you said this already somewhere!)
I'd heard somewhere about this art thief thing and people calling out younger artists and stuff, really sucks! Encountering that kind of attitude at 13 it makes sense you'd get those kind of ideas that it's bad >.< Hopefully you're getting past it now! And you're drawing a freakin' ton! so many pages of cool looking sketches ^_^
I watched a lot of interviews with manga artists, pretty much they all go "When I was a kid I copied characters from this manga, and that manga, then sometimes this other manga. I liked the way he did eyes, and she did hair, and that other artist did monsters". Their current art style is basically a blend of all those influences and they freely state that in interviews, with a lot of pride! that they can name their favourite artists as being part of what they're doing now! Any 'style' is new artists copying the older ones, mixing them together then adding a few unique things of their own. So... yeah! Copying and drawing everyone else is alllll good!!
Sounds like you're coming around to this anyway, but wanted to share it still ^^
What're your goals? What kind of awesome art do you want to see yourself making?! (apologies if you said this already somewhere!)