03-21-2015, 04:35 PM
Jeso: Would you believe if I tell you I started that tutorial over a whole year ago and gave up half way? If I didn't think it might be useful for one job application I'd have never finished it. Assign 2 lesson per day, calculate how many days it'll take you to finish, then mark that day on your calendar as your deadline. It's a good feeling to finish what you started, even if that job never got back to me, lol!
Adam: I bought 3 animal anatomy/creature book, downloaded 2 more. Used none of them because I feel like they're not going anywhere anyway. A good animal anatomy book to start with is one you borrowed and not owned, if you're like me. I'm using a library copy of Ken Hultgren's The Art of Animal Drawing right now, copying the drawings for its gestures and storytelling feels.
Stardust: One at a time buddy. The more you diversity, the less you'll retain because you keep jumping from one thing to the next to the next and next. If you don't give a subject long enough time to sink in, it'll get blown off by the wind while you move on to the next one. Whichever book you're studying right now, do it for a spell of time (like a week or something) before getting on with another book.
Like Wil Smith said, focus on laying down each brick in your hand well. In no time, you'll have a wall that seemed like it would've taken forever.
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C'mon, Self, get up, and keep moving. Failure, loneliness, and pain are either illustionary or temporary. I don't care how old you are, you will die making art, even if it's next week. So get up.
Adam: I bought 3 animal anatomy/creature book, downloaded 2 more. Used none of them because I feel like they're not going anywhere anyway. A good animal anatomy book to start with is one you borrowed and not owned, if you're like me. I'm using a library copy of Ken Hultgren's The Art of Animal Drawing right now, copying the drawings for its gestures and storytelling feels.
Stardust: One at a time buddy. The more you diversity, the less you'll retain because you keep jumping from one thing to the next to the next and next. If you don't give a subject long enough time to sink in, it'll get blown off by the wind while you move on to the next one. Whichever book you're studying right now, do it for a spell of time (like a week or something) before getting on with another book.
Like Wil Smith said, focus on laying down each brick in your hand well. In no time, you'll have a wall that seemed like it would've taken forever.
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C'mon, Self, get up, and keep moving. Failure, loneliness, and pain are either illustionary or temporary. I don't care how old you are, you will die making art, even if it's next week. So get up.