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Drawing of a friend's dracthyr character.
MEDIC!
and the last print :p.
I think I will bright up the image just a little bit before printing next time.
Here’s some of the most amazing and invaluable advice you’ll most-likely ever get from one of my good colleagues and legends in comics/gaming, creator JOE MADUREIRA. It’s what i’ve been preaching to you aspiring artists since i arrived on DA, but i think his POV says it perfectly: *WARNING: SOME MATURE LANGUAGE* “DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST? Or a successful WORKING PROFESSIONAL? Believe it or not there is a difference. I’m not usually a soapbox type guy, I don’t like instructing people, and I think I’m a terrible teacher. But hey, it’s Friday and I’m in a strange mood. So here goes: I’ve noticed that a good number of my fans happen to be aspiring artists themselves. This is for all you guys. I get asked constantly: “Where should I go to school?” “What classes should I take?” “What should I study for anatomy?” “What pencils and paper do you use?” “Should I be working digitally now instead of traditionally?” “How do I fix my poses? Learn composition? Perspective?” “When am I going to develop my own style?” “Who were your influences?” “Teach me how to draw hands!” The list goes on…
Here’s the deal. All of that stuff *is* important, and it may nudge you in the right direction. A lot of it you will discover for yourself. What works best for one person doesn’t work for another. That’s the beauty of art. It’s personal. It’s discovery. DON’T WORRY ABOUT ALL THAT CRAP! Instead I’m going to answer the questions that you *SHOULD* be asking, but aren’t. These are things that have only recently occurred to me, after doing this for 20+ years. These things seem so obvious, but apparently they elude a lot of people, because I am surprised at how many ridiculously talented artists are ‘failing’ professionally. Or just unhappy. The beauty of what I’m about to tell you is that it doesn’t matter what field you’re in or what your art style is.
In no particular order:
1) DO WHAT YOU LOVE. If you are passionate about what you’re doing, it shows. If you’re having fun, it shows. If you’re bored, IT SHOWS. Some guys are able to work on stuff they have zero interest in, and still pull off great work, but I find that when I do this my motivation takes a huge hit. And Motivation is key. Money is not a great motivator. It’s temporary like everything else. And honestly, I’ve gotten paid the most money for some of the shittiest work I have ever done. That may sound awesome, but it’s not. And here’s why… 2) You MUST stay Excited and Motivated. Have you noticed that there are days you can’t draw a god damned thing? And some days you feel like you can draw anything? It’s 4am but you don’t notice because you are in the ZONE. Your hand is racing ahead of your mind and you can do no wrong?! Maybe it’s some new paper you got. Or a new program you’ve been wanting to try out. Or you just found some amazing shit on DeviantArt, or watched some movie that just makes you want to run straight to your board. This relates to the above because while it is possible to involve yourself in projects you aren’t excited about—maybe you need the cash, or think it will look good on your resume, whatever it is—it’s not going to last. You need to stay fresh. Expose yourself to new things. New techniques. You should be getting tired of your own shit on a fairly regular basis. Otherwise other people will. 3) Check your Ego. If you think you’re the shit, you’re already doomed. You may be really, really good at what you do, but there’s someone better. Sorry. There’s always plenty to learn, even for us old dogs. So when I meet young upstarts who have this sense of entitlement, or a know-it-all attitude, I just have to laugh. Some of the biggest egos I’ve ever witnessed were from people who have accomplished the least. Meanwhile, most guys who are supremely talented AND successful, and have EARNED the RIGHT to have an ego and throw their weight around, don’t. Why is that? It’s because…
4) RELATIONSHIPS ARE IMPORTANT. This may be one of the biggest lessons I’ve had to learn. Early on, I didn’t value my relationships with people. Creatively or otherwise. I felt like I didn’t need anyone’s help and I could figure everything out on my own. Let’s face it, many of us become artists because we are reclusive, social misfits. We’d rather stay inside and draw shit than go outside and play. We like to live inside our own minds. Why not?! It’s awesome in there! And sometimes we don’t want to let other people in. But like I said—you can’t do it alone. I can honestly say that as much as I try to stay current, as much as I try to push my work and draw kick ass shit that will excite people, I would not be where I am today if it weren’t for all the other people I’ve met and learned from along the way. Guys who pulled strings for me. Took risks on me. Believed I was the right guy for the job. You need to manage your relationships. You need to network, and meet people. Drawing comics is still a pretty good place for reclusive types—but if you want to work in big studios—Making games, Films, animation, basically any other type of job on the planet, you’d better start making some connections. Be likeable. Be professional. That doesn’t mean be an opportunistic ladder climber. Fake people lose in the end. Be yourself, but be professional. It’s no secret that when people are hiring, our first instinct is to bring in people we know. It’s human nature. I don’t like unknowns, even if their portfolio is awesome. If we have a mutual connection, if they have great things to say about you, you’re in. If you have AMAZING artwork to show, and I call your last employer and they tell me what a pain in the ass you are to work with, you’re done. Talent and skill only get you so far. I am literally amazed at how often I meet guys that are total assholes and think they are going to get anywhere. 5) Here’s the BIG ONE. The greatest obstacle you will ever have to overcome IS YOURSELF. And the Fear that you are creating in your own head. Stay positive. Stop defeating yourself. There are artists I know that are so damn good they make me pee my pants. I look up to these mofos. I study their shit and I want to draw like them. And they are almost NEVER working on their DREAM project. And—big surprise, they aren’t happy in their job. “Why NOT?! WTF is WRONG WITH YOU?!” is usually my reaction. And the answer is almost always “The market isn’t great right now” “Other stories/games/comics like mine don’t do very well” “The shit that’s hot right now is nothing like mine, It’s just going to fail.” “I’m not sure I’m good enough.” “I need the money.” “Too Risky.” “I tried it before and failed. ” It doesn’t matter what words they use, they are afraid for one reason or another. I know. I’ve been there. But here’s the deal. YOU NEED TO TAKE RISKS. Guess what? YOU ARE MOST LIKELY GOING TO FAIL. If you want it—REALLY want it, that won’t stop you. You will learn A LOT. My good friend Tim constantly jokes about how I jump out of planes without a parachute and worry about the landing on the way down. You may think that I’m lucky, that it’s easy for me to say because I’m already successful, that I’m in a different situation than you all are. But it’s not true. Risk is risk, no matter what level you’re at. If you’re already successful, you just take even bigger risks. But they never go away. Everything in life is Risk vs. Reward. Not just in your career. LIFE. You’d better get used to it. I didn’t know what the hell I was doing when I got into comics. I left the #1 selling book at the time ( Uncanny X-men ) to work on Battle Chasers during a time when ‘Conan’ was about the only fantasy comic people knew. And no one was buying it. I wanted to work in games, so I started a game company. I had NO IDEA WTF I was doing. I just wanted it, really bad. We tanked. It failed. No big surprise. But the people I worked with got hired elsewhere and rehired me. I started ANOTHER game Company. We had 4 people and a dream, and some publishers wouldn’t even meet with us, because their ‘next gen console’ teams had 90+ people on them. I literally got hung up on. “Stick to handheld games, it’s smaller, maybe you can handle that…” one MAJOR publisher told us. I don’t blame them. But we didn’t let it stop us. Thank god we didn’t listen to them. Vigil was born. Darksiders happened, AND we got to make a sequel. It stands shoulder to shoulder with the best games in the industry, and the most elite and experienced game dev studios in the world. How is that possible?!!! Hardly any of us had even worked on a console game before. I’ll be honest, I was thinking we would fail the whole time. I just didn’t care. If I had to play the odds on this one, I’d bet against us.
Why am I telling you all this shit? This is not me patting myself on the back. It’s just stuff that has somehow only dawned on me recently when it’s been staring me in the face for so long. I feel like I need to wake you guys up!!! I’ve been limiting myself. I’ve gotten afraid. I’ve taken less risks. I saw my career going places I didn’t want to go. I wasn’t happy and I wasn’t excited. And I’ve realized, that all that stuff I just talked about is the reason I am where I am today. Not because I have a manga style, or I draw cool hands, or there’s energy in my drawings, or all the other things people rattle off to me. There are other guys that do all that same shit, and do it better. And amazingly, those same guys constantly tell me “Man, I wish I could do what you are doing.” “SO DO IT!!!!!” PLEASE listen to me—because I want you guys to make it. I want to look to one of you people for inspiration some day when it’s 2am and I need to keep drawing. Stop worrying about all the other stuff—the pencils, the paper, the anatomy, all that shit. It will only get you so far. You’ve already got most of what you need. I hope this helps some people. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for all the support over the years. You are all one of the greatest motivating forces in my life and my career. Sappy but true. Ok, let’s go draw some shit!!!”
Could not agree more :)
In memory of @Jbadger #fuckcancer
I knew him, we were distant Friends, I was blessed with his kindness and one I was not able to repay when he helped me, when I did not reach out but I was at the end of my rope. His kindness was enormous and he understood life situations.
Because of this I am honor bound to his memory, and a promise I made to him, I cannot find a better way that to do so than to give to his friends and fandom.
In saying so, I will do what it would take to cover my debt to him, I will do 35 pieces free of charge, first come first serve, rules will be as follow:
- These will be done by the 31st of August
- First come first serve
- They will be scanned and placed in the trello site. ( https://trello.com/b/LTO2S4zl/in-memory-of-jbadger )
- You need to have references
- Do not abuse the slot
- Have fun! Enjoy this!
- Pencil and ink, example in the post
- I will update twice a week
- Must be G rated
- email dogzrbarkn athotmail.com (make sure to format correctly) with your Twitter handle, email, references and description.
This does not affect current work, future work, this is something for a friend who fought cancer and was an example of kindness.
Do not abuse this, please this is to celebrate someone’s amazing gestures towards others. These will only be finished like the example piece.
And above all hug those you love, those around you and swap stories, because that makes the world a better place!
Small item to address...
Ive constantly seen “school is a waste of time” “school is trash” “teachers don't care”
I think there is a huge amount of misconceptions and people getting tangled in situations that they have been forced to be in. And this is because everyone has the mentality of “you only get a good job with a college education”, something that I know we all grow up with, its hammered into our minds and Mike Rowe has very wonderfully explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMnAM2C-fUA
Let me begin with the 3 items I have listed.
-School is a waste of time
School has never or will ever be a waste of time. This is the primary place we all learn about relationships, about respect, about how we interact with others and how we decide to forge our own self. Are there bullies? Perhaps, Is there homework? Absolutely. Because we all need to understand lessons, in life and class, going around uneducated is no fun; not for you because you will miss nuances of the worlds wonders and not to people you interact with because they will immediately be lost in a different set of language, your interaction will be foreign and it might create a situation you do not wish to be in.
But homework kills my time/game/social life... Homework is a way of discipline, so on top of giving you practice in the subjects you study, you build habits that will continue throughout every single instance in your life. Except once out of school the grade becomes your paycheck
-School is trash
This is... an opinion that if you share, you likely are in the wrong area, school is nothing more than a group of people that have decided to devote their time into sharing with students, to pass on what they have loved and learned. Some teachers may not share this, but an item is ONLY trash if you have decided that is “its” definition, so if you are saying your school is trash... well that's what you have placed it as.
Honestly consider so many ways to learn, the institution that educates you can be very different, you can learn online, through books, at a 2 year college, at a technical institute, follow what you love, what you feel fits you and your school will be a treasure!
-Teachers don't care
Recently this was something that came up as I worried and could not find the one piece I considered worthy of my Professor, I of course talked with others trying to find resolution, and was told the teacher doesn't really care in the end. This really struck a chord inside me, I honestly did not know how to react because I had experienced teachers more than willing to help me in my path.
This had not stopped nagging me, I talked with a professor which indeed told me they do care they are here, they will get disappointed. Yes there are teachers who are just burnt out, but if they are there, they care, they want you to succeed.
So succeed or fail, technical, self taught or university.... Love what you learn, use it for your future and don't point the finger at them should you not get what you expect. Because “The school is within the student”
There is now a summer coat variant of this pack: https://www.tumblr.com/reblog/143444167609/m3r51CoJ
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At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA. At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job. At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer.
At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school. At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare.
At age 28, Wayne Coyne ( from The Flaming Lips) was a fry cook. At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter. At age 30, Martha Stewart was a stockbroker. At age 37, Ang Lee was a stay-at-home-dad working odd jobs. Julia Child released her first cookbook at age 39, and got her own cooking show at age 51. Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didn’t get the Editor-in-Chief position at Vogue, and designed her first dress at age 40. Stan Lee didn’t release his first big comic book until he was 40. Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career to pursue acting at age 42. Samuel L. Jackson didn’t get his first movie role until he was 46.
Morgan Freeman landed his first movie role at age 52. Kathryn Bigelow only reached international success when she made The Hurt Locker at age 57. Grandma Moses didn’t begin her painting career until age 76. Louise Bourgeois didn’t become a famous artist until she was 78. Whatever your dream is, it is not too late to achieve it. You aren’t a failure because you haven’t found fame and fortune by the age of 21. Hell, it’s okay if you don’t even know what your dream is yet. Even if you’re flipping burgers, waiting tables or answering phones today, you never know where you’ll end up tomorrow. Never tell yourself you’re too old to make it.
Never tell yourself you missed your chance.
Never tell yourself that you aren’t good enough.
You can do it. Whatever it is.
This is so worth reblogging!
Thank you!
Timing Charts and Inbetweening Demo
Hey guys! So I recently finished up an inbetweening and timing charts demo and edited into an hour-ish video! A handful of folks asked me things like how to utilize a timing chart in your work, how to in between to those charts, and basic (I say basic because there are other more advanced ways - but thats another time) to keep your drawings consistent! I also talk about smears!
The program I’m using is TVPaint, but any program can do really.
The character I’m using is created by Patrick Stannard! He’s a kickass animator!
Look what we have here?! This is the first beta version of our IOS App. We are testing things out and work hard to finish ANDROID and IOS ASAP!
Still there is some work to do, we just wanted to show you how far we got right now.
We will post more soon so stay tuned :) and share so everyone can jump on the hype train
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Timing Charts and Inbetweening Demo
Hey guys! So I recently finished up an inbetweening and timing charts demo and edited into an hour-ish video! A handful of folks asked me things like how to utilize a timing chart in your work, how to in between to those charts, and basic (I say basic because there are other more advanced ways - but thats another time) to keep your drawings consistent! I also talk about smears!
The program I’m using is TVPaint, but any program can do really.
The character I’m using is created by Patrick Stannard! He’s a kickass animator!
Artworks for The Big Bad Fox (Le Grand Méchant Renard) TV special by Benjamin Renner (Ernest & Celestine), based on his comic-book. Produced by Folivari studio (Didier Brunner).
Finally, ZOOTOPIA opens today! Here are some of the earliest artworks I did on the film c.2013. More to come and enjoy the movie!
Beautiful background work
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Wayan Sumardana, the Indonesian welder that made bionic arm out of junk - Watch the video
this is why i don’t recommend randomly combining items in your inventory
Because this is so awesome I need to reblog it
Ha ha seriously tho.
I needed to hear this right now. <3
Thisssss
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