I always do a lot of sketches and drawings. They are the starting point of all my projects, the 'sacred moment' during I think about the style, composition, colors... I do improvise a lot once I've started, but I can scribble a fairly final sketch in 5 - 15 minutes, something I could never equal in any 3D program. I like all the experimentation and happy accidents that occur from that. I think, if I would be silly enough to try to go through the 'sketching' phase straight in the 3D program. Traditional art skills are just as important in 3d art as they are in any type of art, whatever you do: Character modeling, lightning, scene composition... [read more]