Will Warburton's sketchbook

[Fedodika]

hueeeeeeeey will! uuuh i really dig your monster stuff; i remember starting out i went through your sketchbook the first time probably about 2 years ago; i was really inspired needless to say. I think it's really interesting you're studying Rasta Zanwhootawesome's work, he is a hell of a draftsman in many regards.

I also thought it was interesting you were studying one of hannes really really old portraits; I really like the brushwork in that piece now that i mention it, so i can't blame ya there! I do think your later and more finished creature pieces look quite fantastic, if not professional quality, or at least extremely close to it. One thing i highly reccomend you really focus in on is faces as they seem to be a weakness compared to the rendering side of things. Just draw the shit out of em from ref and apply immediately, you know how it works.

Though i do think if you want to get your work more noticed on the creatures, really focus on that and the design side of things. As you mentioned with the lava dude he is generic and no one really cares for generic stuff for more than 5 seconds or however long it takes to scroll past it. Basically i reccomend finding things that inspired you as a kid what made you really love painting creatures, and study that, over anthony jones or thomas mahon. While those guys are great, everyone wants to be them, so you're in a tighter squeeze for competition.

Find things that make you, you. study them, build up ref folders. I think it'd be best if it were things that aren't in this community, like facebook or deviantart; like movies or games you love, even books. That stuff will shoot you way up there in design, because no one's seen it, and that's where the jobs are; at least i hope >.>. There's gotta be something wierd you're into; abuse that wierd thing, the thing you really love.