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MD-02-Geist · member Member # Joined: 22 Dec 2000 Posts: 63

Hi ... as u can see i am new here.
I looked at some posts in this forum and i have to say most of the art is amazing ... and now i wanted to know... did u guys go to an art school or something or is this, what u posted just done for fun and without any school practise?

And if u went to school ...how long did it take till u got sooo good?

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faustgfx · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2000 7:55 am

yay, i'll be the first one to reply.

the only school i went to was elementary school and jr high, barely managed to get through those.

art schools are so amazingly overrated, you don't need those. i didn't. but then again, i also learned that doing 2d, 3d, texture, print and video for living sucks ass.

avoid art schools at all costs.

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MD-02-Geist · member Member # Joined: 22 Dec 2000 Posts: 63

But how long did it take u to learn all this ???

And btw. plz critique this picture ... it is my first one with photoshop and the art doesn't have that clean lines, but i dont have an art pad... i had to do it with the mouse :)

BTW: its a german server so plz be paitient

faustgfx · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2000 8:11 am

i started with 3d studio release 4 and ms paint (not max, but release 4) when i was what.. 13? i'm 18 now.

been using photoshop on daily basis (got no other life) for ~3+ years.

and as for the pic, don't use inner bevel, and if it's a first piece, it's almost acceptable for what it is. it's not good either by no means, worry not. keep practicing. alot.

hint: steer away from books and tutorials, it's much more rewarding to try and test and figure out things by yourself. 's what i did.

i take pride in the fact that i have never read a book or a tutorial 'bout digital graphics with the motive of learning something out of them.

[edit, i could be wrong on years. i do remember that i've spent most of my New Life(tm) with graphics crap.)

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El Caseron · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2000 8:18 am

Willkommen in diesem oh wunderbaren Forum.

labrat · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2000 8:51 am

If that's your first pic, it's a lot better what I did back then. I couldn't do even THAT now, not without my penpad. If I would be forced to use mouse, I couldn't do jack's shit. Not that I can do much more now, either.

Anyway, I am 20 now, and I started doing graphics at the age of 16, so, it doesn't neccesarily take much time. I never took any tutorials or classes, for the reason that I wanted to figure out my OWN style and to do things my OWN way.

Now, since I have already done that, I am going to take few classes at few things. It never helps to be stubborn and refuse to learn anything from others.

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Tomten · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2000 4:07 pm

Labrat, can you put up an reaaaally early pics of yours and one of your later ones.. i would like to see how much you have developed and see if there is any hope for me.. i suck att drawing on papers and stuff.. i like photoshop though.. so, now i wanna know i can learn to draw good, or if you have to be born with it.. or something..