My aims

Hey Guys
Having a break from messing with charcoal. My silverback portrait coming on pretty sweet http://instagram.com/p/pYjv8fseTu/#

I know i said i havent got an end goal as such in my previous blog but i just wanted to highlight some of my goals id love to acheive by Christmas 2014 :)

Prob good to write this down, so i can revisit it later in the year and check if ive done it or not :D

• Work my way through back log of Sketch Dailies themes (not telling what they are!!)

1. these will each be hand drawn so keep an eye on my Instagram and Facebook pages
2. they will then be scanned and outlined in Illustrator
3. and painted in Photoshop

• Whilst doing digital stuff ill also be working my way down a list of animals i really want to draw in charcoal. These will have to be a surprise :D

• Work my way through the tutorials in "Beginners Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop" by 3d total book (cant recommend this enough! its on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginners-Guide-Digital-Painting-Photoshop/dp/0955153077#reader_0955153077)
• Work my way through Chris Oatleys amazing content in his "magic box" series
• Work my way through CTRL+Paints tutorial videos
• then i have a few ideas of my own i want to do once ive go to grips with Photoshop painting but ill leave them a secret ;)
• Then ill probably indulge myself into learning Matte painting and getting some environments sorted. No resources to share yet but watch this space. One thing at a time haha! Ill prob do some of my own design once i feel happy with it
•  One thing i really want to crack is Chinese Water Color painting. I love the aesthetic of them!Slightly different to normal water colors in that you load the brush with all your mix of pigment first. And its on super thin rice paper called Xuan or Shuan. Here's a video, its just as a visual example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQeZtZheb3s Ill prob start this after i've worked through my charcoal drawings

So that's what i want to achieve before Christmas

After Christmas i would like to take the 2d work i have created and turn it 3d. I know basically how to use Zbrush but would love to develop my skills. There is also some new Zclassroom videos id like to catch up on! http://pixologic.com/zclassroom/homeroom/
Ill post more on this once Christmas is approaching i think ;)

With my 2d stuff I'm hoping to build up a collection of prints to sell. they will be available on my etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TalonsCreations?ref=l2-shopheader-name and hopefully ill be joining a group of local artists to sell my work in a shop. They are awesome too! If you are local to the west midlands, UK id recommend you check them out http://bootstrapartisans.weebly.com/

Sorry its been a bit of a weird blog, not sure how interesting my 1 year goal list is, but i think its deffo worth setting up little goal to aheive in X time. It helps me feel like im progressing so may itll help you.
There is always time for art! I have 2 jobs currently with a third on the horizon (im deffo not richbefore we make conclusions here!) and a posibility of starti g another course too! (I must be mad!haha) I work from my 10 foot square bedroom so i dont have an big awesome studio. I go between living with my folks to staying at my boyfriends house half the week, so im living out a suitcase and i make time to do the afformentioned.
A little organization goes a long long way! Also if you are struggling for art supplies The Works is amazing http://www.theworks.co.uk/

Hope ive bought a little inspiration to you today!
Peace!!
Menja

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Deviant art

http://valkrya.deviantart.com/


Resources

Sketch Dailies          https://twitter.com/Sketch_Dailies

Book, Beginners Guide to Digital Painting by 3d total on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginners-Guide-Digital-Painting-Photoshop/dp/0955153077#reader_0955153077

Chinese Water Color        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQeZtZheb3s

Zbrush   Zclassroom        http://pixologic.com/zclassroom/homeroom/

The Works                       http://www.theworks.co.uk/


My Shop
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TalonsCreations?ref=l2-shopheader-name


Groups
Bootstrap Artists         http://bootstrapartisans.weebly.com/


***None of the above resources have paid me to recommended them. I am doing this for free and recommend them as i genuinely believe through my own opinion that are useful