06-12-2014, 08:59 AM
Damn guys, thanks for the huge feedback!
clockodile
Definitely a good crit. I really tried pushing the values away from each other, but found it really hard to bring it all together after a while! I've put the image on hold for a couple of days to see if I can start fresh later. Used a lot of what you wrote and while it made all the core aspects better I just couldn't handle it haha.
Thanks for stopping by and for the wicked feedback man!
Warburton
Yo man! Don't worry, I feel the same way! So nice of you dude, makes me really happy knowing you enjoy my sketches and silly things. Really making me blush comparing me to Alex, suuuper influenced by him. But I'm sooo far from his skill haha.
Yeah weird how that works. It's not something we all go deep into. We're into the visuals and not the marketing side. Good reminder that it's something you have to constantly get better at on the side.
THanks a bunch for all these links, started reading them, some seem broken though. Finding them very useful anyway :)
You're never being a dick when it comes to critique hihi, it's really appreciated! Edges haunt me for life, when I study I really try to be aware of them and focus on the image as a whole. Doesn't get carried over to my paintings and applications. Maybe I should do as you say and just have it as a study-assignment, focus only on it.
Thanks again, you'll see some more :D
Here I am back again. That was a big leap between posts! Feels like I'm in a limbo of distractions and procrastination. Looking back on the week, I've done a couple of things at least. But i'm not finishing portfolio work or applying studies very good. Might be because there's this weird juxtaposition between havig your head filled with ideas and trying to get them all out, versus having nothing of substance to paint.
I really like doing quicker sketches and such, but then again I need to do longer paintings for my portfolio.
And it sucks since I had such a boost of motivation and creative energy a year / two years ago. Felt like nothing could stop me, now it seems that I have stopped myself somehow.
Damned me!
I got work on an album cover for an indie underground band, so that's a plus atleast. Basically my first commission work that isn't from friends :P
And I'm going for an interview at a game art school. I went there last year and failed. But I feel way more prepared this year, this fear is nagging me in the neck.
Totally negative post, but damn if I'm not feeling it. Gotta pop some epic music and get going again.
Here's the initial sketch for the album cover, it will feature Gaia!
Applied some gestures and put an armor on it. That's how you save a pose.
A djinn-dude
Gul'dan, next warcraft orc portrait. Some guys over at reddit suggested it and damn if I don't want to please two random dudes on the internet!11
Some handstudies in preparation for the school interview. Doing a bunch like gestures.
A longer modelstudy trying to get it more like the photo, recommended by Warburton! Triiied my best. I don't usually mix hard and soft brushes this much, there needs to be more overlapping when I do it. Need to paint more confident areas, pay more attention to what I'm doing.
A phallic head, don't judge
The redlands sketch, playing around, comfort zone is hell
Big trouble in little movies study, applying and study. It's so weird that I find it fund painting the backgrounds in studies but not in my own work. Why is that? :P
Found out that I could use more hard brushes for these sort of settings, and not mush it around too much.
Have a nice one Daggers, feels nice now that I've vented here haha.
Stay focused and profilic! <3
clockodile
Definitely a good crit. I really tried pushing the values away from each other, but found it really hard to bring it all together after a while! I've put the image on hold for a couple of days to see if I can start fresh later. Used a lot of what you wrote and while it made all the core aspects better I just couldn't handle it haha.
Thanks for stopping by and for the wicked feedback man!
Warburton
Yo man! Don't worry, I feel the same way! So nice of you dude, makes me really happy knowing you enjoy my sketches and silly things. Really making me blush comparing me to Alex, suuuper influenced by him. But I'm sooo far from his skill haha.
Yeah weird how that works. It's not something we all go deep into. We're into the visuals and not the marketing side. Good reminder that it's something you have to constantly get better at on the side.
THanks a bunch for all these links, started reading them, some seem broken though. Finding them very useful anyway :)
You're never being a dick when it comes to critique hihi, it's really appreciated! Edges haunt me for life, when I study I really try to be aware of them and focus on the image as a whole. Doesn't get carried over to my paintings and applications. Maybe I should do as you say and just have it as a study-assignment, focus only on it.
Thanks again, you'll see some more :D
Here I am back again. That was a big leap between posts! Feels like I'm in a limbo of distractions and procrastination. Looking back on the week, I've done a couple of things at least. But i'm not finishing portfolio work or applying studies very good. Might be because there's this weird juxtaposition between havig your head filled with ideas and trying to get them all out, versus having nothing of substance to paint.
I really like doing quicker sketches and such, but then again I need to do longer paintings for my portfolio.
And it sucks since I had such a boost of motivation and creative energy a year / two years ago. Felt like nothing could stop me, now it seems that I have stopped myself somehow.
Damned me!
I got work on an album cover for an indie underground band, so that's a plus atleast. Basically my first commission work that isn't from friends :P
And I'm going for an interview at a game art school. I went there last year and failed. But I feel way more prepared this year, this fear is nagging me in the neck.
Totally negative post, but damn if I'm not feeling it. Gotta pop some epic music and get going again.
Here's the initial sketch for the album cover, it will feature Gaia!
Applied some gestures and put an armor on it. That's how you save a pose.
A djinn-dude
Gul'dan, next warcraft orc portrait. Some guys over at reddit suggested it and damn if I don't want to please two random dudes on the internet!11
Some handstudies in preparation for the school interview. Doing a bunch like gestures.
A longer modelstudy trying to get it more like the photo, recommended by Warburton! Triiied my best. I don't usually mix hard and soft brushes this much, there needs to be more overlapping when I do it. Need to paint more confident areas, pay more attention to what I'm doing.
A phallic head, don't judge
The redlands sketch, playing around, comfort zone is hell
Big trouble in little movies study, applying and study. It's so weird that I find it fund painting the backgrounds in studies but not in my own work. Why is that? :P
Found out that I could use more hard brushes for these sort of settings, and not mush it around too much.
Have a nice one Daggers, feels nice now that I've vented here haha.
Stay focused and profilic! <3