littlejohn's fantasy art (Updated 6/12/03)

[Piratecat]

Good lord, man. Go have dinner with my buddy (contact) so that he can tell you in person how cool I think you are!

Damn, that's gorgeous. Thank you for doing Mara.

 

[mythusmage]

mythusmage: I have a degree in architecture, I keep up with my life drawing and I take classes at the local community collge. But no art school...yet.

A background in technical illustration is good. I hope you soon get a chance to go to art school.

Your work is good. You have an eye for form and composition. Your work has presence, which is not something you can say for a lot of professional artists. With Mara the viewer gets the impression he's dealing with a person, and not just an image.

To put it another way, your art has the power to reach out. A rare quality.

Have you done paintings in other styles? Could you give us a sample?

(See, Pirate Cat, I can praise as well as darn.)

 

[(contact)]

Flee art school-- find a mentorship!



Love me some of that Mara.

 

[mythusmage]

Anybody in mind? Does he take apprentices?

Seriously, it's a damn good idea. The next time I rant and rave on art and artists I'll have to remember it.

 

[littlejohn]

Piratecat: re: dinner w/ (contact): I'm on it.

(contact): I hadn't thought about mentorship. Interesting idea. See you soon, eh?

 

[(contact)]

Art school! Good God y'all, what is it good for?

Mentorships are the vital, organic process by which technique and philosophy are transmitted. Art schools are just an attempt to codify and make that process widely accessable. Art schools fail more often than they succeed, and I've known plenty of lousy academy-trained painters, and plenty of lousy Academy instructors.

The things that I did get out of school were generally through the mentorships that I found within that structure.

You could use a school to get your mentorship, and why not, but don't get sucked into believing that the school itself (along with its demands, cirriculum, etc.) is going to get you anywhere (unless you want to teach).

 

[littlejohn]

Even though I should be working on something else, here's another portrait. This one is inspired by Kay from Sagiro's campaign; even though I have no idea what she looks like.

 

[Piratecat]

Actually, she - err - looks remarkably like that. Wow. The character AND the player, remarkably enough.

I love your art.

 

[Sialia]

It's the cheekbones and the eyebrows and the attitude . . . it really is uncanny. That certainly is her.

 

[(contact)]

(whispers) Fix her right eye . . .