08-11-2016, 06:08 AM
You really have a strong style already, really recognizable! It looks like you're spending a ton of time rendering with pencil but without using the flat side of the pencil too much. Maybe you'd also enjoy drawing with a cristal BIC pen? I tried those and they feel a lot like pencil, but without the temptation of using an eraser and without smearing or shining at all. They also can draw really tiny details without having to sharpen them all the time. So if you don't use the flat side of the pencil, it's pretty much the same workflow, but with those benefits added on top. Give it a try, you might like them (no im not getting paid to make ads for BIC, they're just great imo :D and they're dirt cheap aswell)
I'm not sure which direction you want to take with your work in the future, so i don't want to give too much advice on that, especially since you seem to have found your style already. Just always keep challenging yourself, push towards your goals, study hard, stay curious; the usual.
PS: I'll say one thing: that devil concept is really really detailed and you put a lot of time into that, but it might be better to keep that level of detail you have on almost every part of it on the most important areas only and stay looser on the rest, just like a camera or the human eye would. Fogging out the feet is a step towards that direction already, you can push that aspect further by only detailing the leg in the foreground and leaving the other loose, same with the arms, the tail, one horn vs the other... Not only would that give the figure more depth and improve the illusion that it's taking up space, it would also simplify the image a lot and make it read more easily because you'd tell the eye where to look instead of unintentionally pushing it all over the place. It's also more interesting to look at because you'd create contrast: detailed vs blurry; which is always a nice thing to have. No need to change that piece and fix it, though, just leave it as it is and consider focusing your detailing a bit more next time!
I'm not sure which direction you want to take with your work in the future, so i don't want to give too much advice on that, especially since you seem to have found your style already. Just always keep challenging yourself, push towards your goals, study hard, stay curious; the usual.
PS: I'll say one thing: that devil concept is really really detailed and you put a lot of time into that, but it might be better to keep that level of detail you have on almost every part of it on the most important areas only and stay looser on the rest, just like a camera or the human eye would. Fogging out the feet is a step towards that direction already, you can push that aspect further by only detailing the leg in the foreground and leaving the other loose, same with the arms, the tail, one horn vs the other... Not only would that give the figure more depth and improve the illusion that it's taking up space, it would also simplify the image a lot and make it read more easily because you'd tell the eye where to look instead of unintentionally pushing it all over the place. It's also more interesting to look at because you'd create contrast: detailed vs blurry; which is always a nice thing to have. No need to change that piece and fix it, though, just leave it as it is and consider focusing your detailing a bit more next time!