Everyday I wake up to do a little more, to learn a little bit, to get better. At first I did so with no real idea on what I wanted to achieve, I just made drawing for drawings, because after many years of just web design I lost my IGHS, or Image Generator Head Squirrel. This year I've had moments of good rhythm but still I'm not quite there yet. The good thing is, I do know what I want to focus on, instead of just drawing for the sake of doing it I know I want to develop as a visual storyteller and Concept Artist. I know I'm far from being at a good level to be hired but at least knowing where I wan't to go is a good foundation. Problem is, while I train myself at doing so I'm not really making any money as my work still lacks a lot of polishing, and because I again accepted a web design freelance job. I'm a bit turned down because of it, but I guess there is nothing else to do at the moment.
I attach some of the works I have uploaded to deviantart from 2012 and 2013. The focus is a bit different in each year but overall I think I developed a little bit over the year.
Selected works 2012
Selected works 2013
Most of my work is displayed at my blog called
Colorathis I put mostly sketches and works in progress, also some tutorials. The final idea is to put most of the process involved in the making of many pieces that ultimately will be uploaded here at Deviantart.
Daily agenda for the following year (if time permits)
- Pose reference sketching: 30 min ~ 1 hr -> 5m max drawings from reference of many subjects.
- Composition analysis: 20min -> 1min high contrast composition understanding from interesting pics.
- Color training: 30min -> 3m each, get as close as possible to the origin color overall values.
- Mirror sketches: No limit -> Character, vehicle, etc desing in a mirror mode painting environment.
- Freemode: variable -> take on mirrr design and make it work in a comp/story
- Perspective: variable -> Use the developed design, character and place it in perspective (2,3,4 vp)
Scripts:
artscript Small GUI wrapper written in Tk for converting and adjusting images from diverse formats in Linux. Supports kra, ora, svg, xcf, psd and imagemagick formats.