Wrong F-ing Question

We see it all over the internet, on digital art boards and forums everywhere: your software is only a tool and every image needs to tell a story. It is and they do. But a tool is only valuable if you know how to use it, and a story can take a lot of forms, but needs to be well told. In this episode, Mike and Chop dive into these two over-used answers, and talk about all the things they tend to leave out.

In this, the first full episode of WFQ, Mike and Chop dive into the murky grounds of emulating another artist. There is, without question, a ton to be learned from the artists that you look up to, but there is no recipe or list of steps that will get you there.

Getting quality feedback on your work is one of the best ways to grow as an artist, but asking in a way that gets you that feedback is a trickier issue altogether. Mike and Chop break down how to ask and get meaningful feedback on your work.

In this episode, Mike and Chop start off by discussing unsolicited emails asking for outsourcing work, continue on to outsourcing in general, and all the different forms it can take. Then, of course, they sidetrack in to a multitude of related and unrelated topics, such as websites, being a client yourself, asking for a job position, writing a CV... Several random rants included.

It happens all the time: an artist posts a new piece of work that they have worked god knows how long on, and someone in the comments asks for a tutorial, as though creating one is as simple as smashing a like button. We are all indebted to those that take the time to create tutorials. In this episode, Mike and Chop talk about all that can be learned from tutorials, how to enjoy them responsibly, and of course, the joy of figuring something out for yourself. Lastly, Chop gets to exorcise a few demons at the altar of the spacebar.