03-05-2020, 12:54 PM
(02-12-2020, 02:01 PM)handsomekorean Wrote: As for what I want to do eventually, I want to start working for a small game company to create illustrations for them. Doing cards for magic is my main goal right now. Any idea how I can get noticed by them?
I have no advice to give on this subject myself, but you may find it illuminating to listen to videos by Pete Mohrbacher (I.E onevox on deviantart), who has painted several cards for MTG. It has been a while since I listened to this video, but I believe he talks a bit about Magic in this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6MKqdUh6xo
Regarding your post about wanting a looser rendering practice. You probably figured this out already, but a good thing to do is make practice pictures where you avoid zooming in for most of the process, and make sure you zoom out and check yourself frequently when you start detailing. It's very easy to lose any qualities your block-in had when you get lost in detailing things. Since you want to draw cards for Magic, you must keep in mind that it's gonna be printed on a tiny card, and people need to know exactly what it is from far away. This is something I still need to work on myself.
Regarding the perspective on the image of a red monster in the dungeon. The only problem I can see is that it seems like we (the viewer) are about level with the eyes of the red monster, but the perspective lines of the bricks converge to a lower point than that. I don't know if it was intentional or not (like to indicate that the hallway is ramping downward). The bricks also don't decrease in size with distance quite as much as they should. Apart from that, I have no specific crits to give you. Your images are definitely above average, and you seem like you're good at motivating and teaching yourself. The last portrait you posted is very striking and pretty.