Originally posted by Depression
What program do you use? You'll want to look through tutorials on sites like DeviantArt to learn new techniques and guide you through a full creative process from another artist's style. Getting to the point where people admire your art is the goal all artists should have, but there are levels you want to go through.
First you want to be able to replicate everything on canvas. It's just amazing the amount of things people can do in programs like Photoshop or GIMP, and I'm sure we haven't even scratched the surface of what computers are capable of. Right now you want to look at other peoples' art, tutorials, pictures, anything and learn to do them in your own work. As you learn more and more techniques, your art will naturally get better as well.
Second, you want to be able to understand what you do in your art that makes it look good; this is actually the hardest part because despite what you think, and what a lot of people will tell you, what makes your art great is not the first thing people are going to pick out. It's a mix of a lot of aesthetic principles that are going to make things really look beautiful.
At this point, you're making art that everyone likes, and non-artists and newer artists will admire your work. But now it's a matter of mastering your craft, and getting to a point where someone can look at a piece of your art that they'd never seen before and be reminded of you. That's the admiration you're looking for and it's going to take a long time to get there. But it's worth it. I'm not even close to there yet, but from the small bits of admiration I've gotten, it's definitely worth it.
Pretty inspiration words you got there

Next year(freshman) i will be taking photography and 2nd semester i will take design. Hopefully these classes will take me to the next level. I am using photoshop, and also where exactly on deviant art can i find tutorials; i can't find them?
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Originally posted by .Taco
Just depends on your preferance, I like the look of abstract renders.
Ok thank you, make sure to check out my next tag and tell me how i did with the abstract.