Alpha Moth
March 15th, 2009, 04:19 PM
Hi,
I didn't know where to post this, so I will just post it here. I moved to Germany just after I turned 18 (6 months ago), and I will be returning home to Australia in 6 months. During the time I've thought a lot about what I want to do, and what I would enjoy doing to earn a living. I'd like to get into the direction of concept art, 3d or animation.
I don't have a good computer to practice digital art (which interests me the most, not traditional art, I really love the environment works here) so I thought I can sharpen up my knowledge over 6 months before I get home. I can copy pretty much anything, but I have trouble creating my own stuff. I got a dvd from workshop, practical light and color theory to help me on color theory, it still hasn't all sunken in, e.g. grass isn't always green, still finding it hard to believe different. My biggest weaknesses at the moment is character design, understanding perspective (I understand the basics..but not when it gets complicated) and environments. I'd figure I'd try and improve all these areas before I go home. I also think it might be wise for me to further my education to try and land a job in this area, but I have no idea what course I should take. I've been looking at colleges etc in Sydney, Australia, I've looked at diploma of digital art and animation, but I do not know what would be the best thing for me to get into to try and get the best possible chance of getting into the industry for an area in game design, movie, animation, etc.. I'd also be willing to move to another country to get a job, but my education should be done in Australia, since I can get loans from the government for it.
I've been reading a lot of other threads made by other people, because I didn't want to bug people with a new thread, but I may as well.
-For character design, I'd figure I'd need to start learning more anatomy, but I am not sure what the best method is. I've seen advice saying "draw at least once a day, something from real life (is copying from a picture OK too?)" and keep working on that, is their any online resources that I can start learning the basic anatomy of animals (mostly things that will help in character design I guess) from?
-For environments, I understand that things in the foreground should be darker and things close should be more visible and more detailed, and when stuff gets further away it becomes more saturated in defused, like mountains in a distance or something, and I guess perspective comes into this too. What kind of stuff can I do to help me getting better in this area?
Last stupid question, since I can't use a computer, I'd need a good pencil, markers and sketchbook. What kind of thing should I look out to get (keep in mind I am poor!) e.g should I use a 2b, 3b pencil, whats some good markers (prismacolor i heard is good?) for just sketching, for me to learn anatomy and some basic environment concepts.
Thanks for any help, I really need it!
Greetz from Germany
I didn't know where to post this, so I will just post it here. I moved to Germany just after I turned 18 (6 months ago), and I will be returning home to Australia in 6 months. During the time I've thought a lot about what I want to do, and what I would enjoy doing to earn a living. I'd like to get into the direction of concept art, 3d or animation.
I don't have a good computer to practice digital art (which interests me the most, not traditional art, I really love the environment works here) so I thought I can sharpen up my knowledge over 6 months before I get home. I can copy pretty much anything, but I have trouble creating my own stuff. I got a dvd from workshop, practical light and color theory to help me on color theory, it still hasn't all sunken in, e.g. grass isn't always green, still finding it hard to believe different. My biggest weaknesses at the moment is character design, understanding perspective (I understand the basics..but not when it gets complicated) and environments. I'd figure I'd try and improve all these areas before I go home. I also think it might be wise for me to further my education to try and land a job in this area, but I have no idea what course I should take. I've been looking at colleges etc in Sydney, Australia, I've looked at diploma of digital art and animation, but I do not know what would be the best thing for me to get into to try and get the best possible chance of getting into the industry for an area in game design, movie, animation, etc.. I'd also be willing to move to another country to get a job, but my education should be done in Australia, since I can get loans from the government for it.
I've been reading a lot of other threads made by other people, because I didn't want to bug people with a new thread, but I may as well.
-For character design, I'd figure I'd need to start learning more anatomy, but I am not sure what the best method is. I've seen advice saying "draw at least once a day, something from real life (is copying from a picture OK too?)" and keep working on that, is their any online resources that I can start learning the basic anatomy of animals (mostly things that will help in character design I guess) from?
-For environments, I understand that things in the foreground should be darker and things close should be more visible and more detailed, and when stuff gets further away it becomes more saturated in defused, like mountains in a distance or something, and I guess perspective comes into this too. What kind of stuff can I do to help me getting better in this area?
Last stupid question, since I can't use a computer, I'd need a good pencil, markers and sketchbook. What kind of thing should I look out to get (keep in mind I am poor!) e.g should I use a 2b, 3b pencil, whats some good markers (prismacolor i heard is good?) for just sketching, for me to learn anatomy and some basic environment concepts.
Thanks for any help, I really need it!
Greetz from Germany