Design Cinema - EP 52 - Visual Library
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- How to build up your visual library. Please watch in HD.
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Just one more thing to add to Traveling:
- foreign impulses
VERY IMPORTANT! Dropping into the depths of a country with a completely different culture has a tremendous effect on me. I can almost literally feel the vibrations of the area being something totally foreign and different from what I am used to. The architecture, the arts, and also the average mood, behavior, attitude of the citizens in the area.
It's such an awesome feeling.
Man, watching this, I really have a lot of work to do. My visual library is definitely more like example student B's. I've been drawing for just about all of my life, but I can't really say that I started being particularly observant of my surroundings until these past couple of years. Now that I really know part of what I'm missing though, I can put a little more focus into developing that side of myself as an artist.
Are you still like student B 5 years later?
When FZ says "ginormous" it reminds me that he's human and not a design robot overlord.
Also, he almost says "...all the video games you fucking want" at 34:28
You can tell he says this all the time but kids don't listen.
+ThePixelBuster made my day :) Thanks, I didn't notice that!
blud notice that, made my day:v
To people who think he's being offensive or stuff, I don't think he's trying to tell artists who are like student B that they'll never amount to anything, all he's saying is that student A will have an easier time. He is not in anyway saying that student B cannot become a great design artist. He is only stating what he notices when teaching classes and what benefits students
They have to be trying pretty hard to get offended by this. Lol.
not offended but getting demoralized and demotivated by this video as a student B. Also the solutions to student B he provided are not practical. when you get into late 20s you dont get to draw 8 hrs and read books, travel cities, watch movies and do partime small jobs to pay the bills at the same time while you're still learning fundamentals. In short, the student B is fucked!
@@sharyarjavaid6159 >Also the solutions to student B he provided are not practical.
1- dumbass.
2-he already suggested let's plays (you're already on youtube), and you can read entire books inside a month by reading 30 minutes a day
@@sharyarjavaid6159 that's not his fault for stating it how it is lmao
Feng is amazing! I know he teaches more in his school but these vids alone gives so much info.
Philip K Dick and Murakami are two inspiring and visual writers that send my imagination into overdrive.
Great video as usual
Having literally just started learning how to draw a week ago, this video has actually been really motivational. I'm 30 and I've read a lot of fantasy books, played hundreds of video games, done a fair bit of traveling, and African wildlife was my no 1 obsession between the ages of 8-13 (before that it was dinosaurs). And I used to practice lucid dreaming, so I've memorized a few hundred extremely weird and vivid dreams that I can still recall to this day (including most of the imagery).
I have no interest in the industry, but I seriously want to develop my drawing skills so I can bring all of my ideas to life - for myself. So even though I can barely draw a stick figure in perspective at the moment, I'm definitely much closer to the 'student A' type of person, which gives me hope. Hope that, even though I need to spend the next couple of years learning how to draw (in addition to working an unrelated full-time job and having other hobbies - so I can't exactly devote 12 hours a day to it), the better I get at the fundamentals, the 'easier' it'll become.
I just wish I had this motivation I have now when I was 15, or even 20. But it's no use lamenting the things I did (or didn't do) in the past. Just gotta move forward, one drawing at a time.
If you don't do it, you will get to 40 and say I wish I started when I was 30.
yo im 13 and i picked up lucid dreaming recently. I remember all the funky dreams I had from the past week. I'm going to have to become way more observant now. ALso I'm gonna start reading more books
I am the "missing 20 years of visual library," except I never got into an art program either! I am all self taught. Please hear me when I say this, "It is so difficult to hang with those who are well educated in the field!" There is more similarities to insanity than a career choice when you choose to climb to the top of your field without formal education in it. The depth of fundamentals is so great. You have to be harder, better, faster, stronger, smarter, and thirstier than all those around you in order to merely survive at all. You need even more if you hope to conquer. I know so little and I push forward as hard as I can and yet every day is a gamble. I do not recommend this path in life, although the rewards for being successful are much greater, and deeper than anyone else will ever experience. Great risk can produce great reward if you have the willpower.
ClutchDotExe do you have fundamental training in other fields? are you switching careers into art?
I do not have any training, no. I worked construction out of high school, bit of religious studies in college. Picked up Photoshop and just started going. Figure it out, cause I told myself I could figure it out. Only been working in it for two years now; actually the only training I've given myself over the past three months has been as a graphic design specialist for a Casino that saw my online portfolio and hired me. Three months ago, right after I wrote my first post, I put up an online portfolio of my work thus far. I sent out a resume with just some examples of my work. The job was purely in illustrator. I, however, had only ever used Photoshop. Listening to design videos, such as this one, for guidance was only teacher I could afford. I spent two nights on basic tutorials on Illustrator. Was tested in my second interview, and got the job. The pay is terrible, pathetic really. I do all the grunt work, majority of the work gets left for me when others don’t feel like doing their share. I can’t support even myself to be honest. But without a solid degree there is no other way to climb in the field! I have to get experience somewhere, I have put every ounce of proof in my skill into my work while wading through the knee deep shit just to have a lucky, impossible, shot in hell at landing a decent job somewhere in the future. I’ve only made it three months so far. Since the day I started I've learned everything on the fly for illustrator. Luckily the base concepts had been the fundamentals for Photoshop. Understanding the concept of pixels, and how they are manipulated, shot me out of a cannon in Illustrator. Understanding the concept of layers, smart objects, clipping masks, even the use of hotkeys was all basic repetition no matter how you learn best. But now, as I write this, a new 15 page portfolio of all my design work to date is on the other screen being crafted through InDesign. I will make mistakes all the way through, I will redesign, and re-edit over and over, because I'm learning as I go. However, when it is complete, it will be a masterpiece and thus my resume will now have a deep array of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign experience, with proof of skill, proof of professional work done for a professional company and with a crap ton of luck, MAYBE, I will find a job slightly better than the one I have. Honestly, in reality I've merely made it to the base of the mountain. Just so I could even begin climbing the business world in hopes to find a career rather than a job. I've worked night and day for the past 2 years, bit my lip, took shit ton of flack, and been told my designs suck. That I need to go back and get formal training. I’ve been told I need to go watch tutorials because I don’t know how to design. I’ve been told that I really didn’t want this job and I should pack up and go home. It’s true I do still suck in the grand scheme of things, but I have faith in myself. Like I said, all of this work, has merely gotten me to the bottom of the mountain. Now I am up against every other designer out there. I have merely a portfolio that I have put my blood and sweat into and three months of proven experience… We all take our own path and live our own lives, but some paths we choose are much… smarter, direct, efficient, and smoother than mine. Again, I recommend against my choices. It’s fuckin guts and grind ever hour, every single day. We are tested by the metal of our soul. And that is all well and good, but I don’t know if many could do what I’ve forced myself to do. It’s not enjoyable, I have like no life! That sacrifice for long periods of time sux HARD! Just to play catch up. I really suggest finding a better way. You might not even make it. Honestly, I will most likely never make it to the top of my field. Anyways, I need to get back to it.. I will not rest until I find love, happiness, peace, excitement, and a challenge. I have but scratched the surface of those who took the time to go to class, learn, and become masters at what they wanted while they had access to teachers and in depth knowledge properly organized taught in digestible chunks across years of work. I have so much more to learn! I would love to be among those who test the limits of technology and impact the world in positive ways, but starting as low as I have and learn it all on my own had made that a nearly impossible fantasy. The one thing that is most important in these posts is, Time. Time is the most precious of all things. It is a steady flow that can never be captured or stored up for later. I’m just now attempting to leap forward in an attempt to find a career rather than a bottom of the barrel job that I can’t even support myself on. Much luv. Hope that explained a bit more. No worries. No drama. Roll with the punches.
@@ClutchDOTexe how u doing now bro?
I followed a pre-med track through high school and started university studying biology and chemistry. I transferred to art and design and am now at the top of my class for my major. Don't lose hope, it just takes hard work and dedication and doing research through all your free time. Everything you see should be analyzed through your eyes. Don't just look at the rag on the counter, see its shadows and curves. Study the glow of the light on the floor.
"COOL" is described as:
- Understanding
- Function
- Stored Memory
- Balance and Proportion
Definitely SO cool!!
Thanks Feng!
The fact that parents is a big reasons of if you can enter art industry is quite real, and that's also a reason why advance country have better chances for children to learn art. Poor people don't let children have chances to do that
Game Artist student here. Just turned 18. And this video was so awesome and helpful! For me you are someone I look up to a lot! And when my dad says I shouldn't play to much video games I go like mwah.. But now I hear your explain exactly why you shouldn't and suddenly I'm like, woop.. Not touching any more games from now on!
Woah so ur 29 now? How did it go??
@@superpermabannedDane
haha wow thats really crazy you tagged me after so many years, i forgot this comment existed ofc!! indeed im 29, I definitely didnt manage to stop playing games, still use them to relax or play with friends. but i also worked hard on improving and have been working for sony playstation for the last 5 years as Environment Artist. so in that I was successfull. happy with my job and making art. so apperently its not totally needed to cutout videogames. but I can definitely tell the few people who get really far in this industry do nothing besides working hard and improving so if thats what you want from life, go for it. but dont overwork either, because in the end you have to keep up for many years and its better to take it at a normal pace. balance your life with relaxing and working. happy artist is good art.
@@Rayzsion Thats really cool to hear, honestly I didnt expect an answer, thats crazy :D I'm happy u made it!
I've 'made it', as a 3D artist. Currently working in the industry for a few years now and doing pretty well. I loved this video, and its inspired me and given me a lot of insight. However, there is one thing that I must disagree with. When you're in the industry and you've "made it", you cannot simply relax and turn off the studious side of your life. Unless you're going from contract to contract and constantly exposing yourself to new projects, you might end up at a comfy job doing similar art day in, day out. In that situation, where I currently am, its up to you to push yourself outside of work, so that you can grow. Sometimes you can be a paid artist, and not get any better at art.
Again, not bashing this video. And I know you're in a differen't industry. This was a really informative lecture and I will apply a lot of these thoughts to my own life. I understand what you meant about visual library too. I find books, music, and travel give me a lot of ambient inspiration that help me in an indirect way, but broaden my imagination. I've often wondered why some people can only draw fan art, even be very good at it. I'm not too great at copying other people's art, but I am okay with that because I know that I have the ability to imagine my own concepts.
Cheers, Feng, you're an inspiration and a gift to artists.
It's always great to hear the excitement in their words when someone says, "I've made it!". I am glad for you friend! I can only imagine that feeling at this moment. Hope I can say the same sometime.
And this is why you should ALWAYS read the book before you watch the movie c:
emmelilla Indeed. If you watch the movie first then when you read the book you simply recall the visuals from the movie instead of practising using your imagination.
This is by far one of my most favorite videos from FZD
This whole channel is such a goldmine
I'm literally watching all your videos and you have no idea how helpful and amazing they are. Here in Perú, there is NO WAY I would EVER learn so much and in such an amazing way, because your videos are not only amazing in terms of content but also very entertaining and so full of passion. For real, hope one day I might be able to visit the school or maybe take the program in the future. Thank you Feng!!
This video is so inspiring in so many levels. I'm about to start designing studies soon here in Finland and i was so nervous about my chances to succeed. Now I'm sure I can make it happen. Thanks for good video. You are the best!
"what are you gonna do? hey kid your castle aint cool enough" lmao
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I'm probably type A as well. Always was into Fantasy and Sci Fi. For me and probably many others, movies like Star Wars, Dune and like Willow got me started. Started at a pretty early age, and I never really quit.
Your first list is Books, Nature, Travel, Museums, & Games/Film. That's surely not the end of that list. I can think of Automobiles/Aircraft, Architecture, Geography/Landscape, Photography, etc.
Amazing video, extremely useful. Please never take these videos down, it's a wealth of knowledge for no price.
Feng, I just want to say that I remember watching this video when you published it back in 2012 (I was pretty certain, it was before 2012, I thought it was in 2009-20011). At that time, I was in school for Game art, and this video series, especially this video, helped me focus and work towards breaking in to the industry. It wasn't until today, in 2017, that someone pointed out this video to me again to help me remember how my training shaped me. This was exactly the mentality that it took for me to break free from the constraints of being a "B" to an "A", but I'd humbly tell you today that I feel like I'm behind, or not as good as some of my peers or coworkers. It is definitely nice now, though, to be able to go and play video games when I get home from work :) definitely missed out on 3 or 4 years of gaming. This video helped then as much as it helps calm me down now. Thanks!!
i somehow agree to what he said in this vid... when i was in my college years i didn't have the time to play much video games because you'll be too busy concentrating on it. but now that i'm working as a freelance illustrator and 3D renderer for architectural designs, i spend sometimes hours playing games when i'm free and goofing around with friends and drawing in my leisure time. since i'm not constrained to an 8 hour job, it's really worth it! Feng's advice is true! :)
Just listening to him talk fills my mind and body with inspiration. You are a fantastic teacher!
Really great explanation!
Thanks Feng, for your time and patience to teach the fundamentals and some experiences you had in your path of becoming an artist.
You are an inspiration to us all.
As someone else who just got back on the horse the other day I know how you feel big time. It's a daunting task going from zero to pro, but we just gotta put the time in and we'll eventually get the results. Always drawing in the moment and making every effort to just "understand" now is all we can do.
I think what is being shared in here is very accurate and I'm glad I found someone to back up these ideas...I don't think this concept is really excluding anyone, it's just discussing how some have an advantage because of what they do naturally when they are younger- that does not mean someone who doesn't do this naturally can't learn to take in more visual information, in fact, this video is there to explain how to build your visual library NOW, regardless of the past. Everyone's visually library can continuously be augmented, so I'd just take the advice on how to build it. I've watched a lot of people at art school get angry and leave because they focused on how developed others were in comparison -instead of on how to improve their own skill set. So if you are a little behind, it's just the decision of putting in effort here or somewhere that you find better suits you. I am surrounded by individuals with skill VASTLY superior to my own but have found that by pursuing this sort of thing I am gaining a lot of ground, still have a long ways to go though.
Another thing that inspires me is music. Such as trailer music, I can visualize whole scenes and stories taking place listening to a 2 minute track.
14:47 hurts to hear but it's sooo true... I've spent the past few years building up my visual library and I'm still struggling with this because it's still really difficult for my brain to tell if something looks balanced or not. It's getting better though! I think it's good to do 1:1 copies of shapes (e.g. random patterns) and try to be as accurate as possible that way your brain will get used to this kind of stuff.
You have to put this visual library you are getting into practice, and also learn the fundamentals, is a very important part. Someone can have a huge visual library but if he doesn't know the fundamentals of art and design, then he will fail.
this is incredible quality of content I wish I heard when I started my art journey 4 yrs back, thank you! Also, all the people who commented here years back mustve grown so much as a person and artist
It doesn't matter if you are a student A or B, if you really care about getting better, you will learn everything you want if you give it a little time. Someone can be the most talented artist, BUT if he doesn't practice and give up easily he might as well have no talent at all. Don't give up, you'll be a very good artist one day. Good luck
I was 25 when I started design school, back in 2010. I love your videos, they are extremely inspirational.
i watch all your video in 4 days . i'm going to plan to come studie in your school after my bachelor,you are a great teacher because for me you keep things straight, the message you deliver includes every thing we don't understand when we are young but by giving those example i have more light of those thing i didn't use to understand. i'm shure if any body follow those instructions they will be successful no madder what.thank you.
I've watched many of your videos, Feng.
You are not just a pro designer, but also an amazing teacher!
I would argue about something, but you've provided so much invaluable information over the years that I can't. Another wonderful video. Thank You for taking the time.
I'm 15 and for a long time i've been trying to work out as to witch relm to advance my art into. This video has realy helped me fingure that out, thankyou!
I wasted a big part of my life playing the videogames that i always dreamed of making...
thanks to these video's, i picked up drawing and painting again. it helped me take the right steps towards that dream.
thank you for that.
It´s all about practise, but this video finally gave me an answere why and how.
The most important video Feng did so far!
I do agree with you on that one. Hard work does most of the work. A person might be more talented than others, but if they don't pick up a pencil and actually work for it, they're not any better.
11:55 when he drew those little flags, I just lost it :D
The only videos that i click "like" before even seeing them, cause I know I would learn something interesting and useful.
When I read a book (all the time), I don't remember reading the book or flipping the pages afterwards I've red it, because my mind comes up with something like a cartoon, where panels are all full paper size and animated, but not enough constant as a movie. I feel this is great resource for me as an artist, but it also gives me sooo much inspiration, I will never be able to produce everything. That sometimes makes me frustrated, but mainly this is just great.
Thankyou so much for these videos. Looking back, I learned so much from these when I was a teenager. Still can’t even touch your skills but one day!
This will help a lot of artist/designers. You are right about everything you said in this video. This helps me refresh a lot of the natural instinctive things that I already have always done or think about art and design. I think we should all embrace originality more in everything we do. Thanks.
I love your advice to young artists. It's very interesting to me, and makes total sense, that you would not want fan art in student portfolios. I know so many young people who devote their time to franchise art.
I use to be terrible at drawing or writing and couldn't hold a pencil but then I started practising at 10 or 11 and since I had a passion for art I became good at it. Now I can draw people realistically.
This is something I wish I had known when I was about 13-14. It was around that time that I wanted to become a car designer, so I gave up painting real cars, and started drawing cars in my head. For a while it was ok, but soon I ended up just drawing the same car over and over again. The lesson is that design is never a closed loop process.
thank you again feng , as an indie artist and former student you continue to help me create good lifestyle habits the rolls me towards my goals !
Thank you. Very useful tips. I think a lot of us know some of them, but is good to remember and really take it into consideration.
It all boils down to hard work. I admit I spend a little too much time watching television when I should be drawing. Thanks for your insight Feng!
I have no idea why im subbed here and watching these, im not drawer or doing any art but these videos are fun to watch.
I also plan to attend this school or another one that teaches this stuff. My advice would be to build up that visual library and also to try and work on the fundamentals. If you really plan to attend a school, I would say do more visual library stuff (the school will teach you how to draw). Also try to work from your imagination with your studies of real world objects involved. Take advantage of the time you have now until you reach a design school and try to understand the world around you.
Not everyone can just straight up travel, and yes though you did said we can also learn the stuff by watching tv programs, you say that copying is not good for a designer... for visual library I think copying on a very early stage of development helps big time, you also absorb a shitload of information, and you also get to understand what the original designer went through for come up with that. Is not that the work is already made, as long you put the time to study the piece, copying helps A LOT.
Plus, you have to think if someone who has a very limited visual library will often just stay cross arms doing nothing because can't come up with a design for what they wanna do... putting a lot of energy and generating frustration pointlessly, ending on most of the time, rage quitting it. But if instead of stay cross armed you start recalling images you saw, or just grab something you really like and start drawing it while you think what u can do, you are not wasting your time, you are actually drawing, and by doing so you keep learning, cos there's nothing worst then don't draw, the moment you stop you kinda fucked (for a person who are just starting) So again, copying is not bad, everybody should do it, is not sin, and it helps you so much to develop your drawing skills. Designer or not, do it.
I really appreciate all of Feng's videos. Awesome!!!!!!!!!
Oh geez this video helped me a lot, Im an engineer, but my heart just loves and wishes to be able to do things like this and I didn't know where to begin, now I know.
I just have to disagree with the idea of "once you get a job you can do whatever you want, have an exciting life and stop building your visual library" because its supposed that if you are passionate for designing and drawing you'd like to teach yourself each day.
Always enlightening, thank you Mr. Feng Zhu.
this kind of philosophy applies on many creativity-related activities, be it painting, writing or w/e. nobody starts from the top, and to get there u have a lot of climbing:) always watching FZD with extreme interest. keep up the good work!
And I know exactly what you mean. I feel the best way to go about studying is to be analytical the entire time. Find out what is going wrong, how you can potentially fix it, and generally just spend the entire time trying to make the best image you can. But more importantly, we should be doing a lot of designing. Thinking is the entire process, the fundamentals are the tools to get the idea on paper.
It's the lack of fundamentals. It's absolutely crucial to learn these things if you want to move forward with your work.
I can't believe these videos are free! Thank you so much!!
I discovered your channel about half a year ago. I just want to thank you so much Feng!!! I watched every Episode and some of them even over and over again, it's so inspirational. I followed your advise for the last months and my concept art skills kinda exploded, it's hillarious! I was an artist before, kinda freelancing besides work, but now... I wanted to do exactly this since I was little. I saved my money, I quit my job, time to be a student again till I reach my goal!
Greetz from Germany!
I feel I'm more like a Kid B, even though I took arts at highschool I didn't make a big effort to improve my skills and knowledge. But it's not a big deal because having people like you makes my self full of motivation and I know I'll never give up, it's never too late!
Thank you for you lessons Feng you really help all of us a lot!!
really good info feng, I realized that I got a lot of it since I was young until today and didnt have a clue about it. Nice info for all those who don't really know how to do it! thanks!
People can build their visual as they get older. Studying photos and learning or understanding parts and how things come together help. With anything, it is about practice. Practicing drawing from your mind and then go back and get reference to help you build on top of that. Watch the special features of animations and you will hear how artist had to study things to get a better understanding of how to design a character. A good example of this is the movie Robots. Get a USB or create a Pinterest page and collect pictures of anything that catches your eye, seems cool or relate to a subject you want to draw.
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But that also goes with anything. Drawing, painting, sports. Of course the longer you do it the better you will become but it is possible to build one's visual library. The way it was kind of worded people may take that as since they have visual library that is not that great that that is what they are stuck with and there may be little to try and improve it. I know that ones visual library can expand and grow but some may not. :)
Very valuable video! It took me years to realise this. I've been a digital artist for 20yrs, but couldn't understand why I was so good at drawing portraits, yet so useless at fantasy/sci fi.
It's because I love socialising, being with women, fitness & glamour, so I have a strong "visual library" of faces and anatomy. On the other hand, I've never been into sci fi or fantasy, so my library is very limited and based on stereotypes.
I think it's wise for artists to paint what they know.
Visited Florence, Italy in November and yes I spotted a lot of buildings and landmarks that AC2 had. Also visited the Uffizi. It was awesome! 8D
Yeah, that's a good idea too, checking out local stuff. I live in SE Mich, and there are tons of parks and nature pockets around here. Lots of good museums too. I still want to travel some though, I think getting out of the US and seeing some places that are quite different would be good for me.
thank you so much for contributing and giving back to young and aspiring artists ! every video of yours keeps blowing my mind with golden information
This is a brilliant resource for anyone wanting to get into this industry. I have always been very visual and think this explains where 'talent' comes from. I loved this so much, I will be watching all the other videos (this being my first). Thank you for sharing!
So much information packed into this...
Thanks, yet again Feng.
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Organized and informative video, and still relevant 2 years later.
Art student here, this was extremely helpful for me. Thank you and God bless
Really good advices, a good reminder of how it works.
you captivated me for 40 minutes ...... on youtube, I bow in respect.
im glad that im starting to get out of this transition of playing videosgames and begining to think more about my art and hopefully my career in concept design
Thanks for these videos feng, they're very helpful, helps cut all the junk out my life and fill it with the useful stuff.
"The more you understand nature, how she works (I guess she is a female)"
Best line ever.
Just learning something is not fun enough ? Its more fun to watch the world trip over your political shit head correctness.
doug adams woah what chill man
Best episode of the current 56 imo.
This was a REALLY HELPFUL vid!!!!!
The longer the better!!!
Bobby Chiu has a great method for doing this, pick a subject (arms, faces, trees, whatever). 30 minute master copy, find an artist who does this well and try and understand their process as you copy. Then work from a photo, 30 minutes trying to apply what you learned from the master study. Then from life, doesn't have to be the exact same thing but something comparable, then do a 30 minute one from imagination. Takes 2 hours but helps to reinforce the knowledge gained.
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nice - you forgot to mention something though, that i feel is pretty important -
have confidence in your work- be willing to push your boundaries
-cant get any better at something if you shy away from it in fear
Thanks so much Feng, redefining how I do everything with these videos
Feng thank you so much for this video it has really opened my eyes to why and how we design and what influences we have.
Feng , you should've put Music in your list too besides games and movies , I like to listen to music or audiobooks while drawing , especially soundtracks can help you emerse into another world and stimulate the creative factor. Thanks for this video it's awesome I'll return to watch it as a reminder when I'll be having art block or when I'll feel like missing something that's important. Thanks!
You really inspire me. I am a animation student.. and I have none of this type of advice from tutors. I will read much more, and avoid gaming.. it really is a waste of time.
I think one of my new dreams is to study at your school someday. DEFINATELY.
I also find it amazing how much detail you go into in each video. It really shows you care for those who are developing still and with all this knowledge you are giving us all a shot at the career we dream of. Thank you. From London.
The book idea was very interesting for me, especially because I love to draw while listening to audio books because I get a lot of scenery visuals in my head (which is weird because I mainly draw people and struggle with ideas for backgrounds and scenery). I'll definitely have to try doing more of that and using the images that my brain comes up with during the process.
Thanks for the education Feng zhu especially as a gift - I really appreciate how you put it into perspective and how your visual library is a major key to unlocking your creative
one of the best episodes imo. Thanks Feng
It's not pointless. Just start keeping track of things that interest you, like "hey that building looks cool" or "I like the angles on that car's grill." And whenever you start a project go onto google images and look at tons of pictures related to what you want to do. The more you look at things and draw them, the faster you'll build up that "visual library." I know plenty of those A types who are still shitty at design, and B types that are great because they put in the effort. ;)
Instructor: "Draw an ant from memory."
My brain accessing Visual Library: "That one ant scene from 'Honey I Shrunk the Kids'."
This is actually proably the best video I've seen on youtube, thank you so much for making me aware of that there is such a thing as a visual library, and, making me understand how rich mine is. This was very inspiring indeed!
That was awesome! I'm 18 and about to go to art school in the US so I'm going to keep this info with me for a long time. This also renewed my motivation to improve and was a great reminder to always be observant. Thanks for the video!
SO GOOD. SO INFORMATIVE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. Thank you. This really motivates me to keep learning everywhere and how to build life experience into art. Really appreciate it!
This video is awesome! I agree with all the references you mentioned in the second part, and for me there is a sixt one, that is music. Listening to different kinds of music realy makes a lot of images pop into my head. Especialy instrumental music; these works like reading books, but in a more abstract way. Very inspiring!
Thanks for doing these videos! You're realy a great teatcher!
Cheers from Brazil!