03-22-2015, 03:32 PM
Man... killing it as always. The WWF (I'm not calling it WWE - screw World Wildlife Federation ... It will always be WWF as mandated by my childhood) stuff is fun as hell. I haven't followed since about 2000? so I don't know anyone but Sting and Nature Boy, but I'll be damned if the other two aren't Taker and Hacksaw.
Anyway, stuff is looking lovely. And on your ponderings:
"the usual 'art grumps' have been plaguing me" - I hate that feeling. I wish I had an elixir for that. One thing that has worked for me when I know I should be drawing is to find a way to bore myself to death and have paper and pencil available; basically trying to recreate all of my grade school years in which I drew because math sucks.
On the stylized stuff, it's extremely hard for me to judge the success of that type of stuff other than by asking whether it looks cool or not. And yours does. It's clean and clearly rooted in realism and actual functional fundamentals. Maybe try to find some realisms to break a bit more or something just for more flavor?
And on your current/future plan, is Art Camp still going? I thought he was stopping it after this most recent one? I think you've seen the 21 day thing lots of folks have been doing on his suggestion. Master Studies are always cool (that's what a handful of folks seem to be focusing on anyway). I have ethical issues with everything that CA currently is so I can't endorse that, but that's just me. Whatever aids improvement is worthwhile. I feel like I can't really answer any of your questions firmly -- I feel like I'm constantly asking myself a similar set of questions. So in replying to you, I'm kind of replying to myself as well right now. What needs to happen, is pick a direction and go. Make changes on the fly and just follow your heart. Anyway, didn't mean to bomb your sketchbook. I've just been so inactive on forums lately :/
Anyway, cheers dude!
Anyway, stuff is looking lovely. And on your ponderings:
"the usual 'art grumps' have been plaguing me" - I hate that feeling. I wish I had an elixir for that. One thing that has worked for me when I know I should be drawing is to find a way to bore myself to death and have paper and pencil available; basically trying to recreate all of my grade school years in which I drew because math sucks.
On the stylized stuff, it's extremely hard for me to judge the success of that type of stuff other than by asking whether it looks cool or not. And yours does. It's clean and clearly rooted in realism and actual functional fundamentals. Maybe try to find some realisms to break a bit more or something just for more flavor?
And on your current/future plan, is Art Camp still going? I thought he was stopping it after this most recent one? I think you've seen the 21 day thing lots of folks have been doing on his suggestion. Master Studies are always cool (that's what a handful of folks seem to be focusing on anyway). I have ethical issues with everything that CA currently is so I can't endorse that, but that's just me. Whatever aids improvement is worthwhile. I feel like I can't really answer any of your questions firmly -- I feel like I'm constantly asking myself a similar set of questions. So in replying to you, I'm kind of replying to myself as well right now. What needs to happen, is pick a direction and go. Make changes on the fly and just follow your heart. Anyway, didn't mean to bomb your sketchbook. I've just been so inactive on forums lately :/
Anyway, cheers dude!