Photography is more than just taking pictures — it’s a way to train your eye as a visual artist. With a camera, you’re constantly studying light, composition, texture, and how a scene guides the viewer’s attention. Those same fundamentals apply to every visual medium, whether it’s painting, sculpture, or building environments in a game engine.

I think it’s important for artists to practice more than one medium. Each one teaches you something different about how the world works visually. Photography might sharpen your sense of lighting, drawing helps with form and proportion, and sculpting strengthens your understanding of shape and space.

The point is to keep your creative muscles active. Trying different mediums prevents stagnation and constantly feeds back into your main work.

The best thing an artist can do is simple: never stop creating.