zeldaricdeau

Earlier I was thinking about what "art skills" I wanted to work on. There's so much beautiful work on dA, and I hope that one day I can produce work at the same level. There's skills I know I need to develop: some more basic than others, some directly tied to certain techniques and tools. There's a whole hell of a lot of them, and Lord knows I will never become a master at any of them, but I'd like to try. I'd like to (in no particular order): improve my ability to define form and volume using color improve my sense of composition improve on my typographic skills improve my 3D texturing and rendering skills improve my ability to use tex

Wow! I signed on about 30 minutes ago to find that I had 32 messages, most notifications of faves on my 2 major Snape pieces! I guess joining a club is a very good idea if you want to get your work seen. I'll try to get around to thanking everyone individually soon, but a big thank you here as well! This comes after a pretty productive night of sketching. I spent 3 hours just sketching whatever popped into my head last night. What popped into my head included Snape (quite frequently and most involving Lily), Harry visiting his mom and dad's graves, Phoenix (aka Jean Grey), KOS-MOS (from Xenosaga), and Kefka (Final Fantasy VI). I may upload

The problem with deviantART is that there are too many damn good artists on here. It's enough to make your head explode! :) I get online to check my profile, with the intention of working on a sketch or two, only to end up spending an hour browsing through other's art that's so good it makes my own efforts seem futile. I'm especially amazed at the speed with which so many people can produce work and often without the use of a reference. How many times have I seen someone's gorgeous, fully colored in a painterly fashion, detailed piece only to read that they did it in 6 hours. I'd be lucky to get something half as good in 20. It really does b