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Foundation skills: Why is it important?

There has been some request for tutorial videos. I 'm glad that there is an interest in my work process, but I won't be doing one any time soon. For several reasons, and one is that there are already a plethora of great free tutorial contents on the web by amazing artists like Feng Zhu, Scott Robertson and Bobby Chui to name a few. Second, the core goal of this blog is to help direct you guys who are starting out to the right direction with useful information. Third, I also wanted this blog to focus not only on how improve artistically, but also to develop as a strong fountain skills as an individual. I truly believe the stronger your foundation skills, the further you can go in your career and the happier you will be down the road.  So what are foundation skills? Foundation skills in a nutshell comes down to how you can efficiently utilize your mind and body and how the two can work together to produce peak performance.  You are a biological o

Don't be yourself, be who you want to be.

There 's a saying that goes like, it 's not about who you are now, it 's about who you can be. Every famous musicians, artists, and athletes were not born with that title, they have to earn and become the person they want to be. So don't be who you are now, be who you want to be. 8 years ago, before I knew concept design was a career option, I wasn't who I am today. Had I stay who I was back then, I wouldn't had the chance to work on so many cool projects and meet so many great talents. I wouldn't got the chance to travel oversea to work and experience different cultures. I wouldn't be making good money and be financially stable. There are a lot of things I would have missed out on had I been myself rather than to strive to be who I wanted to be, a concept artist. The choice is up to you.