I don't really remember where exactly I learned about the Crimson Dagger Forums, but I saw some users that were from the old CGTalk Forums, that's probably where it came from... I don't know.
The truth is that I always wanted to be an artist, but life got in the way and I became an Accountant, then a Programmer and soon I'll be a Data Scientist without ever being able to become a true artist.
My desire to become capable of translating my ideas into drawings came from early childhood. I had a grandfather who was some sort of genius, a self-taught artist who could draw awesome stuff from imagination during times when references weren't easily available as they are nowadays. It's a shame that we didn't kept a single one of his works, he made it look like it was easy, but after many attempts from my side, I know what he did was different. There was no construction whatsoever, it was pure delineation, and trying to mimic the way he did it cost me a long time and caused a lot of frustration...
Then came the color-blindness diagnosis, it was one of or THE final blow to my dream of ever becoming an artist, that means I would never be able to communicate my feelings to an audience trough colors, because I'm simply unable to see the same colors as them. That's kind of true, but there's studies that says that different people see different colors, depending whether you have a word for such color or not, if you're male or female, if your mental health is in good state or even if you've been blessed with Tetrachromacy...
Now all creative professionals are facing the absurdity of AI, and I'm sure the artist community have been hit hard, but I wasn't following, all I remember was the protest on ArtStation with all artists posting the same image of "No image" or something like that on ArtStation... I personally don't care if a machine is going to steal my work, I'm so rusty that I'll have to start it over, and for a while it should probably suck real bad, probably I'll make the models worse.
In fact, what the f* happened?
I stopped studying CG to focus on my career as a programmer (I changed careers around 2018), and many artist communities simply disappeared, I feel like a homeless person now...
Well, at least this time I'm able to properly communicate, I hope I can make some friends while getting better as an artist, that's all that there is for me at this point and for a change, this time it seems enough.
I found Crimson Dagger while looking for some smaller art communities and thought it looked like a cool place to hang out.
I'm mostly into original creatures, monsters, character designs, and worldbuilding. I love darker fantasy, psychological themes, horror, and anything from little to wildly weird or unsettling. I also do a fair bit of story concept writing, so a lot of my art ends up tied into stories or in original worlds. I enjoy art and do commissions as a free lancer artist!
I've been away from art for much too long but I'm here now to improve. I'm always open to making new friends, especially art friends who are also looking to improve!
Hoping to learn a lot while I share stuff on here. See y'all around!
Im just a humble art nub thats tryna get some learning threw this forum
i also dont go to an art school an im entirely self taught so this all a new learning experience for me an i hope i get to meet alot of cool people:)
I've been drawing for awhile, posting online since the internet was invented. Mainly a horror illustrator, but between working full time as a designer and being a mom, I don't have as much time as I would like to draw. I mainly draw my son but right now I'm working on a comic series. I want to post one comic every week in 2027... or 2028 depending on what I can get done lol
Hi everybody! It's nice to meet you :) I'm twilightsglow; my friends call me TG.
I'm really glad this type of forum is still around. I used to post a little on Epilogue and lurk on Concept Art and it's a shame so much knowledge was lost. I did a search recently for a similar forum and was directed here.
Some background on me: I studied illustration but never finished art school. I mostly paint things for myself but occasionally get a commission. I've been painting a lot of portraits but I'd like to do more original illustrations. It's a struggle to put my own stuff together though. I think I should start a sketchbook thread.
I'm a jaded older artist, but I like cute things and weird things. I'm not sure how to properly introduce myself, so I'm just going to try embedding a recent sketch. Oof, that 2.1 MB filesize is a real moodkiller, huh? Here's an animation I know is small enough to get by.
hello I'm fujinos_alt!!!! (lol) I stumbled on this forum and thought it was really interesting! I never really engaged in these kinds of online art spaces before (cuz I was too young lol) but I rlly wanna give it a try :D
I'm a first year animation student rn and social media like instagram got a little too nerve wracking to post so casually on, so I figured this would be a decent kind of alternative? Idk art school just makes ur relationship with art and sharing art weird so here I am lol.
as for my interests!! I'm really into chainsaw man!! And I'm a big fan of fujimoto's work as a whole!! I also just really like shonen in general, and I've liked drawing characters for most of my life but I've taken a recent interest in background art too! I wanna try getting better at comics and writing but I always end up making comics about sad things and It's kind of embarrassing for my school peers to see all that soooo maybe I'll post some here!!
Hello! I stumbled upon this place through a wonderful recommendation. I've missed real internet forums so much over the years! I used to be active on YugiohCardMaker Forum decades ago and a few others. I was really into making forum signatures lol. But yes I love real forums! There's just something less corporate and artificial about them. More human. It's a shame they were replaced by social media for the most part, but they'll never get popular again if people don't join them, so here I am!
I've been drawing very casually for a few years, but very inconsistently. A few months ago I decided I wanted to take things more seriously. I've joined a mentorship under Mike086 where I feel a little in over my head hahaha. I'm not as experienced or skilled as most people here. I think that's probably a good thing. I believe throwing yourself head-first into the deep-end is one of the best ways to learn yknow? People learn foreign languages better by moving to a foreign country than they do by using duolingo, right?
Anyway, my main obsessions right now are Naka's March Hotel, Gorillaz, Slay the Spire 2, Northernlion and Drawfee, lol. Nice to meet you :)
Also! I see the sketchbook section and would like to make one, are they just threads where I can post my daily work and sketches? Or should I resist the urge to post literally *everything* I work on LOL?
Hello everyone! I'm an artist in the Philippines trying to get into concept art for games/anime. It has been 3 years since I last been consistent with drawing. Right now I decided to make this account as a way to get rid of rust, and stay consistent with community feedback. Here are some of my current art goals:
- Get rid of art rust and continue being consistent with art practice
-Create appealing environment designs
-Creating good storyboards
- Create appealing characters
- Getting used to 3D modeling (Blender, Zbrush, Maya)
- Be able to get my first paid art commission.
Other than that I also have some personal projects that I wish to attempt in the future.
Here is a sample of my old artwork back in 2021. I hope I get to meet other artists in this platform and share each other's interests, feedback, and maybe collabs (who knows).
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