A few industry professionals ended up following me (probably on accident) along with a lot of unhired talents/post grads and since talking about portfolios and reviews is on the rise, what is your genuine opinion on 'fan art' in a portfolio? cont.
-
Show this thread
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
Replying to @paneziaa
I know right! Mixed messages all over the place. I've started a few projects using more concept art-focused pieces (not my concepts) yet I find them unfulfilling or harder to get myself to work on them. It's much easier to see awesome fanart and start work from that.
1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @TheGreatJug @paneziaa
That it gets shared around a hell of a lot easier, thus more self-bred exposure for your work.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @TheGreatJug @paneziaa
Consider this though - you will pretty much never be working on fanart in a professional capacity outside of maybe doing toys/figures so it's to your benefit to practice recreating another artist's concept more often than an existing character. Fanart is great, but in moderation.
2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
Whether or not you use your own concept instead of another artist is totally a judgement call, albeit one you have to be VERY honest with yourself about. I trained as a concept artist in school, decided to switch to 3D, and even I don't completely trust my own design skills 100%.
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.


