To right!! I study Graphic Design at uni and were forced to spend weeks researching and developing ideas... if you so much think of the final piece you'll get shot down! Yet at the end you'll come up with a very nice final piece but someone who writes an essay on each decision and designs something poorly gets a better mark because they justify the poor design
Our whole contextual studies program over the last 2 years has been totally fine art based... our lecturers are determined to turn us into artists! The computer is just a tool they say, so whats a paint brush
They can be tough to find sometimes, but in my experience they are by far the best markers for velum and marker paper renders (probably canson as well, but I've only used Prismas on canson ), and they're the cheapest that I've found, as well.
Plus they will last you forever. Seriously. I've never had one go dry, nor I have I met anyone who has. Ever. People keep telling me their Copics have gone dry (being properly cared for!) as quickly as 6 months after purchase. I've talked to guys who've had their Chartpacks for years with no signs of drying out.
What he said. Most designers do their alterations/renderings on an overlay of the original sketch. It allows you to correct mistakes of the original, fix design aspects you don't like, etc etc.
I've lost pretty much all of my works from past, these are few i've manage to do in past few years, i hardly find a motivation or will to take a pencil and draw something.
Also did an BMW which looks a bit better but a friend has that picture so no photo.
If you havent noticed, I just splash some colors on paper. Its fun and refreshing for the brain even without talent.
For the paper I just take old notices from the bulletin board, big & free paper