OKAY, HERE WE GO.<\/p>\n
First, the art director was extremely nice. I loved talking to him. He had a lot of good things to say (character design, use of color, etc), but even though I can draw, my stuff can\u2019t really be considered illustration.<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n
The reason for this is that to be an illustration, a drawing needs to be planned out and finished with purpose. He said that a lot of my art would be considered concept art, which is fine, but if I were to split my portfolio up into categories, the pieces I could consider illustration drops from 15 to, like, three. Which makes sense.<\/p>\n
Actually, it was a relief to hear all of it because I had been thinking about it for a while, and he clearly knows what he\u2019s talking about. He was able to pick out my habits and shortcomings across the board within just 5 mins of looking through the book. It was awesome. He cannot be fooled or tricked by fancy photoshop filters, no sir!\u00a0<\/p>\n
I need to finish things. They need to be polished. If I want to do illustration, I need to take my concepts and turn them into a complete piece. It\u2019s like commercial art or graphic design… the drawings are just one element of it; the art may be good, but what is the final message that the piece is telling? Every line needs to matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So it was ultimately good, even though it wasn\u2019t\u00a0\u201comg this is amazing let me sign you up right now\u201d – which would be ridiculous, anyway. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the other presenters – Will Terry and Jake Parker – were likewise amazing and I learned a LOT about illustration, the industry, etc. These guys are so talented, holy crap.<\/p>\n
I also got the chance to look through my peers\u2019 work, browsing the other portfolios on display. In terms of skill, I was on par with a handful of them (aside from that whole\u00a0\u2018oh wait I don\u2019t finish things\u2019), but there were some that were just… WOAH. AMAZING. Holy crap! It was going from being a big fish in a little pond to being a tiny fish in a big pond all over again…. which is good, because fish grow according to the space that they have available!\u00a0<\/p>\n
So I have been humbled, but am not crushed… I am determined! <\/i>And this is a very good thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The art director offers portfolio critiques through his website, too… so in the future I can hit him up again once I have some good stuff to show him. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
tl;dr version: <\/b>He could tell that I am lazy and impatient when it comes to finishing things, and if I want to be taken seriously as an illustrator, I need to work on that. Which I should, because I am a capable artist.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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