I just recently came across CGHUB and have been hooked since my first visit to the site. Basically, it's deviantART without the 13 year old anime fangirls clogging up the feed with their really quite terrible "artwork." This is a place where you can really find talented individuals with an eye for creature and character design. The majority of the work posted on the site is digital, both 2D and 3D, but you can still find traditional artwork on the site. I have found profiles of concept artists who post some of their work for films that have recently come out, like Pacific Rim, The Hobbit, and others.
If you have an account, you can post your own illustrations for the world to see, as well as comment, like, share, and favorite other people's work, and subscribe and follow different artists whose collection of work you would like to revisit in the future. When posting new works, you can ask other members of the site to critique your work. It's a helpful tool because better artists than you man stumble across your image and give you just the advice you needed.
On the home page, the Editors Picks are featured at the top (a collection of really superb works of art), and below them are a collage of "Popular Now" works of different sizes, showcasing a variety of styles and content from different artists. Whenever a new image is posted, or some other notifiable activity occurs on the site, there is a tiny thumbnail at the very top of the page saying ______ left a comment on _______. While sometimes this might be a little useless, occasionally cool new artists can be discovered by clicking on this link.
CGHUB also hosts Articles, Forums, and Challenges for its users to participate in. Job postings are available on the site as well, so professionals in the field looking for work can post their availability or organizations looking for artists can put an ad on the site when they're looking for artists. When I'm out of school, I plan to use this to try and find some work.
If you like this kind of website, I would suggest you check out these other art sites: Behance, CGSociety, deviantART, ConceptArt.org
If you're interested, my profile is at kilianmcmann.cghub.com.
This is one of my bookmarked sites! Great resource for inspiration, job search, critiques and tutorials. I just wish more FREE stuff was provided. That link for the 2013 Master Classes for gnomon was 300+ dollars for a two week intensive class...which is out of my budget. Luckily I won a free ticket =D
ReplyDeleteDeviantart without the anime fangirls... you had me right there. It's great to see a sight dedicated to artists with some developed skill. No prejudice towards those thirteen year olds, but it takes a while to gain enough skill to post something on the web and not expect condescending glances.
ReplyDeleteThank you for introducing me to this site - getting a look at these illustrations, crits and tutorials is a huge benefit for designers and artists alike.
Thanks for sharing this. Though I never try to emulate their style I absolutely love the work of concept artists for movies and video games. They provide an indepth perspective at the meticulous detail that goes into production that may just get half a second on the screen.
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