I Quit My Concept Art & Illustration Career
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In one of Feng Zhu videos, where he talks about student entrance portfolios, I think he mentions that they were looking for people who are trying to create their own worlds, characters, vehicles, etc. This was the first time I thought that concept design was not for me. I had no real interest in creating my own, unique worlds. No sketchbooks filled with my own superhero designs, fantasy worlds. It was just copies of real world, portraits, photographs.
Now it's a second time, where I feel the same. Thank you for the video. 😊
That's a great point! It crossed my mind to share that but I totally forgot, thanks for the reminder and sharing your experience! :)
I am completely different. I love creating my own worlds, characters and vehicles; I have no desire on making other people's dreams come true with my art. I am, indeed, a heretic.
I can't imagine how actually helpful your videos are for me. Thanks for your insights all this time
The problem with an art career is that you must observe the other arts that inspire you to create your own unique art. This is similar to how an indie game developer can't make a fun game without playing the trending fun games in the market.
What’s the problem with observing other arts in your opinion?
@@sylvester1046read the comment again. This time slowly.
@@sylvester1046 Yeah good question. The problem is, you have to make times for both. It's hard. It's not like you're enjoying other's artWork and strats making content about it by giving your opinion online, no. The hardest part is you found out the things you need to improve and you have to do it. And you found out too much observation took too much of your strength and you need a rest. And there is family and friends you have to go through. So this consistency is actually harder than what we think it would be. I believe Doing Job and doing Art are two different things. One is necessary and other one is a kind of passion project. Job is boring, you kind of getting paid for doing the samething over and over again while in passion projects you have to go all out just because it’s your passion to reach the level. I have a great respect for the Western society for it's contribution on passion projects. But i think money and family is also important. I know the entertainment industry is kinda lacking there. I Hope you find the solution that suits you.
i don't agree, stardew valley wasn't born out of the trends , creater was inspired by an older outdated game , same with getting over it
I feel that’s how most common and commercially people can do well in any career. But the one who make new things that sell well observe a lot outside of their peer’s works, and they enjoy what they have created
It's tough ... most people stick to copying. It is both a safe space and a trap ... because results are better than original artwork for a very long time. I was always the opposite and very afraid to copy, which is also not great because you hinder progress in terms of reference. So maybe you take comfort that there's people like me who regret not copying more. 😎
Well you have really wonderful work you did over the years that some can even dream of. These works you made have potential to be continued into something more. I hope you get rest and I hope eventually fresh vision will come for you!
Thanks for the kind words :) slowly getting back to it
I'm an aspiring artist currently doing a major in fine arts, I thank you for this video, I just found our about your channel
A love of learning and teaching comes through strongly in your videos. It’s funny - nobody criticises the great masters for copying. Maybe you have the eye more of an artist who likes to capture the beauty of the real world, but the pressure to earn a living doing art pushed you into the concept art/imaginative direction.
Learning, teaching, capturing the beauty of the world as you see it - those seem to be the through lines of this look back over your career. Thanks for sharing with us!
That’s exactly it :)
if you are worried about whole imagination thing i highly suggest looking at all of craig mullins courses, i realised how he uses refrences not copying them but understanding them along the way , how much understanding he has of minute things we gloss over and blame the thumbnail or anything else but he showed me from beginning to end how much difference there really is between me and someone like him, because i thought i know how to make a composition work so i must know how to make every painting work automatically
I’ll pay close attention to that next time I watch his courses :)
your art is beautiful keep trying and don't be afraid to fail, creating something from imagination comes down to what makes you feel inspired and combining the principles you have learned, art doesn't have to be perfect, get used to failure if art is what you love because we only live one time to experience the things we love, I'm sure that if everyone's soul is conscious after they die they would wish to have given all their time the things most loved to them, understanding is also art.
Interesting to hear about your journey. For me, style and aesthetics were my areas of interest. I never cared about fundermentals, copying from life or studying. I wanted to see if i could create something original that looked like the things I appreciate, but was at the same time not those things.. i often regret not studying more as my quality suffered as a result
I'm very happy you're back!
Most artists I know struggle to make a living without resources. I myself paint as a hobby and do other work to generate income. good luck everybody😶
Super insightful video :) I'm kind of in that limbo connecting the dots rn haha doing a masters in concept art trying to take this whole year to improve myself, practice more and see what I actually want to do in the future with regards to art, seeing more people have been in the same boat those make it a bit easier and makes it a bit less isolating, hope we can all land exactly where we wish to
I always appreciate such videos. It is interesting to see how many artists come from different fields and actually studied something completely different before switching to art. It shows to me that there is still a need to express ourselves via such media, but also becoming good at making art is probably a lifelong journey.
I work in IT (industrial solutions), so art is nowhere close to what I do for living. In my case, it is the opposite - I draw a lot from imagination. A simple flower or discarded candy wrapping is enough to give me ideas, but of course, it was a trap. I completely skipped fundamentals and eventually hit a wall. I am trying to learn them now 😂
Would I ever do art for living? The question always pops up when people ask me if I do commisions or sell prints, but I honestly don't know. It is a hard path, and given the current state of AI, it seems to be hopeless in many ways.
Ai is quite far from taking over any role really let alone art a field that can really only be expressed perfectly by people
Cool video, thanks for sharing your perspective :)
Thanks for the video, it offers great insight.
I had the opposite problem, wanting to do stuff from imagination without solid foundations.
I also come from engineering, and I'm almost 30, but I never pursued art as a career, suffering much as I kept regretting it.
But over the years I radically changed my mind! I cherish the privilege of drawing what I want, without a boss telling me what to do.
I have a video on how I overcame negative emotion and I started loving art again. Maybe someone will find interesting.
Cheers!
Do you think switching to abstract art (and perhaps visiting galleries with it) would help your burn out? Great video tho, loved your insight!
Possibly, I’m trying to focus on drawing things I love. I’ll try to add some abstraction to the mix
@@sketch-habit I've heard that it sometimes helps to completely change gears, to focus on something else but hey you do you! Anyway, wish you all the best mate!
As they say if you really want to be a starving artist just watch Schoolism everyday.
😅🫣
Is that a twitter account? I don’t feel schoolism is too bad if trained with very authentic and inspiring individual.
@@简澜 Schoolism is great, I think they mean the "problem" is if you just watch it all day and don't apply. And "problem" can be relative because I learn a lot that helped my recruiting career by "just" watching it.
wait how can you become a concept artist if you only COPY?/ wow so lucky.
I'm kinda lost too, because aside from a big commission i got 2 years ago, i didn't get anything. I end up discovery more or less the things i want to do, but i still don't know how to connect the dots either. That being said, i don't believe in drawing from imagination. Imagination and memory are the same thing, said Aristotles. What your imagination do is do pick the images from your memory and mix it to get what you want. Drawing from imagination is just using low res references. As a teacher of mine said, the walls of those game studios a completely full of references. You need reference to each step or detail you want. Reference for objects, pallets, compositions, etc. Being incapable of drawing from imagination should not burden you.
Training the technical brain vs the creative brain needs simultaneous development but this is tough no doubt. In my opinion, you should have considered FZD. One year investment but the outcomes are amazing! Feng is an amazing teacher.My 5 cents.
I didn’t have that kind of money unfortunately, but it was a great school that I learned a lot from researching and watching Feng’s channel
@@sketch-habit I'm sorry. the fee's are quite pricey.
I feel very related to your story, man. I started my art journey three years ago, inspired by my friends, who are some of THE BEST concept artists in my country. I've always loved art and found it super fun and interactive, but the moment I discovered the fundamentals of drawing, it became bittersweet.
It’s like: you study, try to apply what you’ve learned → fail → get depressed → try to study more to compensate. You end up consuming more information than actually drawing and having fun with it. I think it's similar to going to the gym-it's better to keep lifting consistently rather than overanalyzing exercises and lacking training intensity, problably the people we admire are drawing so much and having fun while at it than we can actually see
Yeah, that’s so true! And you probably compared yourself too much with your close friends
artist never quite they just draw at home lol it is part of us !