Line art or realism?

[Bouke285]

I am a senior in high school and am interested in becoming a game environment artist. I plan to graduate and train myself for a few years as long as it takes me to become ready. I am currently working on my traditional art drawing and painting. From here I will move on to digital painting/concept art and then to the modeling, texturing, and lighting process. I a person who is learning to observe light and shapes more and more. I am not a great drawer yet, but I am learning to see what is really there, I have started drawing every day from when I get home from school until I sleep. Currently I am focusing on setting up stills and trying my best at realism focusing on the light and shape not so much the textures. Should I keep doing this type of drawing first, or should I start practicing line drawing getting the most detail into the idea I have in my head with as little tone as possible? To make it clear currently I am working to perfect the technical aspect of drawing and develop a style, I will then move on to painting.

-Baruch

[Mr_S_14]

Keep doing what your doing
Also this may interest You, conceptart101 http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=81332
and this it's an old dead thread, however it has some good stuff Environmentoring
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=140
and if you're interested this is a weekly community actiivity that you can participate in if you want to.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=82
There's alot of great information on concept art dot org and you may also start a sketchbook if you want where other Concept arters will generally give some constructive crits and tips ^_^
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=41

~Sean