Skills I should brush up on in preparation for future freelance/commission work?

[Lynn Larson]

@Ace-Connell Maybe because the lead artist was barefoot that day Maybe It was supposed to be a shoe lol

[Ace Connell]

@Lynn-Larson Haha... I like your style!

Ace

[Lynn Larson]

@Ace-Connell lol...thanks! run on 4 hours of sleep and it can be yours too!

[Ace Connell]

@Lynn-Larson My daughter was throwing up all last night, so I'm right there with ya! Haha

Ace

[Lynn Larson]

@Ace-Connell Eek! hope she's doing better! now that we have completely hijacked the thread lol

[Ace Connell]

@Lynn-Larson She's asleep next to me. I think she's fine now, bless her

Oh, yeah... we totally have. Err... work on perspective. Perspective is important haha.

Ace

[Ragtag Graphite]

@Lee-White

Thanks for your informative advice, I would like to get into scientific illustration but I know it will take time and a lot of study. What I mean though was what should an artist have under their belt in general? For example, I usually get asked to draw logos,tattoos,etc. But, because of my lack of skill, the time it will take for me to complete a project is pretty long due to research,preliminaries,school,work. So, I wanted to focus my free time on brushing up on general skills so I can dish out good artwork in a reasonable amount of time.

[Ragtag Graphite]

@Lee-White

Also, I always thought portraiture was apart of fine art category, it looks like a pretty cool gig.

[Naroth Kean]

I totally agree, I have never done sketches just for sake of sketching. I always ask myself why I have to do this sketch, and what am I trying to get out of it? Lately I have been doing some traditional watercolor sketches to help me with better color decision making and maybe I can improve my digital watercolor from doing traditional.

[Lynn Larson]

@Naroth-Kean that is an excellent plan! if your digital watercolor is so amazing already!