{"id":811900,"date":"2023-07-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/?p=811900"},"modified":"2023-11-10T13:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T21:42:11","slug":"maggie-chan-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.wacom.com\/en-us\/maggie-chan-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Creativity Camp: Finding Your Creative Style with Maggie Chan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As part of Wacom Creativity Camp<\/a>, we\u2019re excited to host concept artist Maggie Chan for a webinar on August 3rd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Maggie Chan<\/a> is a live action concept artist whose storytelling shapes the style of her art. With that versatility, she's able to adapt to the different needs of each unique project. Outside of her work, she spends her time on her incessant lifelong pursuit of the perfect boba milk tea.\"<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out her website<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, or Tik Tok<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

At the bottom of this post, you\u2019ll see all of the information about the event and a link to register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, however, we chatted with Maggie about her work, how she balances work and personal projects, and what interested folks can expect as they look forward to his webinar next week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Examples of Chan's concept art work from her portfolio<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Would you recommend that young artists go to college and study art? Was it worth it for you?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Going to a non-art university wasn\u2019t necessarily by choice. Growing up in an Asian household, I compromised on becoming an artist because my parents wanted some security in my future career. By attending a UC system (and eventually getting an M.F.A at UC Davis), I convinced my parents that I could get into teaching at some point, which gave them some relief about me pursuing art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a long time, I wished I had gone to art school because I felt like my foundations could have been a lot stronger. I gained my own valuable experience from attending the UC schools, however, like focusing on primary research and approaching costume design through storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But having focused so much on theory and concept through my UC education, I realized I lacked a lot of technical knowledge. I found myself \u201ccatching up\u201d in my later years. With emerging online art schools like Concept Design Academy<\/a>, Schoolism<\/a>, and Brainstorm <\/a>to name a few, I\u2019ve been adding things like anatomy, figure drawing, and perspectives to my foundation that I sorely lacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think there are many paths to becoming an artist and there\u2019s no one specific track that I can recommend. But I do think it\u2019s important that young artists find the importance of continually learning and educating themselves, whether that\u2019s obtained by going to an art school or even learning from TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How and why did you get into costume design?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During the last quarter of my undergrad, I had to take a General Education class in Theater Design, and that's where I discovered Costume Design. One of the biggest life changing events was when I asked my professor for a letter of recommendation and she sat me down and asked me why. She told me it was going to be a lifelong pursuit and that if I wasn't entirely sure about it, I shouldn't waste my time chasing after something I didn't like in the first place. After that conversation, I took a year off to really think about what I wanted to do and I came back to Costume Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I've always loved fashion, but through costume design, I discovered that there was this whole world of visually telling stories through clothing. Suddenly, it wasn\u2019t just about making an aesthetically pleasing character, but what my design choices said about my characters. What does the costume say about the character\u2019s economic status? Capabilities? Personality? It completely changed how I approached character design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Examples of Chan's personal work<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve worked in a variety of fields, including TV, film, theater, commercials and even trading cards. Do you prefer one over the others? Why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I prefer working in films because of the longer timeline. TV doesn't give you as much time to work on characters, but sometimes it's nice to just do a few concepts and move on from the project. I would love to work on video games in the future, because they have a much longer timeline to really explore character design from head to toe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you balance your personal interest and art style with the kinds of projects that you work on professionally?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It's interesting because the \"style\" of live-action concept art is hyper realistic and in film, the key creatives have to see what their characters will look like in real life, which is not the usual style that I prefer to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I grew up watching a lot of anime, and it has always been a lifelong dream of mine to have an animated film of my own. I work to pay the bills, and I do love working on TV and film projects, but I think anime is where I want to be one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In TV and film, I don't really get to design my own character and costume. So I do that in my own personal projects. And since I don\u2019t have a deadline for my personal work, I spend more time thinking about composition, pose, anatomy, etc. The exploration part before starting a new art piece is the most challenging, but that journey is so rewarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More examples of Chan's personal work<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What will you be getting into during your upcoming webinar, \u201cFinding your creative style?\u201d Who should attend?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For a very long time, I struggled with not having an art style. I was held captive by that \"jack of all trades\" idea. But more recently, I discovered this revised version of it: \"A jack of all trades is a master of none, but often times better than a master of one.\" I find it to be more comforting and in all honesty, it's much easier to find work because I can adapt to different styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you\u2019re trying to find work in any industry, whether film, TV, games, or whatever, you\u2019re ultimately going to be working on someone else\u2019s project, which means you have to learn how to analyze different artists\u2019 work and figure out what makes their style unique. Through this webinar, we will utilize that knowledge to apply it to our own artwork. This webinar should prove beneficial to everyone whether they're looking to have their own art style or whether they're trying to mimic a specific studio's art vision for a job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the Webinar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re a beginning artist, it can be difficult to figure out your own personal art style. While some artists start out knowing exactly how they want their art to look, many artists\u2019 styles develop over time. Some go from realistic styles into more abstract and representative styles, some go in the opposite direction, and some take a completely different path. In this webinar, concept artist Maggie Chan will share and explore practical ways to study and analyze other artists\u2019 styles to help you develop your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location: <\/em><\/strong>Online on Zoom<\/em> 
Date and Time:<\/em><\/strong> August 3rd, 2023 \u2013 2:00pm PDT <\/em>
Link to register:<\/em><\/strong> Click here<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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