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Lost in the creative choices and possibilities...

RenderPretenderRenderPretender Posts: 1,041
edited December 2014 in Art Studio

Hello...

For some time now, I have been coming to realize that one of the boons of this medium - the ability to depict just about anything that the marketplace will allow - is actually a curse as well. For instance, when formulating how to express a concept, I find myself getting lost in the myriad possibilities of how I might do it to best effect, particularly when it comes to the question of "how many pieces or panels" I should create. Recall the day when artist's like Norman Rockwell would express an idea in one painting, and that was "it"? The fantastic and almost miraculously effective "it". I almost envy the comparative simplicity of having, in your mind's eye, a concept, and expressing it in one piece.

But it's not so simple in this medium. One piece, or a sequence? If a sequence, how many pieces? And how will I achieve visual uniformity across them? And what if I'm not happy with one, or all?

I'm curious to hear how other 3D artists approach this dilemma.

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  • SickleYieldSickleYield Posts: 7,639
    edited December 1969

    Creativity comes from constraint in a lot of cases. Norman Rockwell needed to work to a certain aspect ratio, because he was so often working to produce magazine covers. Then he would have a theme in mind for that issue of the magazine - school days, or patriotism, or Christmas, etc. And then he would interpret that in his own style.

    So find a contest or something that imposes some limits, and work from there. It will help you learn to give yourself rules saying I want to make this using this and this. This can help you learn what style you like to work with, and what kind of visual stories or abstractions interest you.

  • RenderPretenderRenderPretender Posts: 1,041
    edited December 1969

    SickleYield said:
    Creativity comes from constraint in a lot of cases. Norman Rockwell needed to work to a certain aspect ratio, because he was so often working to produce magazine covers. Then he would have a theme in mind for that issue of the magazine - school days, or patriotism, or Christmas, etc. And then he would interpret that in his own style.
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    That's an excellent point. The hard part, I suppose, is constraining oneself if no one else is doing it. That is a skill in itself, I think.

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