In short, Warren says do what you love! Watch his interview for the full story and to see some of his artwork:
Here are more art pieces she’s done (not featured in the video):
Visit him online:
facebook.com/artofwarrenlouw
warrenlouw.deviantart.com
warrenlouw.com
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Warren Interview Transcribed
My name’s Warren Louw and I'm pretty much a character designer and concept artist.
Chop Gear: Is this a hobby or main line of business?
Warren: Ah, I think it’s a bit of both but ja, I've pretty much managed to make this .. turn it into a job.
CG: How long have you been an artist?
W: Oh, I've been drawing my whole life but I pretty much only went digital in 2004.
CG: Did you study this field or are you self-taught?
W: Um, I'm self-taught. I mean I did go to the National School of the Arts but, they don't really teach you much there so you pretty much have to really, you know, teach yourself. So it's basically the thing that really helped me there was the competition between the students, which was my biggest drive at the time.
CG: How much time do you spend refining your skill?
W: A lot more these days. I spend a lot of my time doing warm-ups and studies before I actually get to my more serious work, if it's either for myself or for a client. These days I'm going more for the fundamentals so I'm making that whole sort of practice more of my everyday practice.
CG: What inspired you to become an artist?
W: I guess I'm a very visual person and also with art running in my family, my mother being a bit of an artist, my father can draw but his father was quite the artist back in his day. So basically, having that is part of my family which is easy to catch on to. I pretty much drew from there.
CG: Tips and encouragement for aspiring artists?
W: I would say do what you love. Um, I think one of the hardest things that we actually get caught up in is being or think we need to be doing what is very popular in the spotlight and thinking we need to keep up with all the other artists out there and, you know, how much they produce art and how well they produce art and trying to think you need to keep up with all that - but seriously, do what you do and do it how you love to do it instead of thinking that you need to be what everyone else is trying to be. Do what you love most as the priority and follow that path forward, and that will start growing into more of how you want your art life to be.
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- Writer: NinJaForge
