Bobby Chiu's Livestream from
March 27th 2014
Finished
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You can watch this stream live every Thursday @ 7:00 AM
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His Livestream.com channel:
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/6693476
His website:
http://www.imaginismstudios.com/
Questions:
TI:ME "
Question asked"
Bobby's answer (
Anything else mentioned)
8:15 "Do you recommend setting deadlines to yourself?"
Create multiple deadlines, even for coming up with the idea.
Fill your head with inspiration and decide on the idea at the last moment.
10:20 "How to you apply professional thinking to your own work?"
Set schedules for yourself.
10:40 "When will the painting creatures class open on Schoolism?"
(This class has since opened, http://www.schoolism.com/school
.php?i
...)
11:15 "How to explain to a client that his idea is rubbish? How to steer him into a better direction politely?"
Ask it as a question to allow the client have some ownership in the idea.
Give reasons why you think your idea is better and suggest it as an alternative.
14:15 "How can I speed up my digital painting?"
It's about how physically quick you are moving, it's about how quickly are you putting correct information on paper.
16:50 "Do you think the main key to making a character look natural within a landscape related to light and shadow? What are the things to consider?"
What does the environment and the creature have in common?
18:15 "What are some of the things that we should NOT do when we first start working for a client?"
Don't be too aggressive right away. Don't be too demanding on things. Avoid turning down a job coldly, let the client know if you want to work for them in the future. Keep in touch with them
.
22:00 "I have tons of good ideas for projects, how do I decide which one to work on?"
How much time it's going to take you? What's the benefit? Write it down and decide which one is the best one.
23:55
Things change, constantly add value to what you're doing to keep up.
People will have a hard time if you're the person who's constantly learning.
28:05
Change is not friendly. If you're a person with no goals, that means you have to direction, which means life is steering you by chance.
31:35 I don't believe that I'm gifted in any way in art. I feel like the best thing of all is that I'm persistent. It's all a choice, do you want to do nothing or do you what to do something that will get you closer to your goals?
Practice taking control of your mind.
Life favors the ones that keep going. ("
Willpower Instinct" by
Kelly McGonigal, "
The Power of Habit" by
Charles Duhigg; summary of both these books can be found here http://sivers.org/book/)
37:45 "When you get to a certain stage in professional life, how do you keep your ideas valuable?"
If you're constantly looking to change, than your followers will get used to it and they'll be with you through those changes. Be more concerned about not changing at all, about feeling comfortable.
39:55 "What books do you have on perspective on people?"
Alex Woo's and
Louis Gonzales' courses on Schoolism. "How to
Draw" by
Scott Robertson. /*"
Figure Drawing For All It's
Worth" by
Andrew Loomis has sections on figure drawing perspective*/
41:50 "What do you think about those who steal others work? How can we protect the artwork from those guys?"
You could look at it as free market research, confirmation of what are the good images, but still for after them
.
45:00 "What do art directors look for in portfolio for the gaming industry?"
Great ideas and can you back up the ideas with good fundamentals. /*
Feng Zhu
Design Cinema Episode 20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naV1Q... */
47:00 "What do to when we get stuck on a blank page?"
Draw things that you're familiar with, which leads to another things.
Professional artists don't have artist blocks.
48:08 "What's a good way to find clients for freelance work?"
On forums, making your own self-published book, having a website, joining contest, entering annuals, ... It's not just one thing, if clients keep seeing you everywhere, they'll contact you. Do all of it and do it all at once, from when you wake up to when you go to sleep, 16 hours a day. You're going to use 2/3 of your "fuel" to get out of the beginner area.
55:00
Sometimes bad things still happen. If you're positive and nice when you have every reason not to be, that's when you'll be rewarded.
59:05 "
What is the best way to get started in the art business, especially for one who does not have a degree?"
School is for people who are not disciplined enough to learn on their own.
I've never been asked for my diploma, not even what school I went to. Learn from the people that are at the highest levels. ("
Alla Prima" by
Richard Schmid, "
Drawn to Life" by
Walt Stanchfield, "
Illusion of Life" by
Ollie Johnston)
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