TUTORIAL // a roadmap for artistic growth (Patreon)
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Here it is: this month’s tutorial! It’s actually more of a lecture, since it doesn’t demonstrate any drawing techniques. It’s about artistic growth and it lays out a roadmap for artistic improvement. Thanks to Brandi for suggesting this one in the discord server!
This tutorial breaks down artistic improvement into 5 main stages. For each stage, I talk about which exercises you can do to improve in that area. At the end (40:11 minutes in), I talk about how you can troubleshoot your art to figure out which stage you could focus on at this moment in your growth process. Hopefully it will be a helpful guide for those of you who are not sure where to start, and also for those of you who are not sure which tutorials you should follow after signing up to this patreon!
As always, here is a cheat sheet with the most important info from the tutorial! You can also find it as a PDF below, along with a handy worksheet to help you narrow down your artistic goals.
Below is a list of tutorials referenced in the video. Some are available to all patrons, some only for flame members - those are indicated with a little flame emoji. The cheat sheet PDF attached at the end also has clickable links in it if you want to access them that way!
01 // COMFORT ZONE
02 // LEARNING TO OBSERVE
03 // BUILDING SKILLS
- Constructing a pose
- Constructing faces & expressions 🔥
- Creating light & flowy sketches 🔥
- Choosing colors
- Simple tricks for lighting & mood 🔥
- Making your sketch presentable 🔥
- Elevating your sketch by adding color 🔥
- Finalizing without over-rendering 🔥
- Making your digital portraits more interesting 🔥
04 // MAXIMIZING EFFICIENCY
05 // CULTIVATING YOUR VOICE
- Creating interesting & flowy shapes 🔥
- Using your creative spark for ideas 🔥
- Stylizing trees & plants 🔥
I also mentioned that I have some process videos for finished paintings that you can reference as a resource for elevating the detail in your art. Here are a few that I can recommend:
- Ice process: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- Abundance process: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- Flow process: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
I hope you find this helpful! Please let me know what you think and if you have any ideas for future tutorials, feel free to share them with me! ❤