01-25-2020, 01:40 PM
hey rick, wow lots of work here; indeed you have a very vivid imagination and theres no denying that!
So, youve definitely gotten better at making cool looking characters, if you compare these to the stuff you did idk how long ago, the old fighting games you did, theres a (helluva) lot more gesture, narrative, personality, style, charisma, absolutely. Great work on improving that, and i feel youre enjoying doing these alot, which is definitely something youd need to do this volume of work.
My issue is you're making the same mistakes over and over with technical things that hold back your characters from being as cool as they could be. I dont really have any criticisms of your fakemon, hell if they were drawn with better execution, you could tell me one of them was a real pokemon and i wouldnt know otherwise.
You do all these pokemon things, and what are the studies? these random black and white paintings? that have nothing to do with pokemon? why not take some of that brand's best work, and do a carbon copy of it, try to nail the lineweight (emphasis on lineweight) and try to work that into your characters, i think thatd help alot more than these going through the motions grayscale paintings, where you again make the same old mistakes over and over.
Im being tough on you because i believe in you ricardo
Your anatomy and shape design is in the ballpark, but its still just ugly, like there is a design for pokemon, right? You have to design the body the same way, the individual limbs that fit together, they have to look cool too, thats what seperates the pros.
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/attachme...barian.jpg
Like this chick^ stomach? ugly, boots? ugly, no hands to be found, her face is not great, skirt, ugly, you know, why do something like this? to prove you have like a 10 minute wortha googling understanding of a "barbarian?" How is this an interesting concept?
Lets take a look at leyendecker,
Beautiful hands
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/...L1500_.jpg
Beautiful fabric
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/...v31NKL.jpg
Beautiful contour, collar shape, hair shape, silhouette
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/40/3d/60/...7c61ef.jpg
all those things he put thought into. Its just hands... if you wanna just draw hands to fill in a gap. Its a beautiful hand, if you want something to write home about. Look at how chubbycat broke down his work in her sketchbook and how lovely her linework got, even in a small time frame.
Right now, you CANT draw beautiful feet, hands, legs, boots, clothing, faces, bodies. Everything is just a basic lay in of a proportion, which you are getting better at, dont get me wrong.
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/attachme...Archer.jpg
Look at that foot^ you proud of that? Looks like a beat up corn dog. and on the other foot you did one toe but gave up on the rest lol
Look at walents foot
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/76/21/89/...b5f316.jpg
mouth watering
and the creative uncut thing, their gestures are better, their lines are better, but this artwork isnt that great, or worth imitating.
https://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-36...r-oak.html
you know, this person cant draw a hand holding a flat object correctly; i mean i did
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/PmnoZo
https://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-36...-lance.jpg
its kinda cool, but who stands like that?
I mean i remember some of these drawings, they meant a lot to me as a kid, but theyre not great... like 6/10 at best.
People notice all these little things dude, if i show my friends a painting of a good face with a bad hand, they notice it... I notice every bad foot, hand, eyeball, stomach, everything. Study design, the design of anatomy, and your characters will soar. I hate that in art, the ideas themselves dont go far without great execution, but its true. you have cool ideas, you need to work on your execution. Who has great design? Leyendecker, jeff watt's sketches, micheal hampton, bridgeman, charles dana gibson, people who dedicate their lives to drawing handsome features, usually in the figure drawing world. those are some old school ones. anyone whos a character designer for a big company will have great shape design, like stephen silver or shane glines, or artgerm, the list goes on...
Love you
So, youve definitely gotten better at making cool looking characters, if you compare these to the stuff you did idk how long ago, the old fighting games you did, theres a (helluva) lot more gesture, narrative, personality, style, charisma, absolutely. Great work on improving that, and i feel youre enjoying doing these alot, which is definitely something youd need to do this volume of work.
My issue is you're making the same mistakes over and over with technical things that hold back your characters from being as cool as they could be. I dont really have any criticisms of your fakemon, hell if they were drawn with better execution, you could tell me one of them was a real pokemon and i wouldnt know otherwise.
You do all these pokemon things, and what are the studies? these random black and white paintings? that have nothing to do with pokemon? why not take some of that brand's best work, and do a carbon copy of it, try to nail the lineweight (emphasis on lineweight) and try to work that into your characters, i think thatd help alot more than these going through the motions grayscale paintings, where you again make the same old mistakes over and over.
Im being tough on you because i believe in you ricardo
Your anatomy and shape design is in the ballpark, but its still just ugly, like there is a design for pokemon, right? You have to design the body the same way, the individual limbs that fit together, they have to look cool too, thats what seperates the pros.
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/attachme...barian.jpg
Like this chick^ stomach? ugly, boots? ugly, no hands to be found, her face is not great, skirt, ugly, you know, why do something like this? to prove you have like a 10 minute wortha googling understanding of a "barbarian?" How is this an interesting concept?
Lets take a look at leyendecker,
Beautiful hands
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/...L1500_.jpg
Beautiful fabric
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/...v31NKL.jpg
Beautiful contour, collar shape, hair shape, silhouette
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/40/3d/60/...7c61ef.jpg
all those things he put thought into. Its just hands... if you wanna just draw hands to fill in a gap. Its a beautiful hand, if you want something to write home about. Look at how chubbycat broke down his work in her sketchbook and how lovely her linework got, even in a small time frame.
Right now, you CANT draw beautiful feet, hands, legs, boots, clothing, faces, bodies. Everything is just a basic lay in of a proportion, which you are getting better at, dont get me wrong.
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/attachme...Archer.jpg
Look at that foot^ you proud of that? Looks like a beat up corn dog. and on the other foot you did one toe but gave up on the rest lol
Look at walents foot
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/76/21/89/...b5f316.jpg
mouth watering
and the creative uncut thing, their gestures are better, their lines are better, but this artwork isnt that great, or worth imitating.
https://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-36...r-oak.html
you know, this person cant draw a hand holding a flat object correctly; i mean i did
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/PmnoZo
https://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-36...-lance.jpg
its kinda cool, but who stands like that?
I mean i remember some of these drawings, they meant a lot to me as a kid, but theyre not great... like 6/10 at best.
People notice all these little things dude, if i show my friends a painting of a good face with a bad hand, they notice it... I notice every bad foot, hand, eyeball, stomach, everything. Study design, the design of anatomy, and your characters will soar. I hate that in art, the ideas themselves dont go far without great execution, but its true. you have cool ideas, you need to work on your execution. Who has great design? Leyendecker, jeff watt's sketches, micheal hampton, bridgeman, charles dana gibson, people who dedicate their lives to drawing handsome features, usually in the figure drawing world. those are some old school ones. anyone whos a character designer for a big company will have great shape design, like stephen silver or shane glines, or artgerm, the list goes on...
Love you
70+Page Koala Sketchbook: http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3465.html SB
Paintover thread, submit for crits! http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7879.html
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.882)]e owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke.[/color]
Paintover thread, submit for crits! http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7879.html
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.882)]e owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke.[/color]