DWIV - You guys make me sick!

jeramy79

You guys make me sick! No, not really. I can't tell all of you how much I admire yall. I visit this site every day in hopes that one day I can create art like you guys do. Unfortunately I have no artistic abilities. Maybe one day, when the Navy lets me, I'll get to take some time out and start to learn 3DS or Maya well enough to enter DW some day. Will probably be DWXV though. LoL.

Thanks guys for your inspiration. Keep up the good work, and good luck to you all. I will definitely be rooting for all my fellow Polycounters.

coldkodiak

Cool, we have a cheerleader.

Reevs

jeramy79..
im like you, come join us (yes a noob is joining.... ME! im the noob :P )
so show me what you can do HAPPY Modeling!
and ther ar alot of people in her that i want to emulate

coldkodiak... well you have 2 , Me 2 haha Cheearing you all

seforin

remember that not all the 3d artwork starts off being awesome because the person is good at 3d....traditional skills go a long way in this career....and being on a boat in the navy im sure theres plenty of people to observational draw from each day.

Hope to when you learn 3d you artistic ability will be there to back it up

unifier

I'm new but I'd just like to offer everyone the best of luck for DWIV, there are some great artists here. I'll also be following along picking up tips from amateurs and pros alike and offering words of encouragement along the way

sir-knight

does the navy prevent you from holding a pencil to a sheet of paper? That's how all great artists start and end their lives. Everything else is gravy on top.

jeramy79

The navy does not prevent me from holding a pencil to a sheet of paper. Lack of drawing abilities do that, lol. I want to be able to, I just don't have the ability. I try to draw stuff, but for the life of me I just can't make it look like anything. I have plenty of images of things in my head that i'd like to be able to put on paper, but they just don't come out when i start to draw.

sir-knight

keep at it... chuck jones said there's around 10000 crappy drawings in an artist... you need to get those out of your system before you get to the good ones

Oh... and for some of us, including me, the number is probably closer to 50000.

Filbot

Pick up this book: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/New-Drawing-Right-Side-Brain/dp/0874774241/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237211743&sr=8-2"]Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain[/ame]

Wendy de Boer

Also, for now, don't try to draw the things you see in your head, draw the things in front of you.

Lazerus Reborn

Yes thats a good point demon princess, try to take obsevational drawings of the things around you, your in the navy right?
There must be alot of intresting stuff on a warship or in the barracks, although i high recomend that you dont try the womens showers lol, that situation will get nasty very quickly lol

try the sunset on the ocean, take photos work from them, hell if i can find them ill give you the project brife for our AS art course

AND MOST IMPORTANT, DRAW WHAT INTRESTS YOU!

cheers, cb

jeramy79

Thanks for the tips guys, i'll definitely start trying to draw something infront of me than something i'm imagining.