I went to a workshop a few months ago, which wasn’t tech-focused; it was with an artist I had never met before or had ever seen their work.
It was an “Illustrated Talk” – when I got there, everyone was pulling out sketchbooks, and when the talk began, a few took a combination of notes and pictures (which was pretty cool to see).
I think I stood out like a sore thumb with my laptop (not opened) and like a psycho, I sat there just listening – enraptured by the content.
For the next hour, I gleaned so many useful tidbits from the discussion – I had a cold and sat there sniffling for much of it as the drugs wore off, but I took everything in as he spoke about panels, layouts, what tools he uses, his thoughts on anatomy books, etc, etc.
You can’t get that type of session from AI, you can’t hear about those stories behind the work that is done, you can’t get those little tidbits of information where you might be struggling.
I hope we don’t forget about the value you can get from these types of workshops, because it’s immeasurable the leaps you can take from it.
