I started my path to being an environment artist about a year ago. It has been a pretty steep learning curve, I at first thought I'd be able to pick up the skills in a few months. (Imagine the face of the environment art director as I was regaling him with my plan to get my first job in two months, hahaha, priceless....thank you for the graceful letdown Eric.)
It is often a fairytale like adventure, not always pleasant, but usually magical. I compare myself to a student at Hogwarts or a sorceress's apprentice because of the sheer amount of wondrous skill to acquire. I can make fireballs, carnivorous plants, forests full of chocolate chip cookie trees. Anything I can imagine, with planning, research, and work, I can create.
In April I started reducing my 2D art studies and redirected the energy into 3D art studies. To keep my friends and family from thinking I've died, or lost my hands in a terrible rock carving accident, I've been posting these small comics of my experiences along the way.
I hope they provide some other 3D artists learning out there joy as well. Post your own and send me the link.
George Lee, I know you're transitioning from bein' an amazing animal painter. What's your take on the move to 3D?
First Live Stream
Self Reflection - What is working, what isn't?
Don't worry, I am not dead. Tally ho!
He is a very good boy.
He also hates his tail
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You are probably asking yourself why this one is included in my journal. Here you go. His doggy gymnastics and adaptability to a difficult environment brought a smile to my lips, and reminded me that humans are successful not because they know their environment, but because they're skilled at adapting to it. We're even able to create the environment, that we then adapt to. So pup is stuck in a cone, gradually being taught that his tail is in fact, a part of his body and I'm intentionally creating an environment (cone???) that pushes me to become a more powerful artist and storyteller. I don't think this metaphor translates well. I'm posting it.