Don't learn CONCEPT ART!

[@ok_listen]

At first I thought the title was clickbait, but you said absolutely correct truths. Too many concept artists, too many schools faking to teach this job, and way little opportunities.

[@Topdealmaker]

So what should we do?

[@ok_listen]

@@Topdealmaker try to follow your passion, but as plan B. Find a stable job to back it, it's working for me

[@Jordan-db2og]

@@Topdealmaker I'm still doing art, but I'm also learning programming so I can still get into the industry if I need a fall back

[@zacksterxenres8589]

@@ok_listen Thats Just Sad

[@ok_listen]

@@zacksterxenres8589 it is, but this doesn't mean you will never find a spot in the industry. I personally have other plans now

[@eldonevans2618]

They are integrated; drawing, construction, modelling etc. are all the same beast, you should learn all of them and never stop

[@nathanielyoung7418]

Eldon Evans why construction and what about it?

[@noah8162]

@@nathanielyoung7418 construction is learning how to build art logically with simple shapes, understanding volumes/3d objects, very useful for precise lineart and absolutely essential for architecture designing

[@CrayfishDesign]

You have become another one that I trust (in terms of concept art.) It's very hard to find someone like you. Most people always think concept art as the badass production paintings and they dont know what we actually do

[@mathiaskonradosland5200]

Well put together video! Your style is clean and informative. I have to agree, when I tell my students what concept art is, the answer has always been disappointing as it isn't always clear. I find myself saying "it depends on what you are doing". In the end, to be a good concept artist / designer, you need to be able to be a damn good draftsman, create ideas from imagination and communicate clearly. Let me know if you feel inclined to agree. Thanks for the video Antonio!

[@ArtWod]

Thanks for the lovely comment, Mathias! Hope we can sketch or work together sometime in the future :)

[@mojoryse7836]

after years of people telling me so many different misconceptions about the industry, it seems i finally understand these nebulous terms from this video. thanks! 😃

[@milky9664]

I appreciate how there are captions to your videos, i can understand your words more fully!

[@robertlkiss]

We have the same issues with the product design terms. A lot of digital only companies advertise for product designers which is confusing for traditional Industrial/Product designers. Very good video nice points. I always had issues with the concept artist term as well since I considered myself more of a concept designer since I never cared about nicely illustrating something (like an artist might want to) once I got the main idea over in a way that made the concept perfectly understood by everyone. And thanks for including me in your video cheers ;)

[@ArtWod]

Hey Robert, thank you for sharing your thoughts! Great to hear from a product designer's perspective as well! :)

[@insectostrich4407]

You know? When it read, “don’t learn concept art” you had me worried there for a second because I’m actually thinking of going into creative media where they do concept art. so, I thought you were gonna say something that might’ve made me think I made a mistake, but no you were just clarifying the more accurate term of this specific concept art.😅😂

[@Nataliia_Ria]

Nice clarification of development stages 👍🏼 Viking approved. Valhalla’s with you!

[@Thewingsoffreedom.]

What is "valhalla's with you"?

[@danielguerra1880]

The proper way to naming would be "entertainment concept design": Visual problem solving for the entertainment industry.

[@johnparty3786]

One thing you're insanely true is most company first hire 'concept artist' for making stylized concept art, but then their project changes, a lot of realistic game/movie project is priority then a experienced stylized artist have to do a job as industrial designer to make functional things for high quality assets... This job is kind of not same job at different time, and almost mess up as artist is not experienced with the highly functional quality. In a short word, this is not a job anyone can learn in couple years, it can be a lifetime and suffer a lot as requirements go higher...

[@bhumi854]

definitely. Its a good thing that videos like these exist,, so ppl can know when something isn't for them, because especially concept art has become so vague, its important to know what we are getting our selves in to.

[@MIchaelSybi]

A concept art is something, which later becomes a real-life prop, a 3d model. Whereas an illustration is not that demanding in terms of form representation, clarity and construction. It can be flat, unrealistic, but emotional. Whereas a concept art should clearly convey how to build it

[@JJ_d.Lizard]

Yes this video is very much clickbait. You don't build a house without a blueprint. You don't start nor finish a project without concept art.

[@TheJester-ct5pi]

Can you become a concept/visual artist that specializes in a particular genre, like horror? I'd love to do environment, character, and prop design, which I know is a mass undertaking, but if you specialize in a particular genre, do such artist positions exist?

[@ArtWod]

Yes you can! You can become a specialist in any way you deem fit. The most important goal is to become really good at it :)

[@tomatom9666]

Yes that is arguably the best way to do it.

[@karinaacosta335]

Viking approved, Valhalla is with you!💪🏽

[@NgocHan-gy8mz]

wow best video about concept art i've ever seen. The most articulate, well-structured and intelligible written piece about this industry. I subscribed! 💪🏽

[@ArtWod]

Very much appreciated thank you :)

[@CuriousTrotter]

Viking approved, Valhalla is with you!

[@bobbyrebholz2183]

Awesome video and all of it is 100% accurate.

[@ArtWod]

Thanks Bobby!

[@sleepingduird9539]

It’s probably best to watch Marc burnt or Trent k. If you guys really want to learn more about concept art. Those guys actually worked in the industry for years. And have proof to back it up. And it helped me land a job at Wayfoward

[@capelart]

I have been confused for a long time about concept art, thought initially it was a clickbait, thanks a lot for the clarification

[@ravidevnath2127]

Viking approved Valhalla is with you ! ⚔️

[@AkiraAnderhill]

Viking Approved, Valhalla is with you! 🗡

[@sakurabaLP]

I think I understand your point and I agree with you, I think it is necessary to separate designers from artists. Concept artist = artistic illustration (HQ, mangá, movies,etc) Concept designer = technical illustration (objects, industry, etc) Right??

[@tomatom9666]

Sure, but to be honest if a concept designer has no artistic training they are also almost useless, they should be industrial designers instead in product industries. So even though it's a good effort to seperate the two, there is actually a great reason to NOT seperate them: Video Games/Movies/Shows have complex, spontaneous and constantly changing needs. As such, the way that things are designed can and should be completely different in different kinds of projects. You need a broad understanding of reality and image making, hence why we still call it art, because calling it anything else would be too reductive.

[@kreculjkreculj]

Maybe setting designer or setting artist would be a better term. I'm referencing Japanese anime and game books that have setting materials or design works in the title.

[@danielalonsoayala9753]

This IS the coolest job I can think of

[@ValhallaForArtists]

Valhalla approved. This handsom face is still too distracting though. But honestly , finally some clarity for young artists what is what and why...SKOL!

[@ArtWod]

Skol my friend! :)

[@jewelryberry]

Viking Approved, Valhalla is with you!

[@vietpham4166]

This clarify so much! Thanks for awesome video! Viking Approved. Valhalla is with you!

[@unorthodox5023]

Oh, that's why my uncle wants me to develop a storyboard! Now I know the reason why.

[@NarumiSenpai]

Great video! Viking approved, Valhalla is with you!

[@vladznoev7436]

Viking approved , Valhalla is with you !!!! ;)

[@reaper_artwave]

Thanks for the amazing tips. This cleared up so many questions in my head.

[@NMAforever]

Concept art and illustration are way different. For example, real facts: I suck at regular illustration, but I perform pretty good at Concept Art (speedpainting, photomashing, etc.)

[@edwinlozano7669]

Viking Approved !!!!!!!!

[@yao6468]

VIKING APPROVED!!! ⚔️⚔️⚔️

[@sini4ka111]

Viking army is here!

[@fred68109]

Some solid info! Also shout ot to the Big Mish for those sweet colorscripts!

[@Lynlissa]

Viking Approved, Valhalla is with you! ^^

[@Jev_Booker]

I'm happy, what I thought about concept art was exactly the content of this video

[@elenamartynova8859]

Viking Approved, Valhalla is with you! ⚡️

[@dropinarte]

Would you recommend studying more in a broad direction first (getting better at everything from character to prop to background design) or hone in on something immediately? Because I’m very interest and always have been in characters and characters design but I heard getting into that is EXTREMELY hard 😂😭

[@Rodutchi]

Viking Approved, Ooga Booga is with you!

[@katerina_t1671]

Great video, thanks for detailed explanation! SKOL!!

[@justarandomtomato_]

I probably missed something here? Why is there so many references to viking themed subjects?

[@rSmorodina]

Skol! Viking approved . Valhalla is with you!

[@01lei]

I was worried about what to expect from the title. I want to learn art to specifically help me become some form of concept artist and it gets overwhelming on how do I learn art in a way that helps me build these important skills which is how I found this video 😭 there just seems to be so much you can do.

[@nicola-xk5cp]

Thanks a lot!! All the bests tells that for concept art you have to explore the more that you can between foundamentals, but also people, animals, environments, tools... I have few experience on it, but it has been enough to resonate with this

[@ferdikadatu687]

Nice advice all pro artist can make any design. The real question is "for what that design use?" ,nice guidance mister.

[@starbutter2730]

Ik im late but does the artwod course go in depth and cover fundamentals (figure drawing, construction, values) for positions in game art? Im still currently trying to improve and wanted to look into good online resources.

[@grey_peony]

I greet everyone like a viking. liked the definition of contextual designer

[@Rice8003]

This is actually ridiculous. All you did was explain the definition of concept art. But you left out the key detail that concept art is not Marketing art, that's where illustrators come in. The polished images you just showed for Centure is much closer to post production art than it is to preproduction. Concept artist is a general term, but context designer?? You must know that context designer is such an alien term to artist as the term concept art is to non-artist, and this new name you cooked up does not solve any problem. And the fact that this title has absolutely nothing to do with the video. why not say "don't call it concept art". You're clearly preying on the student artist struggling to break into the industry, why not just make a video just explaining what concept art is instead of this uninspiring attempt to sound innovative. Thanks and have a nice day

[@jediapocalypse2919]

Really excellent and informative video! Thanks so much for sharing this insight! I’ve always suspected that aspect of concept art- ie what it really means and entails- and the various terms I’ve seen people use always was so confusing. Especially when I start to see people specialize themselves with specific terminology like “Character concept artist” or “Prop Designer” etc. just like in animation, I’d imagine that’s something that exists in concept art, would they be correct? As you outlined in the video that you can “” be a general concept artist or specialize yourself- whether specific field or even genre. Since would it get confusing if you advertised yourself as a “Jack of all trades” concept artist? I’ve often heard that can very confusing, and it’s a misconception to think you need to be that Jack of all trades artist (ie you do a mix of a background designer, character designer, storyboards, props). Since you’re not really improving/ getting good at that one thing. Thanks again for the great video!

[@moldybeacon]

As inexorable as the winter cold, as ruthless as the bitter frost, as certain as death-the Valhallans fight only for victory and the Emperor. All else is but a prelude.

[@acidsoda6547]

Thx mate for explaining, I'm really catching up with your point 😁👌

[@kr_1050]

So concept art is character design?

[@TamilVolk]

Very informative, Thank you so much!

[@taidanaganko9780]

Hello from Valhalla!

[@ayushnikhade2003]

Sir please make your sketch book tour ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@user-pt2ge9zn5i]

sorry can i ask you do you think that the size (17 inch) for screen display tablet is prohibitive for a professional concept artist? (I intend to give it as a gift to a friend who is a professional) the product we are referring to is the wacom cintiq pro 17

[@metalassassin8841]

I mean does it really matter what follows after "concept"? This world alone delivers all you need to know.

[@evanpinkney4545]

Hey everyone, what is the best route towards becoming a video game artist?

[@kriznmaharjan9089]

Well Breakdown description given. Very Informative

[@MarcoAntonio__Art]

SKOLL!!!

[@fernandobravan]

Great video, i thought i was getting into a clickbait but it wasn't! Just to comment something about it, i've seen more recenlty many artists use the term "2D Visual Developer" instead of concept artist, wich i don't think it solves the problem you pointed on the video, but i think it is a more simpler/easier to explain term for what we do as concept artists

[@glebastashonok9055]

Viking approved, Valhalla is with you !:)

[@Lizard1582]

Saxon approved. God's with you

[@tabenplayz9932]

would being a concept artist outside the blizzard style get me jobs?

[@tagir_f]

Great topic

[@uzonani_Art-Anime]

Love this... so why not just call it "Context Art" or "Context Artist"🤷‍♀

[@Scetileaf]

Viking approved, wkLxjsjcuaick is with you!¡!

[@royalecrafts6252]

you are deeply mistaken, there is work for concept artists, very specific work about functionality, not cute art

[@qahnaarinpeacekeeper7123]

Very well said! I want to share this on my Twitter account using a URL with a caption, plus your credits along with it. Would that be okay to share this video on my Twitter account? because some people gets confused of what concept art is or what concept art is supposed to be. I will await your reply regarding this matter. :)

[@ArtWod]

sure :)

[@qahnaarinpeacekeeper7123]

@@ArtWod thank you!!

[@atefezare5623]

Hello, I am a 3d environment artist and I want to create my portfolio showcasing my 3D skills using others concept art and I do not know if or how is it legally possible. Could I use their art and say the concept was not min and tag them or should I ask for permission beforehand? Can you please inform me on this subject?

[@cowl6867]

I would create things originally. It would make you stand out in my opinion. If not, then I would credit them

[@average3970]

You must credit them but you do not have to ask for permission.

[@djresource717]

Concept is the way forwards.

[@mateomartinez8863]

Finally answers thanks master

[@shreyansjain466]

Lets call it contextual design then, no probzzz. We can then take industrial design projects too then 😅

[@FastEasyGameArt]

nice!

[@sebadbt7410]

It made some differences clearer, ty! For Valhallaaaa!!!!

[@beetlejuss]

Yeah nope, graphic designers, visual designers and UI designers also solve visual problems, and I remember Concept Art used to be called Concept Design, is the concept part of the name that is very generic.

[@neavetheartist]

This video has really opened my eyes, thank you!

[@MODEST500]

Nice

[@MistaManlyGuy]

Alright, you made good points 😂

[@LEONFENG134]

ARE YOU MAD? DON'T BE.

[@dimifisher7942]

🤣

[@NeonRayn]

Agree to disagree, it's literally called what it is. what better word for people who do art for different concept designs. the only people who are getting confused are people outside of the art industry. As soon as they a job at a studio they are gonna learn real quick what all different art types are. Do we really need to change our lingo for casuals who are too lazy to do some research to get a better understanding?

[@user-tc6ji1hq3q]

Tnx for video ahaha. Skol!

[@kreculjkreculj]

Listening to this vid again, and i'm noticing one mistake. First and foremost function designers, because function is the foundation, and form follows function. This is the big problem in this industry, many are concerned about their shapes, where their function sucks ass. And it's far challenging creating solid function(sword that works, gun that works etc.).

[@sofiagomezguerrero2658]

Valhalla!!!!!!!!!!

[@muthaflocka8754]

VALHALLAA

[@emthefruitygem]

So... basically your video was correcting the definition of concept art, not saying 'don't be a concept artist'. That's clickbait.

[@phillipeulee4441]

Context designer is really not that much better in my opinion. It makes it sound like you design THE context, which you don’t. You design UNDER context. Also I don’t see the problem in calling yourself a concept artist?

[@Daemonpool65]

so how about..... Context Artist? XD

[@meandidraws]

Great video, concept art is almost every art these days lol

[@PepitoKin]

well it was interesting but also clickbait

[@kikolektrique1737]

I want to eat some barbecue chicken

[@rodrigoidalino9228]

Very well informative video, although I fucking hate the bait thumbnail! It’s so shitty how the audience needs dramatic/deceptive thumbnails to click. I get the strategy… again, very very nice video.

[@androthebot]

Nah... Concept Artists design concepts.

[@bastionshadowpaw]

man that thumbnail is baitey.

[@ers40]

who cares

[@Thesamurai1999]

Do you have a discord?

[@ozo_lexart3731]

Viking approved, Valhalla is with you🫡! For Vallllhaaalllaaaa!!! 🧌