Introducing me and my first steps
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Hi rocky, welcome. I think you’ve found yourself in a great community with awesome classes. These classes have absolutely helped me grow in my illustrations. Take the character design classes, and commit do doing all of the assignments. Post them here for feedback. Draw everything you possibly can. Nothing comes overnight, so just keep drawing. Soon you’ll see a huge difference from your first post.
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@Rocky Welcome! I'm new around here as well, but so far I have found the courses to be insanely helpful. Just keep going. You can do it!
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@Rocky Welcome to SVS! I think you're definitely moving in the right direction, because you're here
like @AlliFaith said, the classes are really well done.I've learned a lot of new things while also being reminded of things I learned when I was young that I needed to hear again. Can't wait to see more of your work!
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@Rocky Welcome Rocky I am also a relative newcomer. Yes, You are in the right place to grow and grow and grow! There is so much talent and goodwill around and great classes to learn from. I am on level two of the foundations and the first 8 courses have taught me so much as well as the demos and lectures. I think you just have to pace yourself as there is so much to work with and I second @AngelinaKizz advice work through all the exercises no matter how hard they appear, as they will yield a lot, especially in the areas that you struggle with.
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Hi Rocky, welcome to this palace of learned art folk.
Look forward to seeing what you produce here; you're going to find a lot of good help I think.I'm just throwing this out here because I always do, especially with anyone getting started in their artistic journey, it's the kind of advice I wish I had taken to heart way way back when I was getting started. If you ever want a practice that will open many, many doors artistically and creatively while improving your skills and imagination it would be to draw from life. I can't begin to express how much growth can happen through this simple practice no matter the field of art you're looking to get into, such as character design. It's a habit worth developing for any artist.
That's just my 2 cents, which I throw out a lot Haha
but it's one of those things that changed me so much as an artist I can't help but throw it out every chance I get.Cheers!
Draw, Draw, Draw, Draw and Draw Some More!
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@Blitz55 Good advice Blitz, though I find this painful!
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@PenAndrew Haha I hope not to painful
but thanks PenAndrew.Draw, Draw, Draw, Draw and Draw Some More!
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@Blitz55 Yes, I am semi-joking. But the truth is that I have struggled so much with connecting to drawing the outside world. Now I see that it is more important to do so, so that's why I really agree, and the SVS team have taught me it is ok to use reference materials to learn from too, something I strayed away from. I guess I tried to do everything from my own imagination which is rewarding but also harder.
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@PenAndrew Yeah, I feel you on that man. I think it's extremely common to get stuck on this idea that everything should be coming from your imagination, I used to feel the exact same way. I think what I get now more than I ever did way back when I was like that, was that it's really a marriage of both ways of drawing that gave me the outcomes I was looking for for so long. That the drawing straight from imagination was a great thing to strive for, but without the practice of drawing from life I was stunting my ability to draw from imagination in the way that I desired to do, and the way I assumed my art heroes were doing.
Draw, Draw, Draw, Draw and Draw Some More!
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@Blitz55 Yes- I get that exactly now and that's one of the reasons I have been able to start making progress this year. Have you seen DC comic artist David Finch's videos? They are great demonstrations of how to draw the figure and body parts, he is very generous on sharing his techniques.
