Re: Conundrum...triroseFebruary 25 2009, 14:04:01 UTC
The key to not working for your Dad isn't being obstinate. Your brother can also chose to quit working for your Dad if he wants to. The key is whether you can find work for yourself. Go forth and find a job to support yourself, and presto! No more listening to your Dad. So that's the real issue you should focus on, not on how much your Dad will be yelling.
Also, I didn't mean to send you to Illo lecturers to take up more skills. I think you can pretty much do a decent illustration by yourself with the skills you already have... just need more practice. I meant sound them out about how to approach the industry, and show them some of your work to ask if you're "there" yet. And to ask what it's REALLY like working in the industry. From what I hear the deadline are a killer -- and if you miss a single one, ppl are reluctant to work with you anymore because a piece of artwork, especially for an ad, is useless after the deadline.
Re: pencil shading. It's pretty much the same as when you're using black and white pencils XD; As for blending, cross hatch it into each other (not at 90 degrees, but at an angle). Be careful to use the right colour from the start -- the paper will only hold so much colour, so it's not possible to blend, like, ten colours into it. Also, we used prismacolour pencils, and were told not to use Luna/Steadtler pencils because of the intensity of the colour. You could probably find something similar in art shops over there.
I have this tendency for my pencil strokes to merge into each other, which KS complained horribly about. :p Maybe you can leave a note on Constance's lj asking her advice on pencil colouring
Re: Conundrum...Solved!tanlammyFebruary 25 2009, 15:59:54 UTC
Hmm...you have a point there. I guess I've been ranting a lot about my Dad but not entirely trying to solve things (of which, I apologize for it.)
Things have...cleared a bit for now. Had a long talk with him (when Mom missed-call me and when I called back, she immediately passed the phone to him! Probably due to me trying to "escape" talking to him all this while...) and despite being a mini-lecture (he told me off for even THINKING for working for people - now I know his reason, despite the direct-to-the-point words), he's said the magic words:
If I want to continue studying, I can go ahead and take up the Illustration course I want. It's not about the money - It's about WHAT I want to do in life.
So...yeah. I think the conundrum's a bit solved now :)
From what I can get of an equation: Taking up Illustration = I do what I love best + different direction from Dad's field + work solo (which I've wanted to do all this while)
I might most probably come round and go crash the Illo department a bit 'round next week (after task submission on that Tuesday). In the mean time, I'll see what the nice-lady-counsellor can say :D
.......for the first time in these few weeks, I've never felt this much relief. It's been a long week, and really, thanks for hearing me out all this while ^_______^ *salute!*
Also, I didn't mean to send you to Illo lecturers to take up more skills. I think you can pretty much do a decent illustration by yourself with the skills you already have... just need more practice. I meant sound them out about how to approach the industry, and show them some of your work to ask if you're "there" yet. And to ask what it's REALLY like working in the industry. From what I hear the deadline are a killer -- and if you miss a single one, ppl are reluctant to work with you anymore because a piece of artwork, especially for an ad, is useless after the deadline.
Re: pencil shading. It's pretty much the same as when you're using black and white pencils XD; As for blending, cross hatch it into each other (not at 90 degrees, but at an angle). Be careful to use the right colour from the start -- the paper will only hold so much colour, so it's not possible to blend, like, ten colours into it.
Also, we used prismacolour pencils, and were told not to use Luna/Steadtler pencils because of the intensity of the colour. You could probably find something similar in art shops over there.
I have this tendency for my pencil strokes to merge into each other, which KS complained horribly about. :p Maybe you can leave a note on Constance's lj asking her advice on pencil colouring
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Things have...cleared a bit for now. Had a long talk with him (when Mom missed-call me and when I called back, she immediately passed the phone to him! Probably due to me trying to "escape" talking to him all this while...) and despite being a mini-lecture (he told me off for even THINKING for working for people - now I know his reason, despite the direct-to-the-point words), he's said the magic words:
If I want to continue studying, I can go ahead and take up the Illustration course I want. It's not about the money - It's about WHAT I want to do in life.
So...yeah. I think the conundrum's a bit solved now :)
From what I can get of an equation:
Taking up Illustration = I do what I love best + different direction from Dad's field + work solo (which I've wanted to do all this while)
I might most probably come round and go crash the Illo department a bit 'round next week (after task submission on that Tuesday). In the mean time, I'll see what the nice-lady-counsellor can say :D
.......for the first time in these few weeks, I've never felt this much relief. It's been a long week, and really, thanks for hearing me out all this while ^_______^ *salute!*
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