@sophie-lawson Oooh, that Sketching from Imagination book looks like a really good resource! Might have to pick that up myself, thanks for sharing!

thanks again for the support guys ^__^

@susan-marks said in New Challenge:

@rough
Welcome David. I’m even older and looking to level up my skills and enjoyment, although I do not aim to make this support me.

Have you listened to Jake Parker’s outline of what to do in the first year? I believed it’s in episode 2 of the 3 point perspective podcast. It is specific and daunting and inspiring. I’ve mapped out my plan for November 2018-2019. I’m steadily working away. I would love it if you or any others would I’d like to co-commit to a 2019 plan.

Susan

thanks Susan, Yes I already listen all the podcast wich I'm a big fan of, and right know I have a 3 year plan but divided in sub goals of 1 year each starting and finish during my birthday (no way I will not remember the deadline ^___^) of course this first year will be the "easyest" I will be focusing on removing the rust on my drawing skill, getting back to the basics and starting get out my comfort zone...

I will love to see your plan in progress too!

have a great day everyone!
Davide

@chip-valecek Thanks--and I'll let you know if I get the "reputation" message again. I saw it a couple of times initially while trying to post too quickly-but I haven't seen it in a while.
I appreciate that we all don't want spammers!
And I also appreciate that the culture seems not to create lots of "that's great" messages-instead favoring thoughtful "that's great because....", and uses the upvotes (caret) to imply "agree/great".

Welcome! I have friends in Croatia. We have visited a few times. It is beautiful country.

@dlarmantrout welcome! I'm relatively new here as well-and like you have a full time job I enjoy but want to get better at drawing (which I also enjoy). I've watched Inking (1.0), Fundamentals, and am watching sculpting a model (my sense of "gesture" can only get better). Do you listen to the podcasts? They are awesome. They sent me to listen to Neil Gaiman's commencement address (on Youtube)-which has me thinking a lot about what is "my mountain." And Jake's outline in Episode 2 of what to do in the year before to get ready to go to art school (at a university or online)--it's given me a lot of very practical suggestions. I'm collecting images and identifying artists that would be in my ideal portfolio. Then I plan to consider Lee's ideas about studying them to identify WHAT I like, and using that as a guidepost to my next practice. Welcome to the fun!
Susan

Hi guys, just want to share my YouTube channel called "Drawn Out":

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcKKY_Te-8QuAgdbrvGzJhA

It's a travel and illustration channel. I live in S.Korea and I recently visited Japan (Kyoto and Nara) so I recorded a couple episodes so far. I'm looking forward to see how they gradually improve and how my artwork as well may improve. If you like traveling as well, then please share and subscribe!

Thanks a lot. Hope you guys enjoy them.^^

Brandon Inman
brandoninman.com

These are the best people. You have come to the right place. Welcome!

@james_boyle Hi and welcome to the forums! Can't wait to see what you make

Thank you all for the lovely messages! I'm really going to like it here, I think!

@Sas I am! Thank U!
@aska Thanks! 🙂

@demotlj That's also a good question 🙂 I'd say that maybe some knowledge I have about visual perception does help me understand why we so much tend to draw what we know of the object instead of what we see. It is sort of a general principle of how the brain works. But well, one thing is theory, the other is practice. Other than that, I did a few simple illustrations that were focused on brain and mindfulness.

@burvantill I feel so much respect for people who take their hobby and turning it into their job. Was it hard to quit your daytime job?

@heidigfx oh this is excellent advise. Thank you so much for sharing. do you have any FB related groups that you recommend? I was in a couple but they either seemed too big to be any help or they were super inactive and eventually died.

@poppyk I was asking about the links myself! Thanks!

@nyrrylcadiz Hey! Thank you very much for your support and advice! It means a lot ☺️ X

Welcome! I'm lookin' forward to seeing your art at some point 🙂

@marsha-kay-ottum-owen You live in a fifth wheel! Too cool! I just recently moved into a vintage camper/tiny house. I'm using it as a home and an art studio

Hello everyone! I’ve been wandering around trying to figure out what I want to do with myself, and all things keep pointing back to illustration. The curriculum set up is new to me, and is a great addition. The new podcast is so good! Thanks for that

@carriecopa Thank you Carrie! I appreciate the support 🙂