/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

2D is a dying art.

Nobody is ever going to hire you if you just have stellar drawing skills and top tier anatomy knowledge. That's usually assumed.

Look at Kim Jung Gi. Nobody even comes close to what he can do yet he turned his skill in a circus act to make money. You won't see an anime based on his style, or a game based on his style.

The studios don't care how well you can reproduce images from your head. They care about appeal of characters, having the ability to mimic any style possible,and knowing the technical side of things.

The visual medium is like constructing buildings. There's only one opening for the architect but thousands of jobs for the construction workers and engineers.

>Should I give up on 2d? I heard that it takes being a good 2d artist to be good at 3d.

3D artists all started as 2D artists. You need to develop the mind of a 2D artist in order to fully grasp the aestehtic of anything.