10-01-2016, 09:00 PM
With October upon us, it's time to reflect on my progress over September and make some new goals!
The crossed out goals have been achieved for the month of September
--SEPTEMBER--
- Learn something new each day
- Create a speed paint (or sketch) from imagination each day. I need to stop relying so heavily on references
- Finish Andrew Loomis' Figure Drawing book, along with Michael Hampton Figure Drawing
- Create proper illustrations; fully rendered and going through and getting comfortable with the pipeline.
- Create my very first pieces of concept art (this will probably not occur until around mid to end Sept)
- Excerise at least three times a week
- Become more active on art forums
- Post to instagram more frequently
- Cut down my hours at my part-time job, stop taking additional shifts, and make art my 8-6 job everyday I possibly can
All in all, not bad. I didn't achieve all of my goals, but I did manage to hit a few key points. I'm posting my work more online, which I am proud of because it's always a hard thing to do. I'm doing 'daily' speedpaints and although they aren't from imagination, I'm learning a lot about colour.
Here are my most recent speedpaints. Still struggling with time vs eyeing up colours but this is something I'll get better with over time.
![[Image: tumblr_oed7v8VZaM1vp7i5vo1_540.jpg]](https://66.media.tumblr.com/6894b80a2ce85894b02b2d19b9050cf2/tumblr_oed7v8VZaM1vp7i5vo1_540.jpg)
Now, for my goals for October!! A new month awaits and I'm ready to push myself even harder
The crossed out goals have been achieved for the month of September
--SEPTEMBER--
- Learn something new each day
- Create a speed paint (or sketch) from imagination each day. I need to stop relying so heavily on references
- Finish Andrew Loomis' Figure Drawing book, along with Michael Hampton Figure Drawing
- Create proper illustrations; fully rendered and going through and getting comfortable with the pipeline.
- Create my very first pieces of concept art (this will probably not occur until around mid to end Sept)
- Excerise at least three times a week
- Become more active on art forums
- Post to instagram more frequently
- Cut down my hours at my part-time job, stop taking additional shifts, and make art my 8-6 job everyday I possibly can
All in all, not bad. I didn't achieve all of my goals, but I did manage to hit a few key points. I'm posting my work more online, which I am proud of because it's always a hard thing to do. I'm doing 'daily' speedpaints and although they aren't from imagination, I'm learning a lot about colour.
Here are my most recent speedpaints. Still struggling with time vs eyeing up colours but this is something I'll get better with over time.
![[Image: tumblr_oed7v8VZaM1vp7i5vo1_540.jpg]](https://66.media.tumblr.com/6894b80a2ce85894b02b2d19b9050cf2/tumblr_oed7v8VZaM1vp7i5vo1_540.jpg)
Now, for my goals for October!! A new month awaits and I'm ready to push myself even harder
--OCTOBER--
- Continue with my daily speedpaints. As of the 1st, I have completed 15 out of the 129 imagines on the site.
- Get back into traditional drawings. Create an image a day purely out of imagination and no references.
- Participate in inktober. I'm not going to create something every day, but I'd like to at least make a few imagines.
- Continue my portrait study series - create one portrait a week
- Create one rendered Master Study a week
- Start focusing more on anatomy again
- Draw full body images because hey, we all have a bad habit of drawing people from the waist up
- Conquer my fear of drawing male faces.
- Keep making illustrations
- Make a piece of concept art for my portfolio
- Keep being active on instagram
- Become MORE active on art forums and facebook groups
So there we have it, quite a lot of goals but they will be manageable as long as I manage the little free time I have wisely.