11-22-2013, 10:26 AM
Life:
Today I was tempted to take a job that's completely uncreative, simply because the paycheck sounded nice. After ruminating on it as a life choice I decided that the 40 hours a week I'd be spending there is too invaluable to my development as an artist, and in the long run it would set me back in my artistic growth. I'm breaking personal art records on a weekly basis, it's only a matter of time before I can pull more freelance, I haven't been marketing myself either, simply advancing www.powerpainters.org. My following is growing beautifully, and I love to pump out content for it, but as of right now it's not paying the bills, so focus is shifting towards making people art for moneys.
Art:
-WIP of a man casting an arbor restraint spell on a biggie
-studies catering to understanding more about brush strokes, figure weight, color and light, etc...One is after Jaime Jones
My goal at this point is to advance my figures and overall believability as a digital painter creating epic and dynamic compositions that will enthrall onlookers. I'm also going to pump out some concept art as well. I've really been taking a "problem solving" approach to all of my works, and it's helped me grow tremendously. I'm holding off on getting to focused on environments simply because I need to specialize at this point to ascertain a level of proficiency that will help net me work.
Self crit: looking at these quickies i'm seeing a lack of "small detail" or grit in my work. really minute specks, dots, grain, etc...Not enough noise. This is under-selling my materials and not permitting me to achieve heightened levels of believability, so I'm going to introduce some "focused noise." I know I've gotten crit in the past about being too noisy, so I'll be implementing it more thoughtfully, and creating new brushes catering to the concept.
Today I was tempted to take a job that's completely uncreative, simply because the paycheck sounded nice. After ruminating on it as a life choice I decided that the 40 hours a week I'd be spending there is too invaluable to my development as an artist, and in the long run it would set me back in my artistic growth. I'm breaking personal art records on a weekly basis, it's only a matter of time before I can pull more freelance, I haven't been marketing myself either, simply advancing www.powerpainters.org. My following is growing beautifully, and I love to pump out content for it, but as of right now it's not paying the bills, so focus is shifting towards making people art for moneys.
Art:
-WIP of a man casting an arbor restraint spell on a biggie
-studies catering to understanding more about brush strokes, figure weight, color and light, etc...One is after Jaime Jones
My goal at this point is to advance my figures and overall believability as a digital painter creating epic and dynamic compositions that will enthrall onlookers. I'm also going to pump out some concept art as well. I've really been taking a "problem solving" approach to all of my works, and it's helped me grow tremendously. I'm holding off on getting to focused on environments simply because I need to specialize at this point to ascertain a level of proficiency that will help net me work.
Self crit: looking at these quickies i'm seeing a lack of "small detail" or grit in my work. really minute specks, dots, grain, etc...Not enough noise. This is under-selling my materials and not permitting me to achieve heightened levels of believability, so I'm going to introduce some "focused noise." I know I've gotten crit in the past about being too noisy, so I'll be implementing it more thoughtfully, and creating new brushes catering to the concept.
