Having no Style Can be Your Own Style

Refreshing Ideas is the Intention.The idea is the starting point; its nature, relevance, and quality come into play even before the stage of executing it through the medium. The intention is to bring freshness into the storytelling or characters..To entertain people is quite a tricky task, and you have to have a fresh mindset to playfully bring something new to the table every time..So, it's always recommended to not just stick to any one style or idea for too long, as its magic starts to fade away after being over-repetitive..The solution, thereby, is to not categorise oneself with a style or medium. When it comes to the major approach, it simply about has preliminary sketches from the brief, and collecting all the related references, structuring, line drawings and then rendering..Striking the Balance is of the Essence.Without expressions, figures are basically lifeless mannequins. So, it is always better to try and find a balance between simplicity and expressing with colours, feelings, emotions, lines, contours and the likes..If everything is too saturated and complicated, the illustration starts to crumble. The old and prevalent idea is always to capture the main essence of the subject, and let loose off the other things in the background..Colours, for instance, have their own importance in telling the difference between moods and temperature. At the same time, too many colours can be asking for too much attention, thus feeling overdone and confusing..It doesn't matter if one goes by the book, even when it comes to choosing colours if the process of drawing is dedicated to more attention and details. If the contrast or values are handled right, colours may not even be needed; it's like expressing more with lesser words..Do what Matters.The illusion of giving a good light takes the lion's share in bringing the overall impact, whether it's a simple line drawing or fully rendered artwork. Contrast and values are important to bring any photograph or illustration closer to its subject. If this fails, it's hard to bring out what's important against what's in the background..Depending on the composition, textures, surface material, shape or form of anything we are placing as a subject, there can't be a simple preset to it. This has to have experimented on at various levels..There has to be a streamlined and thorough process to creating anything, else the result might be too chaotic in nature. The refreshing part of this industry, to succeed, no one has to copy others. Draw a lot; learn fundamentals; stay open to new techniques and technology, and keep experimenting..Contributed by:.Bhaskar Rac