2013 resolution recap - 2D art Improvement
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For 2013 I made a new years resolution to improve my 2D art. I've always felt like 2D art was a weakness and really worked hard to improve. Here is some of that progress. Keep in mind this is about 1/10th of the art I made, and some of it is really painful to post. But I'm happy with the improvement and feel more confident to keep on going.
Here are some pieces for 2012, to show where I started.
Painted as a concept piece in May of 2012 for a 3D character.
Painted in Nov of 2012 as a Birthday Card.
And this was done just before Christmas of 2012.
That's a good representation of where I was starting from. Super terrible looking back..... Ugh!!
The first thing I started working on was linework and drawing in general.
This was my first drawing of 2013. Not a whole lot better, maybe some slightly better lines.
I did dozens and dozens of these, here are a few more.
After many many many of these simple linework drawings I started working on my painting. These were very terrible (Bad enough I dare not post), but this is the first one where things felt like they started to click.
Here is one that I'm still working on, Based off the Fight King from adventure Time.
And the Final one of 2013. Uncle Grandpa.
It was a super rough process, but I feel that I've improved quiet a bit over the year and will keep on practicing. And even though I've always been a 3D artist first and foremost, I already feel how improving my 2D skills has helped with my 3D art.
Here are some pieces for 2012, to show where I started.
Painted as a concept piece in May of 2012 for a 3D character.
Painted in Nov of 2012 as a Birthday Card.
And this was done just before Christmas of 2012.
That's a good representation of where I was starting from. Super terrible looking back..... Ugh!!
The first thing I started working on was linework and drawing in general.
This was my first drawing of 2013. Not a whole lot better, maybe some slightly better lines.
I did dozens and dozens of these, here are a few more.
After many many many of these simple linework drawings I started working on my painting. These were very terrible (Bad enough I dare not post), but this is the first one where things felt like they started to click.
Here is one that I'm still working on, Based off the Fight King from adventure Time.
And the Final one of 2013. Uncle Grandpa.
It was a super rough process, but I feel that I've improved quiet a bit over the year and will keep on practicing. And even though I've always been a 3D artist first and foremost, I already feel how improving my 2D skills has helped with my 3D art.
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I was thinking to improve my 2D art too this year. Do you have any suggestions and/or tutorials to look at?
Keep up the good work !
Been working on mostly 3d stuff, but here something I worked on over the weekend so I don't forget what I've learned about 2d.
Here is Dapper Frankenstein.
Gave an environment a try, felt good man! Though I feel that I should have added more color variation on the foreground vegetation, something to work on.
And I want to mostly keep this thread finished paintings, but this is my first sketch with markers. I never took any art classes so my traditional art has been limited to pencils and crayons, haha. Always wanted to give these a try, and I love em! Done a sketch a night with these for the past week.
I'd love to get some feedback on any common mistakes I'm making and areas where I can improve. Starting to feel like my progress is slowing a bit. Still working on one painting a week, so the next one is almost done.
Thanks all!
What exactly are you looking to achieve? At the moment your work is pretty consistent, though it all feels a bit flat and cartoony. I notice your profile says you work at Cartoon Network, so that may be what you're going for. The thing with that sort of work, for me, has always been that while it's entertaining as an idea ("Oh that's Uncle Grandpa!", "Cool, a dapper Frankenstein's monster!"), it's not usually very captivating on its own as an image and wouldn't hold my attention if not for the easily recognizable subject matter.
Are you looking to do more complex images? More realistic stuff? Render the crap out of things?
Without that knowledge, I think some extra work on light/shadow (and resulting volume) may be of some benefit. Color variation as you noted on at least one image may also help make things more appealing.
I really enjoy doing cartoony work, but I know it can be better for sure. Thanks for the feedback! I think focusing on depth, lighting, and final rendering would be a good direction towards something to work on.
Painted up the viking sketch posted earlier.
Didn't have much time this week, I've been doing a lot more sketchbook drawing to get better at the fundamentals. But I still did a concept image for a 3d asset in a scene that I'm working on.
that does not apply to that lastest piece tho, that is one badass tree trunk! everything super well done! keep going!
I've also been working on a 3d scene I started last weekend.