Bryan Bedford

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.

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.

That it gets shared around a hell of a lot easier, thus more self-bred exposure for your work.

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.