Fedodika the Koala

[Fedodika]

So, reading through Creative Illustration by Loomis at the behest of my mentor. It's quite a long book if you take notes and try to retain the information thoroughly. A lot of stuff he shows is stuff I've subconsciously noticed over the years, but am happy to see someone else noticed it and simplified it, so that's cool.

http://colorquiz.com/results.php?code=m,...1,6&p=full

I think this book in particular is a must read for any artist who's getting beyond the phase of struggling with proportions and making smooth lines (not that I'm any good at those ;p.) I'm starting to wish I'd always been reading a different art book and paying attention to what it had to say, or maybe watching good tutorials instead of just drawing mindlessly and doing "studies" just to fit a quota or something. 

Anyways, about 80 pages through it, and starting some Karl Gnass Gesture theory on NMA. I need to watch all this stuff, and really pay attention because they've already figured out the shit i need to know. Like blocking out simple still lives in 3 tones, I never did that stuff. And stuff that simple is essentially the entirety of what we do in art.

I more over complicated things by thinking that artists obsess over little details and ornaments when really they're more concerned of big shapes and detail is just an arbitrary after thought that is catered to the image. 

I think I'll be well on my way when I have less to say here and just art to show, because that's what seems to happen when people figure it out. Jana Schirmer, said something like that, "I used to type lots of stuff here, but now..." something like that.