Just want to double check. Things like the Plant and insect drawings are not intended to be a part of warmups? Pretty sure the answer is no since that part of the homework isn't really labeled as an exercise but I want to make sure on the of chance that I've been missing out on something crucial.
They are technically exercises, in that all of the drawings we do in this course are - those being specifically constructional drawing exercises that force us to think about how we can combine simple forms, how they relate to one another in space, etc. to create more complex results. That said, you do not need to include them in your warmups, though it would be wise to set aside time to practice them now and then.
Alright, I think ill try doing at least one 30 min sitting of them a week after I do the regular warm ups. Glad I asked. Thanks.
I don't think so. You can instead do exercises that isolate different parts of them. Why bother with the whole plant, when you can only bother with leaves or stems? The whole insect takes so much time, why not practice drawing tasty sasuages? Time's important and that approach should be enough.
While I have a massive library of non-instructional art books I've collected over the years, there's only a handful that are actually important to me. This is one of them - so much so that I jammed my copy into my overstuffed backpack when flying back from my parents' house just so I could have it at my apartment. My back's been sore for a week.
The reason I hold this book in such high esteem is because of how it puts the relatively new field of game art into perspective, showing how concept art really just started off as crude sketches intended to communicate ideas to storytellers, designers and 3D modelers. How all of this focus on beautiful illustrations is really secondary to the core of a concept artist's job. A real eye-opener.
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