Can I just say I adore your work and look forward to seeing you post? Hzshs Okay, so my main question is what would you recommend someone who's trying to learn about layout and background painting, do, to see consistent improvement? What are key things one should be aiming for? Sorry if this doesn't make sense. 🙈
Hi there ! thank you ! :)
I would say, you need to work/draw/practive with intentions.
You need to know what specific skill you are trying to improve each time you start a drawing session.
For Layout and background painting, you need many different skills so it's good to have a list :
Perspective
Composition
Color theory
Light theory
Shape design
Architecture design
Line work/brushwork
when you do a piece of art ask yourself : what am I working on today ? you can do multiple at once of course !
And when you feel that you are not achieving what you want, try to pinpoint which skill is lacking, and look for ressources about that specific one !
Always surround yourself with REFERENCES, you can't draw everything from imagination, you absolutely need to study the world !! and don't limit to pinterest and google images, find books and go outside !
You need VARIETY in order to get better, there is nothing worth than a creative brain getting bored because you are doing the same exercizes over and over.
Studies, life drawings, plein air, are good when you don't have inspirations and you want a base to build from.
Personnal illustration help you develop a personnal style, a langage, explore with your skill, have fun, be an artist.
Failures are OK and normal, just keep drawing, the more you draw the less you will care about doing something less good. Every drawing, every sketch, every painting, is a lesson. You may not feel it while you do it, but in the long run you will !!
Don't trap yourself in a single method !! Try new ways to work, do the things that feels good to YOU. If you copy an artist method and it does not work for you, it can feel very discouraging ! But it's not because you are not made for this, it's because the method was not made for you : find your own !
That is the most I can say through text ! Hope it helps ! Good luck
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