[Mharett]

From what Ive been told, art colleges look for artists who can draw from direct observation. However, I was told by someone who works at the college I'm trying to get into that since most of my art comes from my head, that it is ok to include a few peices in that form. How does this look as one of those peices? Do you think it shows a level of quality that a college might be looking for? Thanks in advance.

mhar

[Presto Change O]

I dont know about college, but i dig it

[Andromeda]

I love the skellie, he has this really cute expression going on there.(didnt know skellies can have expressions...... ......)
Although i dont understand whats going on with his upper rib cage. is that one of his ribs sticking out ?

This piece -'could'- show the level of quality that college might be looking for.
But as you might already know, a single piece of pencil drawing is not good enough for a portfolio.
Yes i know you have more works in store somewhere, and many of them might even be better than this...
But a single piece of work really shows very little of your capabilities, and i dont think anyone can give you a proper answer to
"Do you think it shows a level of quality that a college might be looking for?"

Post more.

oh and i love the way the skellie is holding his swords. maybe some shadows on the ground might be a good idea.

[Molako_Plus]

This old boner is college material.


piss on them if they say that you aint good enough cuz you use yur imagination

[Mharett]

thanks alot for the replies!

presto: thanks!

andromeda: that 'rib' was supposed to be a leather strip of some sort holding his shoulder pad on... i kinda struggled with that one cuz he has no flesh to hold these things up...

molako: thanks, hopefully the college will think the same way

mhar

[louis finazzo]

looks wonderful... only thing i can think of is maybe bringing the left foot out a bit. *shrug* great work.

[jesusclone]

I think the biggest thing for your portfolio is to show that you have a wide range of abilities. I think it's also important to give them some sort of a scale to judge you by. For example, if you draw some wierd creature that doesn't exist, they have nothing to compare it to. On the flip side, if you draw a human with proper anatomy, they can say, hey that really looks like a human, perhaps it's better than the other guys human, so there they have a definante judging scale.

On the skeleton, I think it's a very good drawing, but I think that his ribs need some work, they look crooked to me.

Here are a few suggestions for the rest of your portfolio in case your looking for some inspiration.

Human Anatomy
Animal Anatomy
Sculpture
Painting
perspective drawing

Computer graphics are good, but most colleges want to make sure you have the traditional skills primarily. But if you're good with CG stuff, of course it couldn't hurt

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[good bye]

Art schools do put an extraordinary emphasis on drawing from direct observation. Personally, I find that sort of drawing to be easier than not using a reference. I'm afraid it's not very helpful if you are going to be a comic artist or an animator. The number of images one has to generate make it almost impossible to use a reference for every drawing.

Check out Dynamic Figure Drawing by Burn Hogarth. This book teaches a very useful method of drawing figures without a model. IMPORTANT NOTE: It won't work if you don't already have good grasp of anatomy to begin with. For that, I would recommend a life drawing class AND Anatomy: A Complete Guide for Artists by Joseph Sheppard.

[ March 30, 2002: Message edited by: watchitman ]

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