Uncomfortable's Advice from /r/ArtFundamentals

Check out Bryan Lee's Sketchbook Kickstarter. More info in the comments

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1462648971/sketchbook-project

2015-04-21 00:03

Uncomfortable

Uncomfortable

2015-04-21 00:11

I don't usually go out and endorse others' projects, but I think this one would be of interest to some of you. I've been following Bryan Lee's ArtStation page for some time now, specifically drawn in by some of his beautiful anatomy studies.

Today I found out that he's trying to release a sketchbook. Based on what I've seen from the work he's posted online, I can't help but be excited by the notion. He does a fantastic job of capturing all the subtleties of form and energy in his subjects, and I'm eager to see more of it. I figured some of you might be interested in that as well.

johnnysurfacepickles

2015-04-21 09:30

man i really like Bryan's stuff. but he's such a pretentious jerk on his social media and his tumblr. It's very hard for me to separate the art from the artist.

Uncomfortable

2015-04-21 13:24

The impression you give of yourself through social media is critical to one's success - though personally I've only followed him on Art Station, so I don't know much about him as a person.

That said, looking at his deviantART page for all of thirty seconds, it looks like he's rather gracious about answering all of the questions he receives.

johnnysurfacepickles

2015-04-21 13:30

yeah, maybe it was just me, but on his tumblr he was very dismissive of questions, instead of answering he would be very sarcastic

seedatruthpen

2015-04-22 02:30

I didn't even know Bryan Lee had a tumblr. I think the creator of Scott Pilgrim(Bryan Lee O'malley) has one and he seems to have an odd beat sense of humor.

johnnysurfacepickles

2015-04-22 02:42

oh my, are we talking about a different bryan lee? oh geez

seedatruthpen

2015-04-22 02:43

I do agree with you though, the tumblr questions he did around June were really abrupt and uninformative.

DaymanMaster0fKarate

2015-04-21 18:35

Damn that's inspiring, but also makes me think of how much time he must have put in and how little I really know

Uncomfortable

2015-04-21 18:46

Yeah, it hit me in much the same way. Not much you can do about it though, aside from continually pushing yourself to close those gaps.