Hey guys. I realized I'm uncultured. Do you guys happen to know where I can learn the PICTORIAL (important) history of classical and modern (as in post impressionist, not contemporary, don't sperg out) art? I've tried some books on art history, but they seemed to be more about history rather than art. I'd like something more in the vein of "here's how a new movement in art came to be and here's a dozen BIG ASS PICTURES representing the period" or something like that.
And general tips for learning more about art history the way an ARTIST would care about?
Hi /ic/, I am a 3D artist and I'm not really good with 2D stuff. I have some knowledge in anatomy, I understand how perspective works, but when I have to put it on paper, I can't manage to do something good. Of course, this is a question of practice and experience. Then, again, 2D is not my field. Now that I'm doing 3D since a few years, I'm well aware of the fact that if I really want to take 3D on an other level, I need some solid foundations in 2D (especially for texturing and sculpting). Working in the 2D field is not my objective. I just want to be able to do good and accurate sketches, some recherche of environnement and being better at texturing. My questions is : - where do I start? It is better to study perspective before anatomy? Color, lightning, composition .. I don't know if I need this. - do you have some recommendation about tutorial, books? (that I can get free)
I'm bad at working on my own if I don't have a specific program (exercises, tutorials, objectifs ...). That's why I prefer tutorial, but when it's come to 2D, I don't know if a tutorial is good or not (for exemple, in 3D, I can easy tell because of my experience). Or course, this is a matter of months/years. I don't except result immedialty.
If I could go back in time, I would have done a 2D school before going to 3D. But too late, I have to work on my own now. I heard about CGMA which seams a good school, but I can't afford it, unfortunatly (though, it would be perfect...). I also heard of art camp by noah bradley (that can be find on the internet).
So, I don't know where to go, how to stard. If you can help me or give me advices /ic/, thank you.
What should I focus on if I want to apply for CalArts? How many years of practice would it take to be good enough to apply? Will I learn cartooning there or should I know at least the basics before applying?
I really need to beef up my photoshop painting skills.
In the past i've mostly drawn sketchy pencil illustrations, and used a bit of watercolour. All on paper. I rarely used PS except for small adjustments on scanned drawings. But I never really branched into painting. And I don't even mean the elaborate, super-rendered digital paintings. I'm interested in a more illustrative look.
Anyone got tips on how to self-teach? I'm probably going to spend some time messing around with all the brushes, to get a feel for what they do, then try to copy digital artwork I like, to see if I can replicate the techniques.
But obviously some tutorials would help.
And I like Kyle Webster's brushes so far. Is there anything better out there in terms of Photoshop brush add-ons?
Does anyone know anything about digital pens. im looking to draw digitally for the first time. I was hoping one of you could tell me what should i look for. Like do some digital pens lag, does size matter, are there black and white and colored ones, will i need a tablet or something.
I wanna use it with my computer. I'm hoping to get some objective answers about what criteria i should use to get one rather than just "well i use..." but if you know your pen is the shit and is affordable please let me know
Ay, d/ic/ks, what are some good YouTube artist you guys follow? Preferably some that show a lot of their work, timelapse vds etc. Tutorials are fine too.
