Excited to Join! Beginner Seeking Concept Art Journey
Hi everyone!
I'm really excited to be joining this amazing community. I've recently started learning concept art, and I'm eager to improve and develop my skills. I wanted to share some of my work here and would love to hear your thoughts and feedback on how I can get better.
As a beginner, I’m open to any advice—whether it’s about fundamentals, design choices, or workflow improvements. I’m looking forward to learning from all of you and being part of the community!
I design everything in Gravity Sketch and use Blender and Affinity Photo. I am still very new to this and would love any advice or support I can get. I hope to regularly share my progress.
Thanks in advance for your time and feedback!
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Which image are you more happy with?
We have some good resources here for making concepts that really work: http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Concept_Fundamentals#Composition
I can also highly recommend this, as a way to think about visual hierarchy: http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Defining_the_Rift’s_Visual_Style
Hello Eric,
Thanks so much for getting back to me! I really appreciate the resources you shared—they’re super helpful. I personally prefer the wintery one, as I feel it’s clearer and communicates the idea better.
I’m still trying to wrap my head around the theory side of things—lighting, composition, and all that can be a bit overwhelming. I’ve picked up a few books to help, like Framed Ink, The Skillful Huntsman, and Color and Light. There’s a lot to take in, but I’m eager to grow and improve!
Right now, I design everything in Gravity Sketch VR, use Blender for thumbnailing, and finish the concept in Affinity Photo. It’s definitely a learning process, so I’m always looking for advice and ways to improve. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks again!
Then start applying those ideas to your own images. You can do this very quickly if you scale the image way down to thumbnail size so it's low resolution and therefore quick to paint over without getting lost in the details, and just do quick paintover iterations to learn what compositional tricks work with your specific subject matter.