Lakshmi.Jaerik said:
This is why I'll never be as good as real artists. =D I keep wanting art to work by certain rules, like programming. Here's how perspective works, here's how line weight works, here's how shading works, here's how anatomy works, etc.
It's why I learned just enough about art to talk intelligently about it with artists, and work closely with them in games, but never really tried to do anything serious with it. I'll leave the truly creative stuff to you guys.
I highly disagree! Your work is very fantastic, it's just... giving yourself your own rules that you eventually follow. You learn what others do, how they compose and create their work, then figure out your own ways. What shapes do you see... what colors do you want expressed... I feel code can be a lot of the same way. Granted I completely suck at code (Im still very basic, and only in HTML and CSS, taking other classes for it right now)
But there are still some general basics, depending on what you want to make, that you will always follow because it makes sense. But how you make it your own and mold it into your own style makes it just more than strict rules.
I guess in a sense, it's like making a program. You have your basics you have to follow for it to function on an operating system... however, you can use all these basics to create whatever you want and make it work... and with new technology (or in this case, materials learned/used/etc), you can elaborate more and make nicer things?
Thats the best way I can put it.
Also, it is amazing to see how many artists are on here. Everyone is so good! I love sharing information and topics like this. I will keep checking in later tonight. :3 Have fun all!