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TO THE ASPIRING ARTISTS OUT THERE....

TO THE ASPIRING ARTISTS...."The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who'll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you. If you're sitting around trying to dream up a great art idea, you can sit there a long time before anything happens. But if you just get to work, something will occur to you and something else will occur to you and something else that you reject will push you in another direction. Inspiration is absolutely unnecessary and somehow deceptive. You feel like you need this great idea before you can get down to work, and I find that's almost never the case." - Chuck Close
Good luck on your projects this year!
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Want to make an Anime? Dai Sato tells you how.I know there are a lot of foreign art/animation fans here on DA, fans of works and artists from Europe and Japan. Dai Sato, the legendary writer for classic, foreign TV shows such as COWBOY BEBOP, GHOST IN THE SHELL and WOLF'S RAIN explains the process of creating an animated series in japan. Take notes for you students/fans out there and enjoy!

PART 1.:
PART2:

I HATE THIS GUY. Seriously. I quit, LOL.I discovered Kim Jung Gi during my years living in South Korea when I came across his first sketchbook in '09. It was a blue and red bible of non-stop art. it made me cry. SEEING him do what he does, however, makes me contemplating giving up art altogether, lol. T________T #SoGood

TO THE ASPIRING ARTISTS OUT THERE... TEDxTEDxTalk in Sinchon, Seoul at the Seodaemun Art Center, South Korea, JULY 28th
TED.com Event information: http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/4471

DO YOU KNOW THESE ARTISTS?It's been a while since i've shared some of my favorite deviants. Here's a list of talent that some of you may or may not be aware of that i've been drooling over lately. I love this place!
Check 'em out!:
:iconmonk-art: Fabian Schlaga. LEGEND. If you haven't heard of this guy, you're missing out!
:iconsaspy: Saspy's work is amazing. The female mega-talent from Italy shows no sign of slowing down with her bright and fun approaches to character design, expressions and energy.
:iconjoel27: Joel is currently my FAVORITE ARTIST on Deviantart. Just flip through his gallery and you might find yourself there all day.
:icontchokun: French Artist who worked on online games and flash shorts such as WAKFU is not to be missed. serious talent here
:iconrikkitikki: Rikkitikki's light hearted animation influence illustrations are something to fall in love with. He's got a detective concept he's been playing with that shows the main characters quite often and i usually fave when he draws th

WANT TO KNOW HOW TOUGH BEING A MANGA ARTIST IS?Here's a schedule breakdown of the average week for a working Mangaka in Tokyo.

how bad do you want it?

Good luck on your projects!!!!!

TO YOU ASPIRING ARTISTS...FROM JOE MADUREIRAHere's some of the most amazing and invaluable advice you'll most-likely ever get from one of my good colleagues and legends in comics/gaming, creator JOE MADUREIRA. It's what i've been preaching to you aspiring artists since i arrived on DA, but i think his POV says it perfectly:
*WARNING: SOME MATURE LANGUAGE*
"DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST?
Or a successful WORKING PROFESSIONAL?
Believe it or not there is a difference. I'm not usually a soapbox type guy, I don't like instructing people, and I think I'm a terrible teacher. But hey, it's Friday and I'm in a strange mood. So here goes:
I've noticed that a good number of my fans happen to be aspiring artists themselves. This is for all you guys. I get asked constantly: "Where should I go to school?" "What classes should I take?" "What should I study for anatomy?" "What pencils and paper do you use?" "Should I be working digitally now instead of traditionally?" "How do I fix my poses? Learn composition? Perspective?" "When

DO YOU LIKE TO DRAW FANART?"What is FAN ART? Fan art is a statement saying: ' I LOVE YOU.' "
Like to DRAW & SELL art of characters that you don't own on DeviantArt, et al?
Know the IP laws and fan art laws. This is important to DA fan artists.

ANIME CURRICULUM?If there were an Art University in America that decided to introduce a "ANIME PRINCIPLES" class in their animation program, A class that would not only cover the art of creating TV production/feature anime, art history and it's understanding, but taught by, say-- Peter Chung-- with special periodical class visits throughout the semester by Japanese Animation Directors from Gainax, Madhouse, Studio Pierrot, Bones, Ghibli and Production I.G. ( with english translators of course) with the final thesis of a 3 minute short to be shown to them for judging. And the top graduates were to be awarded and a year internship at any of these studios,
Would you attend something like that? or not?
Why?

ALLNIGHTERS....The story of your life?

MY INSPIRATION...Wanna know who i look at and copy from these days? It's no one in comics. Nobody in film. Just this guy. He's why i draw these days. He's all i study. Thank you, YUTAKA NAKAMURA-SAN!

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TO THE ASPIRING ARTISTS OUT THERE.....

by `LeSeanThomas, Aug 8, 2012, 2:11:46 AM
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Listening to: SKYZOO: DREAM DEFERRED / JANSPORT STRINGS
Reading: The eyes of TEDx audience
Watching: TEDxTalks speeches
Playing: POSSUM
Eating: WACK ARTISTS ALIVE
Drinking: WATER

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*Sixcolors Sep 30, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

One of my favorite Adventure Time quotes has become something I've printed out and posted next to my desk.

Jake: "Dude, suckin' at something is the first step to being sorta good at something."

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~DMADdrawer Oct 10, 2012

that show is so smart in its own way

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Mood: Artistic

~yo24man Aug 20, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

truly inspiring

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~CassandraJames Aug 20, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Words to live by.

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~rockmalcolm Aug 19, 2012 Professional General Artist

Truer words have never been spoken. I'm using this to help me along in my endeavors.

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Mood: Artistic

~Leonidas666 Aug 13, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I don't really... maybe... believe I can.
"Believe" is such a strong word... lol

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~thatonekid9669 Aug 11, 2012 Student Artist

Thanks man!

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~ElementHaze Aug 10, 2012 Student Digital Artist

Printing this out and putting in on my wall! thank you for sharing.

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~1hope Aug 9, 2012

:thumpsup"

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~DustinMonku Aug 9, 2012

thanks. Been in a nasty art block for a bit.

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