Cruel_Summer in the post "Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves!"
2014-11-13 09:21
Hi! I just discovered this thread and I'm really excited to get started on the exercises. Hopefully I can catch up!
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I'm 21 and I've been drawing since I was old enough to hold a pencil. My parents encouraged my drawing from a very young age and it has been a huge part of my life ever since. Crudely drawn stick people turned to tracing my favorite Pokemon characters and then a fascination with anime followed around 13, which thankfully was only a short phase. I now primarily draw graphite portraits, a bit of digital, and occasionally paint and sculpt too.
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I'm mostly self-taught. Unfortunately the only art classes I've taken were in high school, which were, for the most part, a joke. Very few students in said classes were serious about learning and only took it for an easy credit. Now I pretty much just draw from references, but I'm hoping to get out of my comfort zone and build those creative muscles as I don't have the imagination I did as a child.
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It is very important to me to make art my career. Specifically I want to be a tattoo artist, specializing in photo realism. I've looked into apprenticeships but I feel I need to build my skills (anatomy and perspective are some of the things I struggle with, having no real education in the fundamentals) before I'm confident enough to "sell" myself to a willing teacher. I also don't have much of a portfolio.
and some drawings and paintings on skin
- I was browsing some art subs when I came across a post mentioning your sub.
Thank you so much, /u/uncomfortable, for sharing what you've learned! Your work is beautiful! I've been looking for lessons like this, and having an active community for feedback and critique is a wonderful bonus :)
Cruel_Summer in the post "Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves!"
2014-11-13 21:28
Wow, thank you :) it's definitely different but it's great fun when I can find someone willing to sit for me for an hour... or two or three.