08-25-2017, 11:36 AM
So met with my mentor today and in a sense what I need to fix is indeed... "everything."
Because my problem is of course technical, as I'll explain in a second. But it is everything because it's not one single thing. An arm could be wrong in one picture but right in another; a composition could be unbalanced in one and great in another. So it'd be impossible to say it's just one thing. It's everything, but some more than others.
The problem is not of content or direction, as I'm reading Creative illustration by Loomis and he says that any subject matter can be shown with charm if it is arranged and lit well. It could be a vase of flowers, or some bottle caps, or a leaf, or a fish, anything tangible really. Even things that aren't tangible like abstract, if it's arranged well people will like it and buy it. And as feng zhu said, "You could find a 7 year old kid with the best ideas in the world but if he can't draw them well no one will care." And the opposite of that is true, just go to artstation's front page, or basically any large art website.
I always try to find paralells in things because I enjoy all fields in art... Like in music for example, sometimes the lyrics matter, but their delivery is more important. You could have the coolest lyrics ever and if microsoft Sam read them, it'd only be so engaging. Even poetry has arrangement and presentation.
Also, I'll be investing more in gesture and getting that to look right before sweating the fine details of anatomy. That, i pondered is also very true as a phenomena in most young professionals. Their anatomy isn't necessarily godly, but their gestures are solid and that holds the piece up for the most part. Also, measuring proportions is another challenge for me, as I can dissect a feccin painting glob for glob and dab for dab, but measuring the proportions of an eye to a nose is a nightmare. So that'll be interesting. Also got a lot more books to read so, I got a lot to do, which is awesome!
Also no pics today, but definitely some tomorrow!
http://colorquiz.com/results.php?code=m,...5,5&p=full
Because my problem is of course technical, as I'll explain in a second. But it is everything because it's not one single thing. An arm could be wrong in one picture but right in another; a composition could be unbalanced in one and great in another. So it'd be impossible to say it's just one thing. It's everything, but some more than others.
The problem is not of content or direction, as I'm reading Creative illustration by Loomis and he says that any subject matter can be shown with charm if it is arranged and lit well. It could be a vase of flowers, or some bottle caps, or a leaf, or a fish, anything tangible really. Even things that aren't tangible like abstract, if it's arranged well people will like it and buy it. And as feng zhu said, "You could find a 7 year old kid with the best ideas in the world but if he can't draw them well no one will care." And the opposite of that is true, just go to artstation's front page, or basically any large art website.
I always try to find paralells in things because I enjoy all fields in art... Like in music for example, sometimes the lyrics matter, but their delivery is more important. You could have the coolest lyrics ever and if microsoft Sam read them, it'd only be so engaging. Even poetry has arrangement and presentation.
Also, I'll be investing more in gesture and getting that to look right before sweating the fine details of anatomy. That, i pondered is also very true as a phenomena in most young professionals. Their anatomy isn't necessarily godly, but their gestures are solid and that holds the piece up for the most part. Also, measuring proportions is another challenge for me, as I can dissect a feccin painting glob for glob and dab for dab, but measuring the proportions of an eye to a nose is a nightmare. So that'll be interesting. Also got a lot more books to read so, I got a lot to do, which is awesome!
Also no pics today, but definitely some tomorrow!
http://colorquiz.com/results.php?code=m,...5,5&p=full
70+Page Koala Sketchbook: http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3465.html SB
Paintover thread, submit for crits! http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7879.html
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.882)]e owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke.[/color]
Paintover thread, submit for crits! http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7879.html
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.882)]e owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke.[/color]