I've been getting very... upset lately I could say. Mostly with the quality of work. It might look alright. You might say it's fine, and maybe it is, but from my knowledge it's not. Most of my art is completely copied, not down to the exact, but poses and colouring styles, I even sometimes steal colours from a piece of work, even going as far as taking their palette. Of course, my art that are intented to be of someone's style don't bother me much, it's when I go all the way back to basics, no reference, just what I know, is when I realize I know nothing. I've been an artist for what? 10 years now? Since then, really trying to improve, then I see all those 15 year olds who are animating like professionals and painting like seasoned concept artists. I'm not being pissy about just one guy, there really are many, hundreds if not thousands like this.
I can open up a sketch book and try to draw a few figures, designs, people or even some landscapes and I can't, I have no knowledge or skill that would benefit quality design.
I try to study, but after filling 5 or 6 sketch books with no improvement, what's the point? I can't even bring myself to draw more than one figure on a page before I just completely lose all will to ever draw again.
My future as an artist and animator is more than at stake. I think it's already dead.
I just do STUFF!
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Some kind of rant
Posted by Mushromeo - July 2nd, 2014
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Here's a quote that might help you...
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
While it is a basketball quote, the concept applies to everything. You can't judge the success of something if you don't even make it.
As well in regards to other artists being more talented, I offer another quote...
"There will always be someone better than you, but no one is better at being you."
Sure there are people that are better, but they won't make the drawings that you do or have your style.
We all kick ourselves as artists, but at the end of the day we realize that if we don't keep trying that neither our art or positive attitudes will improve.
I offer a challenge, you claim to not know the basics, so here is an opportunity to improve.
Try drawing any character doing a 360 degree turn. This will force you to draw anatomy of every single angle, and will help you visualize these angles when animating and drawing.
Don't beat yourself up buddy. :)
dont worry dude, i have studied drawing for one year and well drawed all my life, and when i look back on to what i lhave learned i feel exactly the same, but look at the results, not at the knowlage, with art everything becomes kinda automatic, you have drawed something so much you do it over and over again without even thinking of the logic behinde it almost, but that dosent mean you havent learned i think its more of a problem artist that dint studied art traditionally (in art schools or wathever) have.
(sorry for bad english, also i just noticed after writting all that this is a kinda old post) :V
TheUnseriousguy
just keep doing what your doing, thats how you improve, i think using other peoples palettes is actually good practice, you can learn how they use colours. and watching tutorials as well as copying other peoples poses even to the point of tracing them is also good for learning. thats what i think anyway