12-08-2012, 08:34 AM
JMob, in response to your post above- I have to ask (and this is more for you to think about than to give me an answer- i dont need one as it wont change anything) why would you jump ahead to the morgane character before we even finished merlin? I hadnt even assigned the character or talked about the restrictions and how to approach it yet. the point of following a class is to FOLLOW the class, not look at a preliminary list of what i propose to do and then blaze through it. Thats a waste of your time, and a waste of mine. If the point of a mentoriship is to learn, and you skip ahead before ive had a chance to describe what im looking for, how can I teach you anything at all? just something to think about in terms of motivation for doing these assignments- theres nothing to gain by rushing them out as fast as possible just to have something 'done'. the idea of 'done' is way way overrated in a learning environment. Id rather see 10 unfinished images in here with major improvements from piece to piece than 10 totally finished broken images with all the same flaws one after another. the idea is to learn at a gradual pace, not blow through and apply small polish changes after a crit. you learn nothing that way. Its the portfolio equivalent of putting a hood ornament on your car after the body shop tells you the engine needs to be replaced. and as far as leyendecker- while we can all agree he was a fantastic advertisement illustrator with phenomenal brush and line economy- i have no idea what you mean when you say you wanted to apply his methods to improve your design. your design has absolutely nothing to do with the style you choose to render it. a bad design will be a bad design regardless of if its colored in via leyendecker, mucha, rockwell, or frazetta. thats the ENTIRE POINT of why im trying to get everyone in here to reel back the rush to finish in here. almost everyones work so far in this class has its most major problems within the first 2 phases of completion (thumbnail sketch and drawing). the mistakes are made before value and color are even applied! therefore, if we all want to learn and get better (which, after all, is the point), its time to STOP worrying so much about showing something that looks 'done' and to START worrying about showing something thats 'better'. trust me, they arent the same thing. at all.
this goes to everyone in every class and i mean it wholeheartedly-
If youre doing these classes just do them, and arent willing to invest the hard work and restrictions necessary to revise, change, and learn, youre wasting your time and will get absolutely no benefit from them. Going through the motions just to have 4 characters after 3 months gets you nothing. Im not your boss and this class isnt your job- dont try to impress me with things like speed and execution. Its about a willingness to get outside your comfort zone and approach things in a new way you normally wouldn't in an effort to expose flaws you may not see in the day to day.
this goes to everyone in every class and i mean it wholeheartedly-
If youre doing these classes just do them, and arent willing to invest the hard work and restrictions necessary to revise, change, and learn, youre wasting your time and will get absolutely no benefit from them. Going through the motions just to have 4 characters after 3 months gets you nothing. Im not your boss and this class isnt your job- dont try to impress me with things like speed and execution. Its about a willingness to get outside your comfort zone and approach things in a new way you normally wouldn't in an effort to expose flaws you may not see in the day to day.