I'm 24, and I've... basically never drawn before. That's a little bit of a major lie, though. I'll explain that in...
I'm a senior at university, in a design major. I've taken low level (100s) art classes, but I never clicked and basically have no real skill. Honestly, I'm more of a designer than an artist, and I truly just blew off drawing. My teachers were grad students who were great artists, but poor teachers. This, coupled with my lack of desire and effort basically means that I, for all intents and purposes, didn't learn much / get any skill from them. Sad, but true.
I don't want to do art per se professionally, but in the design field, it's embarrassing to me that I can't just sketch out quick ideas. I should be better at ideating on paper than I am. I don't intend to be an amazing artist, but it's important to me that I get competent, at least. Digital painting, etc, isn't my thing. I'd be more in the wireframe / sketching logos / sketching and exploring product design concepts, etc. I just want to visually explore my thoughts, on physical paper.
I do! Here's my portfolio. In regards to #2, I don't have any saved drawings at hand, but they're essentially skill-free.
I think I saw a link from /r/learnart
I'm currently working my way through L1. I'm trying not to speed through it, because I'm definitely aware this is more of a "The goal is to spend the time, not just bang it out and be done with it." I definitely know that the 'learning' comes from the time spent, not you marking me complete after I just rushed through it and barely put in effort.
Really, thanks much for all the time you're putting in.
ShinyTile in the post "Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves!"
2015-02-22 11:40
Hey!
I'm 24, and I've... basically never drawn before. That's a little bit of a major lie, though. I'll explain that in...
I'm a senior at university, in a design major. I've taken low level (100s) art classes, but I never clicked and basically have no real skill. Honestly, I'm more of a designer than an artist, and I truly just blew off drawing. My teachers were grad students who were great artists, but poor teachers. This, coupled with my lack of desire and effort basically means that I, for all intents and purposes, didn't learn much / get any skill from them. Sad, but true.
I don't want to do art per se professionally, but in the design field, it's embarrassing to me that I can't just sketch out quick ideas. I should be better at ideating on paper than I am. I don't intend to be an amazing artist, but it's important to me that I get competent, at least. Digital painting, etc, isn't my thing. I'd be more in the wireframe / sketching logos / sketching and exploring product design concepts, etc. I just want to visually explore my thoughts, on physical paper.
I do! Here's my portfolio. In regards to #2, I don't have any saved drawings at hand, but they're essentially skill-free.
I think I saw a link from /r/learnart
I'm currently working my way through L1. I'm trying not to speed through it, because I'm definitely aware this is more of a "The goal is to spend the time, not just bang it out and be done with it." I definitely know that the 'learning' comes from the time spent, not you marking me complete after I just rushed through it and barely put in effort.
Really, thanks much for all the time you're putting in.