Need help with studying the Fundamentals

N0talent27 · Dec 2016

Hey everyone

Recently I've been trying to study Fundamentals, i want to be a concept artist, but there are no good art schools in my country, so i have set up my own schedule. Right now i am studying perspective, rendering, figure drawing and dynamic sketching. The question i have that remains unanswered is how much homework should i give to myself, i usually do 1 rendering study and fill both sides of 15-20 A4 pages or 10-12 A3 pages for each other subject as a weekly homework assignement, i plan to do this 16 weeks and then change the subjects. Can anyone tell me if this is enough? or should change the way i do my homework? Or maybe i should completely change my schedule. Any kind of advice is welcome

sharsein · Dec 2016

Take Rob Chang's Becoming a Better Artist class. Working through it myself right now. Worth the money. No deadlines either, so no excuses.
http://www.cgsociety.org/training/course/becoming-a-better-artist

JacqueChoi · Dec 2016

If you ever want to draw characters, I highly recommend you start with this:

http://www.scott-eaton.com/anatomy-for-artists-online-course

N0talent27 · Dec 2016

sharsein said:

Take Rob Chang's Becoming a Better Artist class. Working through it myself right now. Worth the money. No deadlines either, so no excuses.
http://www.cgsociety.org/training/course/becoming-a-better-artist

I will Check it out thanks

JacqueChoi said:

If you ever want to draw characters, I highly recommend you start with this:

http://www.scott-eaton.com/anatomy-for-artists-online-course

Is his stuff beginner friendly?

f1ey · Dec 2016

https://www.learnsquared.com/courses
best what you can get from online about concept art

N0talent27 · Dec 2016

@JacqueChoi is his stuff beginner friendly? Because my figure drawing skills suck

kanga · Dec 2016

N0talent27 said:

Hey everyone

.....Right now i am studying perspective, rendering, figure drawing and dynamic sketching.......

It sounds like you are using tutorial material which is great! The only other alternative would be following workshops (one at a time

). I followed one by Jon Rush for making game characters, and it was about the best money I ever spent. The advantage of a workshop is you have a schedule to keep, and you get feedback from the instructor and other students. I am not sure if you can find them on here but CGTalk usually hosts a number of good ones. I know you can find Rob Chang at CGTalk.

Cheerio

Biomag · Dec 2016

For concept artist learning alone at home this podcast might offer some valuable insight: http://fzdpodcast.com/2016/03/04/episode-6-learning-on-your-own/

N0talent27 · Dec 2016

Biomag said:

For concept artist learning alone at home this podcast might offer some valuable insight: http://fzdpodcast.com/2016/03/04/episode-6-learning-on-your-own/

Yeah i know about that podcast and he says that you have to work 18 hours a day, i honestly don't know how that is physically possible

Need help with studying the Fundamentals

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