Looking for a specific art-related diagram posted in a thread recently

pior

Hello all,

Over the last few days I have been trying to locate a picture that someone posted here on PC. I am pretty positive it was in GD, and thought it was in one of the recent "motivational" threads - either a thread about a TEDx talk, or that one thread about someone not getting replies. However after scouting the recent pages of GD posts I have been unable to locate it.

The picture was a diagram with two vertical arrows, one pointing up and the other pointing down. It showed the relationship between idea and execution : the left side of the diagram illustrated the desirable flow from ideation, to technical execution ; the other side of the diagram was showing the other way around. It was basically a way of saying that poking at random doesn't get one anywhere.

I found it to be very nicely worded and concise and wanted to share it with a few friends. However I did not bookmark it, and now I am not unable to track it back.

Anyone knows what I am talking about ?

Thank you all in advance

meshiah

was it this one?

pior

You, Sir, deserve two virtual cookies.

Thank you so much ! That was fast haha Which thread was that from ?

meshiah

i think it was the "why i dont get replies" thread, i just had my gallery folder open when i saw the post and the image was in front of me. i don't remember who the poster was, but he is credit to team. thanks phantom poster!!!

Isaiah Sherman

That's actually a good little image. I grew up doing the "No" :S.... focused entirely on technique and how to render something, but didn't focus enough on basics.

pior

Yeah I think it is very elegantly put. I've had it open for 2 days on my screen now and it helped my avoid unnecessary doodling sessions doing always the same thing over and over again

MagicSugar

Not to argue or say Stephen Silver is wrong (cuz I respect him as an artist) but just to discuss the advice of that graphic.

Isn't the second column what guys like sparth. vyle and rest of the Steambot studios guys do? (Yeah, I know vyle and/or sparth are officially out of that group.) Abstracton with custom brushes and vector shapes to arrive at an idea.

It's the same thinking when starting your iteration process with random silhouettes.

First column might make sense if the brief is specific to start with: disney princess, for example. Second makes sense when the brief could be...race of aliens or armor set.