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cruise said:WIP

that is freaking awesome dude. looking great.

thanks daniel! going to try and take a big step out of my comfort zone with the rest of the piece.

Craig Robson said:

Sam Dunn said:Thanks guys! Haha Craig, I like how you always correct people with the dude thing, can I hire you as the dude-corrector?

yes, i take all my payments in Gyoza dumplings though. will that be ok?

Gyoza *drools*

DanielAndHisArt said:

cruise said:WIP

that is freaking awesome dude. looking great.

totally rules!

Craig Robson said:

DanielAndHisArt said:

cruise said:WIP

that is freaking awesome dude. looking great.

totally rules!

Super awesome dude, love this more than your usual work.

wip TDKR

almost done with another album cover, moving onto the back next...

Thanks for the compliments, DiegoMendez and OptimistDesigns.

this thread is amazing.

not exactly a sketch or illustration, but I'm doing a mural in Cabbagetown in Atlanta right now down the street with La Pandilla for Living Walls.

vad_ns said:
wip TDKR

Ahah first idea that came to my mind, was something like this :)

Your linework is so good.

heat. said:

vad_ns said:
wip TDKR

Ahah first idea that came to my mind, was something like this :)

Your linework is so good.

I need to learn how to shade like this. I'm jealous :p haha

always amazing work man!

Chreck said:this thread is amazing.

not exactly a sketch or illustration, but I'm doing a mural in Cabbagetown in Atlanta right now down the street with La Pandilla for Living Walls.

awesome!!

Mini tour poster for Pile and Fat History month, I'm gunna be at the Detroit show, idk if any of you guys are located there?

db said:

Chreck said:this thread is amazing.

not exactly a sketch or illustration, but I'm doing a mural in Cabbagetown in Atlanta right now down the street with La Pandilla for Living Walls.

awesome!!

thank you thank you

http://www.facebook.com/PCashmony

parin said:

http://www.facebook.com/PCashmony

rad

cruise said:WIP

This is just awesome.

Brock May said:Mini tour poster for Pile and Fat History month, I'm gunna be at the Detroit show, idk if any of you guys are located there?

I enjoy the mountains.

thanks heat. & MattisGentle!!!!
almost, maybe tomorrow

Practising my illustration skills, some feedback would be rad!

Champion Of Nothing said:Practising my illustration skills, some feedback would be rad!

what exactly are you using here, because I see no tapered lines at all? Like a mouse and photoshop?

I would suggest try more illustration traditional style first, pencil/pen and some paper life drawing. This guy here looks pretty insane, especially that mouth with those teeth. Are you going for a more realistic portrayal of a human face? Because the illustration is almost kind of funny like those meme faces.

Cheers for the feedback Killer Napkins (Huge admirer of your work), I used a tablet and illustrator for the line work and then took it onto photoshop for the colour. I do a lot of illustration by hand which usually is more textured and uses a wide range of mark making, however I'm struggling to re-create this digitally and therefore have converted to using colour, though I know I'm not 100% there yet. I think the reason it looks a bit like one of those meme faces is down to large areas of negative space, I really need to improve my digital mark making and my colour work (I normally work with a very limited colour pallet). Thanks again.

If you feel more comfortable illustrating by hand then I would say just do that and scan them in instead. Also you can set the sensitivity on the tablet to make the line width varied

had fun with this one

anchored by land said: had fun with this one

From a purely geometrical perspective, the triangle is a bit messed up. For one, the bottom of the triangle should not be pointed, but horizontal.

ight thnx ill cut it off haha square it up

I can't seem to get the scanned versions cleaned up , I don't know if that's because my scanner is poor or I trying to clean it up all wrong? I also use different brush widths on illustrator, though they aren't massively different I may try using a wider range of brush sizes in the future, thanks for the feedback!

On another note I love it anchored by land! (Especially the subtle distressing) Have you thought about half toning the picture in the background?

not a fan of halftones really and i just did this up quick to post it

Fair enough I have to disagree with Joshua Jordan though I really like the triangle .

Champion Of Nothing said:Practising my illustration skills, some feedback would be rad!

Chang your illo.

that triangle needs to be fixed, anchor man

keep practicing, champ

I finished this the other night
black and grey Faber Castell pens on toned paper. 18x22. ✌

Joshua Jordan said:

anchored by land said: had fun with this one

From a purely geometrical perspective, the triangle is a bit messed up. For one, the bottom of the triangle should not be pointed, but horizontal.

agreed. lets just take a look at this for a moment.

when you remove all the filler stuff and look at the actual drawing yu produced:

you've made some confident marks in this one but your clear lack of traditional mark making and compositional practice shows through in some areas.
for example, if we take a look at the area where the antlers meet the ears, its not clear if the lines are describing the top of the ear or the underside of the antlers. its tricks the brain about and your eye doesnt pick out the ear as a positive shape, instead it looks like a hole instead. it starts to get confusing to view so your brain just dismisses it. try to make sure you dont put in any tricky tangents like that one in your drawings, it will help them read clearer and be more communicative.

the feathering technique you have used looks slightly forced and artificial, both due to the fact its a digital drawing but also because its not being used to describe anything (in the deer at least). the great thing about using that sort of halftone shading technique is that you can bend the shading to describe the form of a shape and it works really well.

i feel as though stylistically its sort of all over the place, its pandering to trends but without the confidence of understanding them. the beads hanging from the antlers would be a good touch if they felt congruent to piece, having them without a string or an outline and just floating like that makes them jar with the image.

everyone has said this before to you, try to take some time to study traditional mark making, form, lighting and composition before trying to carve out a style. it would show much more respect and effort if you posted a page of hand studies, a page of animal drawings, a sketch book of compositional studies etc.

Craig has just given you a gold mine of advice.

Brock May said:

This is awesome

Craig Robson said:

Joshua Jordan said:

anchored by land said: had fun with this one

From a purely geometrical perspective, the triangle is a bit messed up. For one, the bottom of the triangle should not be pointed, but horizontal.

agreed. lets just take a look at this for a moment.

when you remove all the filler stuff and look at the actual drawing yu produced:

you've made some confident marks in this one but your clear lack of traditional mark making and compositional practice shows through in some areas.
for example, if we take a look at the area where the antlers meet the ears, its not clear if the lines are describing the top of the ear or the underside of the antlers. its tricks the brain about and your eye doesnt pick out the ear as a positive shape, instead it looks like a hole instead. it starts to get confusing to view so your brain just dismisses it. try to make sure you dont put in any tricky tangents like that one in your drawings, it will help them read clearer and be more communicative.

the feathering technique you have used looks slightly forced and artificial, both due to the fact its a digital drawing but also because its not being used to describe anything (in the deer at least). the great thing about using that sort of halftone shading technique is that you can bend the shading to describe the form of a shape and it works really well.

i feel as though stylistically its sort of all over the place, its pandering to trends but without the confidence of understanding them. the beads hanging from the antlers would be a good touch if they felt congruent to piece, having them without a string or an outline and just floating like that makes them jar with the image.

everyone has said this before to you, try to take some time to study traditional mark making, form, lighting and composition before trying to carve out a style. it would show much more respect and effort if you posted a page of hand studies, a page of animal drawings, a sketch book of compositional studies etc.

thnx for the crit man.this was originally a hand drawnpiece and i have actually fixed alote of things with it since i have posted it here, mainly the shape of the head and positioning of the horns and ears as i did find them awkward aswell..appreciate the feedback tho

Victra said:

boner jamz!!!

vad_ns said:thanks heat. & MattisGentle!!!!
almost, maybe tomorrow

This is insane... I'm sure it'll turn out to be one of the selected designs. Can't wait to see the final product!

Brock May said:

Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout.

whipped up this tiled background for my site. feel free to use it!