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 Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:58 pm
I'm a junior in highschool looking for something to do in college. My mom wants me to major in illustration and see if I can go anywhere making comic strips. I think that would be awesome to do. I would LOVE that. But I'm not sure if I have the talent. I'm sure I'll improve in the next year, but... you know what I mean? well judge for yourself on if I might be able to make it: http://cats-r-evil.deviantart.com/
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:23 pm
They are pretty good, but compared to other ones maybe not good enough, BUT if you're a junior in High School, that gives you plenty of time for practicing before you go into college, they may even be better if you take art-classes :3
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:44 pm
I suggest a few things as I take lots of art classes myself. One, take as many art classes as possible, specifically drawing ones. Two, use all of the space. You make a box so fill it. Three, Rulers are your friends. Four, Word bubbles and computer text allow for easier reading. And lastly change your charecters facial angles from time to time.
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:04 pm
You show a potential to become a better artist. What I suggest is to take drawing and design classes. Graphic design is a major itself so take it upon heart to create things with new ideas, temper with old ideas and make it better. Its all about being creative.
Also, don't be afraid to work with real life objects (drawing). You should practice upon objects, people, animals, etc. that is in front of you instead of in a picture. Studying animals will teach you to draw quick and loosely. It is all mostly observation.
And, if you want to get a degree of Graphic Design, Comic Art, and even Video Game Design, you should look towards MCAD. Minnesota College of Arts and Designs. Unfortunately for me, I decided to go for vet ^^ good luck for you!!
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Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:43 am
Im not sure what it takes to get into an art college, or art class in college, but I can say that your good, but can improve in areas of your art.
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:32 pm
You truly do have potential! I wanted to be a 'comic' artist too once ~
Some advice: just cause you want to draw comics doesn't mean that you shouldn't draw realism. And by this I mean actually going to a crowded place sitting down and doing observational drawing- cause no matter what area of art you go into you will be expected to spend at least 4-6 hours a week in a crowded classroom drawing nude models, so it's better to get a head start xd
also I don't think illustration/grapich design is the only way to become a comic artist - animation would probably get yu into the area too ~
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:07 pm
Vanna1994 Im not sure what it takes to get into an art college, or art class in college, but I can say that your good, but can improve in areas of your art. any tips on those areas?
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 6:19 pm
I'm currently an animation student in my senior year of college.
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My advice would be to take as many art classes in High School as possible, because once you reach college, you are paying a lot more for every class.
If possible, take classes outside of school, like at a Community College or something else open for everyone. My friend did that for several years, and she was way ahead of the pack in her art.
Practice Practice Practice. You won't get better without it, and it really will help. Be creative. Take criticism from others. Keep trying.
If you want graphic design, then more than likely you'll have to take art classes in college as well. If you want animation, it'll depend on where you go. I have never had to take a traditional art class for my major, only 3D animation classes.
I'm unsure of your area, but if you live in the Midwest area, I know Ohio University has majors in traditional art, graphic design, web design, photography, and animation.
((PM me if you have other questions. I tend to not check the forums like I should... >.> ))
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:21 am
Even though you probably don't come here anymore I have to say this. Illustrator and comic artist are 2 different career paths. One thing you need to understand is artist isn't a career path, but actually a title, one which lumps us all together. I have looked at you work and first thing you need to work on is how to define space in your composition, whether you take the path of a illustrator or a comic book artist, this is one of the most important things you need to understand. Second thing you need to learn is design. Everything has he same element and flow, which is graphic heroic/animal/child. Design is a mindset, not a technique, it must be obtained through studying the works of actual industry artist. This means stepping out of the realm of anime and manga because 99% of their work is graphic and extremely stylized.
Comic book artist, ok don't try to be a comic book artist, work to become a storyboard artist. Just trying to be a comic artist is limiting yourself to this one little section of the a career. You may ask whats the difference, the biggest difference is a storyboard is a leap in segments and contain these elements; beats, rhymes, shots, and two others I can't fully remember. Also story boarding for a movie, and animated is different. A comic book just has a leap in time. How its animated I am not quite sure, but if its the same as ani9me then it is mostly copy and paste.
Illustrator, this is my career path as a illustrator you are a visual developer. A visual developer creates the whole world for a series or story.Everything from the main character concepts, to the environment and prop concepts, creatures and so on. That's if you want to do industry work. we also work with almost every medium and not just sticking to one or photoshop. I am still in the process of learning other mmediums
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Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:09 pm
II j u n i a r t II You show a potential to become a better artist! I agree, true potential
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