- People constantly ask me how they can develop a 'cool' style. Here's the trick....Don't think what kind of style do people want. Just be yourself & search for knowledge. Style is developed through knowledge.
- Just painting or drawing how you naturally do is not enough to develop a good solid style. If art is an interpretation of something we can relate to LIFE, then you have to learn about the different aspects of LIFE to get better at art. Nothing is sadder than seeing an artist with a great idea but doesn't have the knowledge or skill to make it happen the way they had initially envisioned it. I still have this problem from time to time so I search for the knowledge and know how to make the idea I initially had to appear the way I want it to.
- Your ideas are what makes you unique. Once you have the idea, you search for the knowledge to make those ideas happen the way you envisioned it. I don't know about all of you but I can bet that when most of you learn something new, you can't wait to use the knowledge somehow in your next painting. This changes how the painting looks. With enough changes and exploration, the whole style evolves and the knowledge you learned to get there has come from a genuine place of passion and personal interest. This search for knowledge (instead of searching for a 'style') creates a solid unique style that is all your own. This is why I said in my previous journal entry "Just be yourself & search for knowledge. Style is developed through knowledge."
I said "Don't think what kind of style do people want" because as corny as it sounds we are all unique in our own ways. Use your unique personality, history, interests, family... etc to create a style that no one has seen before. That's how to develop a great style.
About Bobby Chiu :
Bobby Chiu’s art career started at the age of two with a box of crayons and his family’s white living room walls. He got his first professional art job when he was seventeen years old, designing Disney, Warner Bros., and Star Wars toys at Thinkway Toys in Toronto, Canada. Bobby has since won a number of awards for his independent work. He hates traffic and line ups but loves watching the traffic jams while drinking his morning coffee from his studio apartment. He presently works as an illustrator for film and television, teaches digital painting online at Schoolism.com (www.schoolism.com), publishes art books, and works on other top secret projects.
About Kei Acedera :
Kei Acedera is the art director and co-owner of Imaginism Studios. She is known for her imaginative character designs for Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” and her best selling children’s book illustrations for Harper Collins. Kei’s work can be best described as light hearted character based illustrations, beautifully appealing with extreme versatility. Look out for more of Kei’s work in upcoming feature films with Sony, Warner Bros. and Universal Studios.
Soooo, these are two favourite artist of mine with great skill and thinking. I look up to them >_< ~ Like Kei's artworks especially, they are so wonderful and cute and adorable! Bobby draws more monster, cute but not my cup of tea~
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