02-05-2018, 06:56 AM
Some Oldies I've dug up and decided to finish up (There's actually more)
(don't bother criticizing the colors too much, all I did was try to add a temporary gradient map)
One of them has a Old version on the right and the newer WIP version on the Left (Cleaning up the shapes)
I've been mulling over some things.
I had given myself a goal of starting and finishing a more-detailed piece every weekl
But now I'm starting to develop a common, unhealthy habit of starting things and leaving them half-way
I get bored with a piece because I think that the base design isn't that strong and that now I'm wasting time rendering a meh-concept.
In the end, I have a back-log of unfinished stuff that keeps gnawing at me at the back of my head
-I need to develop a habit of FINISHING what I started!
Also with the re-sketches,
Yeah, I keep my brain moving by pumping out designs, but do they have substance? Do they have Story?...
As a concept artist, I'm supposed to work with a story, do research, make tons of thumbnails and work my way up to get the best-possible product based on a Idea.
If I'd get a client, he'd often give me rules, restrictions, story, and guide-lines for the concept that he desires;
But with the re-sketches....again, there's little substance, so why should anyone care?
So what I've decided is-
*Go back to my old stuff, give myself a deadline, buckle down, and finish it!
1-2 Pieces at a time, so that I keep things fresh, but don't spread myself too thin
*Once I get to the re-sketches again-
Give them a story, multiple design elements, restrictions, ect.
-Approach them as Products/ Simulate the process of doing a real, official,professional Concept art project!
(don't bother criticizing the colors too much, all I did was try to add a temporary gradient map)
One of them has a Old version on the right and the newer WIP version on the Left (Cleaning up the shapes)
I've been mulling over some things.
I had given myself a goal of starting and finishing a more-detailed piece every weekl
But now I'm starting to develop a common, unhealthy habit of starting things and leaving them half-way
I get bored with a piece because I think that the base design isn't that strong and that now I'm wasting time rendering a meh-concept.
In the end, I have a back-log of unfinished stuff that keeps gnawing at me at the back of my head
-I need to develop a habit of FINISHING what I started!
Also with the re-sketches,
Yeah, I keep my brain moving by pumping out designs, but do they have substance? Do they have Story?...
As a concept artist, I'm supposed to work with a story, do research, make tons of thumbnails and work my way up to get the best-possible product based on a Idea.
If I'd get a client, he'd often give me rules, restrictions, story, and guide-lines for the concept that he desires;
But with the re-sketches....again, there's little substance, so why should anyone care?
So what I've decided is-
*Go back to my old stuff, give myself a deadline, buckle down, and finish it!
1-2 Pieces at a time, so that I keep things fresh, but don't spread myself too thin
*Once I get to the re-sketches again-
Give them a story, multiple design elements, restrictions, ect.
-Approach them as Products/ Simulate the process of doing a real, official,professional Concept art project!