FA+
Shop
The year in review
15 years ago
I don't think it's too soon for one of these. I think I've already hit my magnum opus for the year, anyway, so I may as well.
2010 was a pretty exciting year. I leveled up very early on, and found myself suddenly whisked away to North Carolina to work as an artist for a social media company in late February, and had one of my comics picked up for publication mid-year or so (had to retool some things, so it's still in production). The months seriously just flew by. I can't even believe it's been nearly a year since I found myself unexpectedly having to relocate with three days notice. 9_9 I'm definitely a lot better off financially, in theory. I'm still always broke, so there doesn't seem to be much difference. X3
On the art front, things were a little different. Normally, I'll go back to the first drawing of the year and compare it to the last drawing of the year, and there is usually a noticeable jump in quality. This year, it wasn't as apparent. (If you care to compare, first big pic of the year versus what will probably end up being the strongest closing pic)I thought, for a moment, that I might soon reach a plateau in the next two years or so, but I don't want there to ever be a time where I feel I can't improve, so I dismissed it. What I DID notice was that it was a big year for experimentation. Aside from learning to poop out production-quality art in a short amount of time, I had a large advantage in that work required me to draw in different art styles for the different games I had to work on, which I suppose carried over into my art most recently. I think most of the credit, though, goes to really paying attention to the sort of work my fellow artists were doing and branching out to see what I was made of, in a sense. A lot of really excellent talent has come out of the woodwork this year, or rather, this year, my eyes were a little more open, and I've had the great opportunity and pleasure of getting to talk and work with many different folks. So rather than a consistent step up, it's been more of zigging and zagging to become more well-rounded.
Well, onward to 2011~
_______________________________________
Commission status: CLOSED
Current Queue:
1.
dbear (coloring)
2.
krillos (coloring)
3.
tabra (sketching)
4.
punktiger (inking)
2010 was a pretty exciting year. I leveled up very early on, and found myself suddenly whisked away to North Carolina to work as an artist for a social media company in late February, and had one of my comics picked up for publication mid-year or so (had to retool some things, so it's still in production). The months seriously just flew by. I can't even believe it's been nearly a year since I found myself unexpectedly having to relocate with three days notice. 9_9 I'm definitely a lot better off financially, in theory. I'm still always broke, so there doesn't seem to be much difference. X3
On the art front, things were a little different. Normally, I'll go back to the first drawing of the year and compare it to the last drawing of the year, and there is usually a noticeable jump in quality. This year, it wasn't as apparent. (If you care to compare, first big pic of the year versus what will probably end up being the strongest closing pic)I thought, for a moment, that I might soon reach a plateau in the next two years or so, but I don't want there to ever be a time where I feel I can't improve, so I dismissed it. What I DID notice was that it was a big year for experimentation. Aside from learning to poop out production-quality art in a short amount of time, I had a large advantage in that work required me to draw in different art styles for the different games I had to work on, which I suppose carried over into my art most recently. I think most of the credit, though, goes to really paying attention to the sort of work my fellow artists were doing and branching out to see what I was made of, in a sense. A lot of really excellent talent has come out of the woodwork this year, or rather, this year, my eyes were a little more open, and I've had the great opportunity and pleasure of getting to talk and work with many different folks. So rather than a consistent step up, it's been more of zigging and zagging to become more well-rounded.
Well, onward to 2011~
_______________________________________
Commission status: CLOSED
Current Queue:
1.
dbear (coloring)2.
krillos (coloring)3.
tabra (sketching)4.
punktiger (inking)
Though honestly, I'd be quite thrilled if I could've done anyhhing like your "first big" pic, let alone showing improvement ;-p
Very much look forward to what you'll do in 2011!
Dominus tecum
Regarding the two comparison pictures you linked above, I personally think there's a noticeable difference, so I wouldn't be too concerned about plateauing just yet. As you said, you've started moving in some new directions style-wise, so perhaps you'll find all sorts of new areas to work on and improve; there's always something more that one can be doing.
As they say, onward and upward!