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| - Doing the first view, then while starting the second view, not checking back to the first view to see if it looks like the spatial relationships are the same. - Not fixing mistakes as soon as you start to do them. Begin to think about every line: Why is it there? What does it represent? Which vanishing point is it going to? Is it in the right place? You must think this stuff as you draw. |
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| Your Thought Process As you begin your training in drawing, it is good to have a goal in mind, something that you can aspire to. As I read prospective students letters of introduction, where they outline what they hope to gain from this course and what they eventually hope to achieve with their training, it seems I get a form letter type of response. It goes something like this, "Ever since I was a little kid, I've always liked to draw. I hope that the advanced training I receive at the college will lead me to a job with Disney or a job doing computer animation." Sound familiar? It's nice to have a big dream to shoot for, even if it seems unattainable. This is not to say that if this is your goal you may as well forget it, far from the truth. If you work hard enough and smart enough, it can happen. Nothing is impossible! The important thing to understand at this point is that you must create a series of smaller goals that will lead to the big one. When I say a series of steps I do mean several. Don't just say, "Well, my small goal is that I want to be able to draw better. That will eventually get me a job at Disney." This statement is too vague. It covers too broad an area. You must be specific. Take out an example of your own artwork, something that you think is pretty good. Now find an example of artwork from a book or something that you feel is a good example of the level that you wish to aspire to. (Let's say you want to work for Disney, and you really think that the artwork from Aladdin is what you want to shoot for.) Place your artwork and the Disney art side by side. Now take a look at the two pieces, I realize that they won't be of the same subject, but look at them from a purely artistic point of view. |
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