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Anonymous05/14/26, 02:57No.7940678Firefighter / college student in Illustration degree
Hello!
I am a current college student who works full time as a firefighter. I take online courses to try to get my degree in Illustration. Its something I've wanted for a long time, although I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this degree once its finished. Haha.
Anyways, I kinda stumbled on this board and figured I'd throw out some of the drawings I've had to complete this semester, and see how you all like them.
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Anon05/14/26, 02:59No.7940681
This is charcoal
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Anon05/14/26, 03:00No.7940682
More charcoal
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Anon05/14/26, 03:02No.7940683
Another charcoal.... there's alot of charcoal. But I promise there's other mediums as well. Haha
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Anon05/14/26, 03:04No.7940687
Digital drawing in 3pt perspective
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Anon05/14/26, 03:20No.7940701
Welcome! Awesome current job, and that’s a beautiful first panel. Your city’s also super atmospheric. Go for it and join in on any of the general topics here, [most replies to art posted would be critiques.] We’re pretty messed up here, but it’d be very cool to see your work around.
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Anon05/14/26, 03:25No.7940702
it sucks you need to die in a fire.
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Anon05/14/26, 03:25No.7940704
Your skill is alright but you need to start drawing illustrations.if you want to be a illustrator and start telling a story with your finished work and thinking about narrative illustration. Your skill level is about a /int/. Low to mid imo, though I would say low.
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Anon05/14/26, 05:06No.7940784
Solid stuff. It's pretty clear there's a gap between your observed work and your imagined work, and that's pretty common. If you goal is to draw from your head, you need to spend some time intentionally memorizing and recalling bits and pieces of anatomy, architectures, fashion, ect. so you can draw it without reference. It's a skill on it's own that I don't really see taught anywhere.
You should also spend some time doing some master studies. Observation shows you the "what" of drawing; master studies show you the "how." You'll learn more about mark making and style from doing studies of works from artists you like than you will from life drawing.