DanJohnCox
November 29th, 2006, 05:13 PM
Hey folkals. I'm really a nobody here, i was at the last workshop is montreal which btw was fantastic. I'm coming down to this one aswell and i'm wondering about my portfolio.
Right now i'm out of school, i was in a 2d animation program at Seneca college in canada. and it was no longer what i wanted. i wanted to explore art and drawing more, not just cartoons and animation (which was what they were doing). and as such thats now what i'm doing and the main thing other then work is my brushing up heavily on my foundations. mainly through the excerscises in a great book "The Natural Way to Draw".
Quick explaination of the book: focused on observational studies, design, foundational work. the book is set up like a regular school curriculum with specific amounts of time suggested to be spent on certain things (ie, 3 hour drawing sessions typically, where you alternate the studies within specific amounts of time.)
Now i'm trying to follow the schedule pretty closely since i've got the time. but up untill now and likely till dec 15th the drawings arent ment to be "good" or even coherent often times. they're simply excerscises to learn with.
So the question is, do i pull away from this stuff to get a more up to date and full portfolio together or stick with what i'm doing and just show the mostly older pieces from my current portfolio.
i loved the portfolio review that i got last workshop and this is why i ask about this now. thanks guys, cant wait to see some of ya at the workshop! i'll be at the HI downtown hostel too by the way.
Right now i'm out of school, i was in a 2d animation program at Seneca college in canada. and it was no longer what i wanted. i wanted to explore art and drawing more, not just cartoons and animation (which was what they were doing). and as such thats now what i'm doing and the main thing other then work is my brushing up heavily on my foundations. mainly through the excerscises in a great book "The Natural Way to Draw".
Quick explaination of the book: focused on observational studies, design, foundational work. the book is set up like a regular school curriculum with specific amounts of time suggested to be spent on certain things (ie, 3 hour drawing sessions typically, where you alternate the studies within specific amounts of time.)
Now i'm trying to follow the schedule pretty closely since i've got the time. but up untill now and likely till dec 15th the drawings arent ment to be "good" or even coherent often times. they're simply excerscises to learn with.
So the question is, do i pull away from this stuff to get a more up to date and full portfolio together or stick with what i'm doing and just show the mostly older pieces from my current portfolio.
i loved the portfolio review that i got last workshop and this is why i ask about this now. thanks guys, cant wait to see some of ya at the workshop! i'll be at the HI downtown hostel too by the way.