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Game Plan

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1. Study my most favorite artist
2. Focus on creature design
3. Target some game fanart

Lets get better at concept art.
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So there is this thing I've thought about doing, and I really want to do it... It's group digital painting sessions.
Basically artist will just all join some kind of web chat (be it skype, ventrilo, etc...) and converse while painting. I think it helps encourage painting more and sharing ideas among other artist as well as critiques. I feel like to be a good artist you need to know other artists and how they go about doing things.

If anyone knows of such a thing, please link to me in comments.

If anyone wants to start one up with me, please comment too :D
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Semester 2

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Today was the start of second semester. For those who don't know, I am in Game Art & Design <3

My schedule is pretty shitty, I have night class everyday except monday, but monday and thursday i have early morning classes ;; Q_Q So far it has been good. I kind of fell asleep in my GNED course because it wasn't very engaging at the time... and I was tired. I heard that second semester is when the workload actually gets pretty hard so I will be working hard to keep up with it :D Hopefully I can post up a lot of my progress here and on my tumblr.

For the 30 Day Challenge, I made it up to 14 days then got lazy and uninspired ;; My bad. I'm so bad. There is one day missing, but I did do it. It's on my DS Colors! But I hope you enjoyed the products of my ambition during those 14(13) days. I felt I made a bit of progress in my painting skills, STILL NOOBIE THO ;;

Anyways, hope this will be a good semester. I'll probably turn nocturnal for the most part due to such late classes

OH YEAH! I'm playing Starcraft II again!!!! Yay.
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This is my winter break guyzz!

"Hello friends and classmates of all natures!

With the first semester of Game Art and Design coming to an end, an incredibly long break is soon to come. Yay! Break is a time of long sleeps, delicious foods and SELF STUDY. This is a chance for everyone to take part in a fun challenge that will help yourself improve on your own art and skills.

We propose a 30 day art improvement challenge that will force you to produce a piece of work each day, for the next 30 days! Think of this as having a 3 hour class each day during your break, except you get the freedom to teach yourself what you want to learn! All you have to do is follow the guidelines for each day. Feel free to submit your work to this group, and we will 100% accept it into our gallery. We want to see your work and improvement and hope everyone has fun with it.

*If you decide to join the challenge, those who quit part way through will suffer dire consequences! *^* You can have weekends off as breaks, they do not have to count as part of the 30 days.

So, take a vow to improve yourself over the break. Here are the guidelines for each day, starting Monday, December 17, 2012. Feel free to get creative, do not feel constrained by the rules. Example, a self-portrait could be a carrot, it's what represents you.

1. Self-Portrait - Introduce yourself
2. Draw a figure using a reference - link to reference
3. Draw a figure that's in action, using a reference - link to reference
4.Draw a part of the human anatomy you have trouble with. x20, with atleast 5 being skeletal/musculature studies.
5. Draw more figures. Quick gestures and silhouettes. x20, with atleast 10 different body shapes
6. Let's have some fun. Design a character from this character generator. (created by PreservedCucumbers)
7. Pick the weirdest object in your house/room. Draw it. Shadows and Highlights.
8. Find 2-3 objects, make a scene with them. Draw it. Bonus points for creativity. Double points for dramatic lighting.
9. Draw a landscape of a place you've never been or drawn.
10. Draw a BG with 1pt Perspective. Negative points if it's a railroad or an empty street.
11. Draw a BG with 2pt Perspective.
12. Look out a window. Draw what you see. Bonus points for adding something interesting.
13. Draw an interior setting with the character you designed on Day #6 in it.
14. BG with either bird's eye or worm's eye view.
15. Halfway there! Draw three 'action' scenes with different compositions in each. Quick sketches are fine, just make them interesting and understandable! Bonus points if it's the same scene, but different composition.
16. Draw a single page comic with 5-7 panels (the story begins and ends on one page).
17. Draw an animal you've never drawn before. x10  Link references.
18. Draw a car. Negative points for whining. Hint: Use a perspective grid.
19. Think of the thing you hate drawing the most. Guess what? Draw it! Negative points for lying to yourself.
20. Pick an object in your house/room. Now design a character from it, color scheme included. (often known as a gijinka). Also link/post the object you used. Negative points for using a humanoid action figure.
21. Draw a character/object/scene, and shade them using ONLY solid blacks and whites. Bonus points for good use of lights/shadows
22. Draw a different object/scene/character. Shade using hatching, crosshatcing, and/or pointillism. Bonus points for lights/shadows and textures.
23. Colors! Pick a color palette, and paint a scene/character/object using only those colors (some blending allowed). Bonus points for good use of lights/shadows.
24. Draw and color a scene/object/character - no lines allowed! (aka - lineless art). Don't forget light and shadows!
25. Draw a scene/character in a style you've never drawn before. If emulating an artist, credit+link. Bonus for color style.
26. Draw a character. Draw 10 emotions/expressions. Bonus points for 'uncommon' emotions. (i.e. anxiety, guilt, despair, loneliness etc.)
27. Draw three random shapes using your opposite hand (or your foot). Now design characters from those shapes.
28. Turn on the tv (or load your illegally download movies). Pick an actor and draw them.
29. Almost done! Let's have some fun. Draw some fanart. Bonus points if it's super obscure and unknown. Make people guess what it's from.
30. Last day! Find a drawing you did within the last year. Now draw it again using what you've learned! Link it for comparison!

Rules by PencilCat"
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So, there is about two or three more weeks until the end of semester one. I feel like I have learned a lot and improved on some aspects of my art. I definitely need to draw more and learn to express myself better but that'll come with more practice. I've already had my stress breakdown of the semester and honestly, though I feel like killing myself for sucking a big one during those moments, I always come back stronger with a bigger boner than ever :P Ready to thrust my might upon my art.

My goals for the upcoming semester is to improve my concept drawing, form and design. I feel these are what I'm lacking in most and feel it'll greatly improve my end results more. I need to stop wasting hours playing games and sit down and work, because that's going to be my job.

My modelling skills are pretty up to par, if not, above average. Modelling is more of an analytic skill rather than an aesthetic. So being a perfectionist really helps with this kind of work.

I've started a tumblr page which will probably be more updated than my deviantart, so check it out:
justbunneh.tumblr.com/

Uhm, for classmates who are interested in how to be a better artist, I can only say

DO FUCKING RESEARCH.

Honestly, there is no professional who doesn't do research. Please research more amazing artists and do some of your own studies. Check out some helpful books like anatomy or form because they can shed some light on things you don't know. Even youtube is an awesome source. And please, be professional about it, don't go looking into those non-awesome artist. That's just my opinion :P

"Be a better gamer, be a better artist, be pro-fessional" - Michelle Lo
(A quote I have invented that sums up my ideals in becoming awesome)
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