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Research Poll (Patreon)

Published:
2019-06-27 11:57:00
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2026-06
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Research Poll

  • Lineart quality and complexity 60
  • Shading and highlights 11
  • Coloring and tone 13
  • 2019-06-27
  • 84 votes
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Content

I am busy gathering some info, it might help me improve my art and expedite it's creation. George Lucas once said, that art is never completed, merely abandoned. I don't really agree with that. Time is a factor and not everyone has the luxury of working in Hollywood with budgets greater than the gross domestic product of some countries.

That, and less cynically, art is still subjected to objective standards, as much as postmodernists disagree. It can be completed, weighed, measured and assessed for quality.

Rambling aside. In regards to my work, which do you think is more important for something to be more engaging?

RegardsSexualYeti

Comments

Sky Angelos

As an artist myself who's "art circle" is mostly people who work for the gaming industry, I have to both agree and disagree with George Lucas; there's no artist on this planet worth their salt who won't look back on their art pieces and not go, "well crap, I should have touched up this or continued that." From George that's mostly just a poetic quote about the nature of art in itself. There's a level where we artists will call it quits but we're never TRULY done with a piece; that's the fun of art. For this poll you actually have your three areas listed in order of priority, in my own opinion. A lot of artists who sell their works to gaming and movie companies or to art galleries, book covers, etc. will readily agree that your highest priority should always be the quality of your lineart, or your actual drawing if you will, whether it's simple or complex. It's quite literally the bones upon which the rest of your art is based and while a lot of "digital only" artists CAN sidestep that process with the illusion created by Shading or Coloring tricks, anyone who looks at art beyond a cursory glance will subconsciously "feel" the difference between those who neglected their drawing and those who didn't. One of my favorite art teachers once won a large art contest because he bullshitted a giraffe for his submission but his DRAWING was so spot on that even with almost no other details it had a unique beauty in its Minimalism tastes. (He was shocked to win lol he knew it was basically a yeeted drawing.) Shading and highlights are, in my opinion, the next big thing simply because it's the next logical extension of your Drawing foundation. With them and a good foundation you can make a piece either incredibly complex or incredibly simple and it'll still "tell" an awful lot which adds to the beauty of the piece. Coloring and tone are lowest on priorities in my opinion. They're always pretty and make a great topper to an art piece but it's just not that necessary. You've submitted multiple works to Patreon which I've seen which amply demonstrates this; even though it's greyscale your piece which aren't colored are still engaging and pleasant to the eye. I might be biased in all this since my medium I most work with is charcoal and I heavily prefer greyscale. I'm a fan of your works and I think you're doing just fine in addition to the steady improvement I've seen out of you between your earlier works and your more recent entries. Great job! :D