Festering corpse of a long forgotten illustrator & concept artist, persisting through the horrors of the abyss. Business inquiries: [email protected]
England, United Kingdom
Joined October 2012
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Hey #PortfolioDay I'm Adam, illustrator & concept artist, & here's some of my art :)
If you'd like some of your own you can get in touch at: [email protected]
If you'd like to see my portfolio and the other places I frequent: adambarkerartwork.carrd.co
Cheers :)
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@pathofexile y'all need any artists cause gawsh damn this stuff slaps
Its my birthday today :) Here's some of the art I'm most proud of as of late! Any likes/shares/w.e all appreciated :)
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Cover work for @colonydrop ’s upcoming book I completed earlier in the year.
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If you ever played Kingdom Hearts you know "Simple and Clean"... but it was the [PLANiTb Remix] that everyone looks back on so fondly
I had a chance to speak ti PLANiTb about the legacy of his Utada Hikaru remixes for Kingdom Hearts and Evangelion
Hilariously enough these remixes meant NOTHING to him. He did them as a job and moved on. He didn't know what KH was, he's never seen anime. He only found out the song was massive 20 years later
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It’s crazy how many people don’t understand this.
Commercial art is a service. It’s not just about hard skills but how well you communicate, can take feedback, can work collaboratively etc.
Soft skills.
Any professional team and most business leaders in any industry will tell you: no amount of hard skills make up for a bad attitude.
Jumping to conclusions, being needlessly argumentative, making things political when they aren’t, tearing down someone’s work etc
None of this reflect well on you. And yes I’m aware not everything I put on social media reflects well on me, but I’m not the one looking for a job. I’m old. I already retired once.
If you saw my previous post and your reaction is to get all bent out of shape because I wouldn’t hire you then maybe you need to look inward. Would you be comfortable saying the stuff you do to people online to their faces? Do you stand by your vitriol? Why are you even mad about another artists rates?
At some point you need to look in the mirror and realise that art, like any job, has social elements.
This isn’t me or ‘the industry’ gatekeeping. It’s you removing yourself from opportunities by proving you lack the skills to perform in the job.
Soft skills are important.
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I see more and more young artists complaining about prices other artists are charging for things.
As an older guy now who’s been a professional artists for decades let me just weigh in.
First, the market and their audience decides prices, not other artists. When you whine about other artists you sound bitter. Not a good look.
Second, if you’re constantly complaining about high art prices you’re essentially a participant in cultivating a culture that monetarily devalues art. Good luck making a living yourself with art in the future in the world you’re creating.
Third, watch out for being a crab in the bucket. Always trying to pull down the ones above you trying to move up. If you know people like this in real life you know you hate being around them.
Lastly, the internet thrives on negativity not goodness. Try and use it for good.
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Through the scarred gateway between surface & abyss, Ishara Marrowfell delves into the upper layer of the Infernal realm. Clad in living mimic armor & wielding a mace that shatters fortress walls with ease, she carries the fight to the demons for... 1/
Through the scarred gateway between surface & abyss, Ishara Marrowfell delves into the upper layer of the Infernal realm. Clad in living mimic armor & wielding a mace that shatters fortress walls with ease, she carries the fight to the demons for... 1/
