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Re: Does a good 3D Artist need to be a good 2D Artist?
Not a necessity but you will improve as an artist, giving you depth in your skill set to grow upon. For example doing traditional life drawing forces you to test your observational skills and trains your mind's eye in articulating what you see and translating that into a medium. It also forces you to constantly assess how… -
Re: Does a good 3D Artist need to be a good 2D Artist?
Usually 2d art is promoted as the standard way to learn artistic principles. As long as you appreciate that artistic principles are important for creating good 3D art and strive to learn and apply them to your work, I think you are getting the point. For example, I'd argue that getting a good book about lighting and… -
Does a good 3D Artist need to be a good 2D Artist?
Let me clarify that thread title before I ask this; From an industry point of view, does it matter if an Env Artist is terrible at painting/drawing Environments, or if a Character Artist is terrible at drawing/painting characters? The reason I ask is that I am pretty terrible at painting environments, but I'm pretty happy… -
Re: Does a good 3D Artist need to be a good 2D Artist?
Today I have a very drawing intensive assignment at work (stained glass window) - even though I've been very pro drawing I don't think my drawing skills are up to the level they should be. For an example of what I'm shooting for, check this out. -
Re: Does a good 3D Artist need to be a good 2D Artist?
Didn't really want to contribute to a thread thats become more about stating your own opinion than discussion but w/e. To stepback a bit i'd say that to learn 2d / pencil and paper youre learning more of a raw knowledge set that can be applied to anything. You can say the same for 3d, however as people have said... 3d… -
Re: Does a good 3D Artist need to be a good 2D Artist?
No you don't have to be good at 2D. I always suggest traditional art courses for people dead set on getting a formal education because 3D courses are usually garbage that have to spend way too much time focusing on how to use software and not enough on learning what makes art good. A problem that is less intrusive with 2D… -
Re: Does a good 3D Artist need to be a good 2D Artist?
Great points here. Really liking reading people's opinions on this. One more thing I wanna add is to this: This is so true, I totally agree with this. And I'd like to add a point to it too. And that is that for the people usually asking these questions, students, aspiring artists, etc, it comes from a point of "what do I… -
Re: Does a good 3D Artist need to be a good 2D Artist?
Ok, I didn't want to turn this into a 'is this ok' thread but I think I should show at least where I'm at to maybe get a more tailored opinion. Here's a couple of pieces I've done in 2D. In my opinion, they're perfect examples of why I'm concerned about my 2D skill. I mean, the figure drawing I suppose isn't awful, but I… -
Re: Does a good 3D Artist need to be a good 2D Artist?
For certain things it isn't as important as it is for others. I went over the requirements for several artistic positions at some pretty big studios. I only found one studio that listed: "Strong traditional art background (B.F.A. or equivalent degree)." under "Desired skills and pluses" They also had the same wording for…
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