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Dakkan
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hey guys, i was sorta wondering if those who are proffessional digital artist could just gimme some tiny suggestions on something. i'm 16 right now, and am gonna go to college next year for two years, and then university (i'm moving to london, hehe, they have a waaay different kind of education than they do here). anyway, i want to get into digital art as a career (making images for advertising, computer games, u name it...), but was wondering, what kind of courses should i focus on? for example, should i focus on classical art courses, and learn the software myself? or focus more on the computers? i'm surprised if u've already read up to this part, hehe, so any help on the topic of getting started in digital art would be GREATLY appreciated. thanx 
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Dakkan
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2000 11:22 am |
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and btw, do u guys think it would be worth it to buy painter6? i'm getting photoshop this summer, but don't know if there's any other software i should think of getting. thanks again...
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Sanga
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2000 6:50 pm |
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Painter 6 has a lot of great features if you would like to try making your digital art look more natural, I've been using it for a couple of weeks now and really love it.
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[Shizo]
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2000 12:20 am |
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You wount need anything else if you get real good at PS.. But isnt there a demo of Painter? Why dont you check it out and see maybe you're more of a painter type of guy
http://www.metacreations.com i tink
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Gumby
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2000 12:24 am |
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Well, if youre moving to London, you may want to go to the London College of Music and Media who do a BA course in Digital Arts (the one Ill hopefully be on in 2 years time )
*edit* ah, buggery, didnt read it properly... didnt notice the bit where you said you wanted a course for now :/
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hennifer
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2000 7:53 pm |
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as far as what kind of classes you should take, in my opinion, a basis of classical art training helps just about everything else. you'd be surprised just how much you DON'T know about the basics of art when you start on a course like that. (i know i was!)
then again, if you're specifically looking to do digital art, you probably don't want to commit to a long classical art program.
i don't know about london, but around here (ontario, canada), there are quite a few "arts foundations" courses that you can take, which are generally a year in length, and help prepare you for something more specialized.
in my own experience, i enrolled in a classical animation course, and even though i didn't complete it (didn't like the school), i learned a lot from that, and can apply it to other types of art. basically, anything that helps you practise drawing/painting helps! |
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