Hey everyone, my name is Michael. I am currently a college student majoring in Arts and Technology, or ATEC for those of you who like shorter words. For anyone unfamiliar with this, ATEC is basically a degree that’s focuses on video game design and animation (even more specifically it delves into the individual job applications for those career tracks, like a sound designer, special effects artist, and so on).
The degree requires that we in this major take drawing and design classes. Now, I have been drawing since I was very young—around the age of five or so (maybe younger) — and have shown an interest in the subject ever since. I mostly went off instinct and natural talent up until the 5th grade. That’s when I began to hone my skills as a visual artist.
A lot of the time I will be on sites like deviantART, and I will come across someone giving tutorials on how to draw (usually in the poster’s own style). I feel that as an artist one can always learn more about something and if I like the poster’s work I will give the tutorial a look over. Unfortunately, not every tutorial post is good at its job, i.e. teaching the audience how to do what the poster does.
This brings me to the topic of my blog. For my blog I will be looking at tutorials, specifically ones that are about art (drawing, coloring, texturing techniques, etc). I will follow the steps of the tutorial, post my results, and evaluate the pros and cons of the tutorials’ ability to teach. By doing this blog I’m hoping to both get a better understanding of what makes a good tutorial, and further my skills in visual arts.
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