2D Artist

2DARTISTMAG.COM2DARTIST MAGAZINE | Atmospheric environment conceptssome time off to do something else. You don’thave to draw 24/7 to get better, but observing theworld and traveling is a part of becoming better.Also, when I don’t feel inspired to create anyart, I look at other people’s artwork. Usuallyby looking at others’ art, I get the boost andnew ideas I need to create new artwork.2da: What has been the project youhave most enjoyed working on?WM: I have been enjoying working on my ownpersonal project and the creative freedom Ihave with this. I get to develop the story anddesign, everything. I really like being free tocreate my own design and concept.The project is a realistic CG short film that myfriend and I have been working on; currently weare in the pre-production phase. It started withan inspiration, and then we experimented witha couple of story ideas and where we could takeit. The project is still not finished but at this stageArtist TimelineWaqas’ career so far2008: Decided to work in the videogame industry butdid not know how to start2009: Started studying programming to be in thevideogame industry2009: Decided to leave programming and beganlearning art because he always loved drawing2010: Enrolled for a fine art degree program2011: Wanted to learn concept art, so Waqas left thefine art program2012: Started learning concept art fromonline courses2014: Got his first small freelance job as aconcept artist2015: Started working freelance for West Studio2016: Started to focus completely and totally on hisCG project2016: Started using Patreon as a full timeindependent artistTrain yard``````Castle