Sometimes abundance is working against you...but I like the challenge!
I'm getting ready to make another Youtube video for my channel and would love to answer any questions you might have. When I was going to school we didn't have the internet so this wasn't possible and we had to wait for working professionals to visit our school to ask. Youtube has made it possible for me to reach people all over the world to give advice when I think I might be able to help. So if you leave a question in the comments I'll try to address everyone in my next Youtube video. Thank you! (oh - you might want to check out my channel to see what topics I've already covered...)
Why are you so frickin awesome? How you draws so good? Who is taking who on a walk, you or the dog? When are we going to lunch again?
ReplyDeletelol Guy...I learned from copying you - the dog - soon :)
ReplyDeleteWondering if you had any advice or tips on lighting an image. And how the brightness of an object can change depending on material or color?
ReplyDeletehow do you value rendering of an image of a student of yours (especially those who are averagely good)...since your paintings are wellworked and very refined, do you ask them to follow your style, or ask them to improve theirs, or are there any other standards in rendering or working the art that have to be in a particular way, for example: disney way, or pixar way, or else? thanks a lot, big fan of your work and words.
ReplyDeleteI love your YouTube videos and your work. My question would be - how do you pick your colour schemes? Do you just use what looks good or do you have techniques for picking colours - especially for digital work. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteHi Will! This is great. OK, so here is my question:
ReplyDeleteI work in pencil on paper, scan it in at 1200 DPI and then change the DPI to 300 or 400. I change the layer to multiply an I then colorize using more layers digitally in Photoshop.
i have a problem that sometimes the images keep too much of the paper texture and my silhouettes look "cut out" at times. In other words there is a slight black dot in what appears to be white background. The end result is a dirty smudge look in the flesh tones and background. If I change the levels on my pencil scan to fix this then I lose all the lovely subtle shading.
Do you have a fix for this? I know you no longer sketch using paper and pencil, but perhaps when you did you found a solution to this....?
Thanks Will!
Lori
Thanks for the opportunity to ask. I am just ready to begin marketing my art, after getting it where I want it to be. I have never worked for myself before, any advice you can give about being your own businessperson as an illustrator would be lovely. There is a lot of contradictory advice on the internet. Should one look for representation or try to do it all on their own? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteTook a while to think of something. You're so good at covering many subjects.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you do/recommend to keep one's drawing skills sharp and develop them to their highest potential?
Here's a subject I bet a lot of artists get confused about: we always hear we should have one distinctive style; how can we define which style that is? For instance, I think all of my work looks like "my" work, but I'm guessing it's something less tangible than that. For those of us throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks it can get kinda messy. Or maybe it’s like an old game show; "What's My Style?" and hoping Bennett Cerf comes up with the right answer (and then looks terribly self-satisfied).
ReplyDeleteThis isn't so much about sticking to the style you've marketed when you are working on assignments, it's about marketing when you aren't always sure what your definitive style is.
I know you covered some of this in our SVS class about being "known" for something (expression, value, color, architecture, etc), but in a broader sense how can we identify that style and polish it? Also, if you do have more than one style, how do you build an online portfolio around that? Should you really just stick to the one niche?
One more question? When did u keep consistency of your style of work, (what age, or what time of work experience) when did u stop doing some things and continued with those that worked (decision to do that). Also how do you suggest that to your students. I don't know whether i'm clear about my question but Im trying :). thanks a lot.
ReplyDeleteI've had several people mention that I should consider doing personalized children's books, or have my books printed on high quality paper and selling them like table art books. DO you know anyone who is doing anything like this? Is it really a viable option? I'm unfortunately not getting any traction anywhere else.
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