Actual drawing

You can do anything if you believe in yourself!!!

(sorry, that's all I got)

 

It's a good baseline skill that speaks a lot about the applicant. Most people of an artistic bent will have drawn and been creative from an early age. A lot of other people have picked up software later on in life and taught themselves the craft of 'making stuff'. They were inspired by video games and wanted to make video games, often don't have a creative bone in their body but will do really competent versions of what they've already seen a million times before.

'Making stuff' is fine. There are companies that want stuff made. They want park benches with a photograph of a park bench UV mapped on it. If that turns you on, go for it.

But, if you're a 'stuff maker' rather than an artist, you'll probably still be a 'stuff maker' cranking out barrels and trees with your arse pressing against the glass ceiling in ten years time. Then, the guy who had the baseline drawing, painting and artistic sensibilities is now the art director running the show.

Not to say that not drawing always equates to not being creative. It's all just different tools. But, I find that truly creative people can't help but make cool stuff out of anything they can get their hands on. They always return to the pencil, the simplest tool in which they expressed themselves as a kid. They spend a lot of time away from the mouse and wacom.

 

I quite enjoy classical pencil and paper drawings, although i have a Graphics Tablet - I don't use it much, i just prefer, idk, just pencil and paper. It's much more easier i think ...

 

Yeah, but then you reach for CTRL-Z...

 

That made me lol, and yeah sometimes it is annoying when you do something wrong, especially like a whole body pose haha, i guess it's just personnal preference.

 

I think screwups are part of the charm in the original drawings, plus lack of undo will force you to draw better. You can still fix them up in photoshop if you want to.

I am trying to keep up my skills by doodling on a pad while having a break. Maybe I'll post my doodlings to blog later, just to torment you with my rubbish..