5:58 PM, Tuesday May 14th 2024
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Culhwch
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culhwch's Sketchbook
3:29 AM, Friday May 10th 2024
Here's a link to a new page of arrows and contour ellipses, as requested.
9:39 PM, Monday April 22nd 2024
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11:02 PM, Saturday April 13th 2024
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1:43 AM, Thursday February 15th 2024
I'm still an art amateur, so don't take anything I say too seriously (yet!), but I think I'm just starting to get over this hurdle myself. I have a habit of looking at my mediocre imaginative drawings and thinking that they're so crummy that they must be definitive proof that I can't get as good as I want. But according to other artists, that's backwards -- only by churning out the crummy stuff can I eventually get as good as I want to! And the same goes for you. Don't look at the things you draw for fun now and divine your future out of them. Just draw and trust in the process. You'll find you can get a very different feeling of satisfaction than just grinding out endless lessons.
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The Art of Brom
Here we're getting into the subjective - Gerald Brom is one of my favourite artists (and a pretty fantastic novelist!). That said, if I recommended art books just for the beautiful images contained therein, my list of recommendations would be miles long.
The reason this book is close to my heart is because of its introduction, where Brom goes explains in detail just how he went from being an army brat to one of the most highly respected dark fantasy artists in the world today. I believe that one's work is flavoured by their life's experiences, and discovering the roots from which other artists hail can help give one perspective on their own beginnings, and perhaps their eventual destination as well.