I wrote a mental memo on your quote: "-artists, are charged with the overwhelming responsibility to record the time in which we live. We have the technology to record the way that things look, sound, etc. But nothing, and I mean nothing, can convey human emotion -".
I don't think it had never been described so well. it's very, very true.
Thank you for putting one more mark on the Illustration career path for me. I think every week I have a new love; either comics, illustration, or concept art. I'm finding that my main reason for making art is for communicating my ideas, trying to bind all of them, no matter how non-visual into visual form. I often want to go back to school to help myself push past the walls that I hit when I try to bring a sketch to a finished illustration. I would like to try and find the ability to push past those walls myself, but it's proving a little difficult. I usually work on a drawing or painting for just one sitting.
Do you have any advice when it comes to producing an illustration from concept to completion? I find it happening all the time where I'll sketch and sketch ideas and some I really like, but then when it comes to producing them into finished works I lose steam and move on to some other idea. In school, assignments helped give me the motivation to see projects to completion, but now that I'm working I find that I don't have that same motivation.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge online and guiding folks like myself.
Great post Sterling. Thanks for the kind words on my work. I would have loved to be able to meet you when I was down at the Academy. Maybe sometime we can figure out a way to get together in Virginia or down here. All my best to you, your wife, and new baby.
A career in the world of art is an immense undertaking that requires an individual to find a balance between who they are and what they want; Art and commerce. I hope to be able to share advice from my experience with those of you who are seeking information that can not be found in your schools and books. I hope to learn an immense amount in the process.
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I wrote a mental memo on your quote: "-artists, are charged with the overwhelming responsibility to record the time in which we live. We have the technology to record the way that things look, sound, etc. But nothing, and I mean nothing, can convey human emotion -".
I don't think it had never been described so well. it's very, very true.
Mariko
Hi Sterling,
Thank you for putting one more mark on the Illustration career path for me. I think every week I have a new love; either comics, illustration, or concept art. I'm finding that my main reason for making art is for communicating my ideas, trying to bind all of them, no matter how non-visual into visual form. I often want to go back to school to help myself push past the walls that I hit when I try to bring a sketch to a finished illustration. I would like to try and find the ability to push past those walls myself, but it's proving a little difficult. I usually work on a drawing or painting for just one sitting.
Do you have any advice when it comes to producing an illustration from concept to completion? I find it happening all the time where I'll sketch and sketch ideas and some I really like, but then when it comes to producing them into finished works I lose steam and move on to some other idea. In school, assignments helped give me the motivation to see projects to completion, but now that I'm working I find that I don't have that same motivation.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge online and guiding folks like myself.
-Mike
::poke!::
~Michelle deMars
http://www.white-gazelle.com
Great post Sterling. Thanks for the kind words on my work. I would have loved to be able to meet you when I was down at the Academy. Maybe sometime we can figure out a way to get together in Virginia or down here. All my best to you, your wife, and new baby.
Lune, Mike, Michelle, and Bill-
thank you all for posting. I've replied to your comments on the Illustration Academy website. Thank you for your continued support.
best regards,
Sterling
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