2D Art Showcase & Critiques

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Sticky Polycount's Sketch Thread! We'll start by just drawing a piece everyday, and it can be digital or traditional. Then we'll start to work in some sweet themes to challenge ourselfs! ex. robots, chicks etc. 1 embed maximum …	5K Last	ErikNilsson Aug 16 2019
Sticky What are you working on 2D? 2019! This is a thread to share your latest 2D work. Past threads: 2015, 2016, 2017, 20181 embed maximum (1 image, or 1 video, etc.)Anim GIFs must be less than 2 mbExternally-hoste…	52 Last	Rav3 Aug 12 2019
Sticky 2D ConceptBank - Post your concepts to model Hello all!. 2D Artists - I invite you to post your concepts in this thread. If you're anything like me, you have big motivation but spend too long looking for a concept, only to be denied permiss…	231 Last	Geola12 Jul 7 2019
Sticky PIXEL ART In this thread goes all your 2D pixel art. Not 3D models, not 2D painting, not oekaki, just crisp and clean pixel art. Though, minecraft skins would be okay to post here.	1K Last	Ditadg Jul 1 2019
iuliae: 2D Art Thread Hi everyone! My name is Giulia, I started a few years ago as a 3D artist but decided to switch to 2D since I wanted to focus more on the pre-production and initial creative process.My objective is to…	37 Last	Iuliae Aug 16 2019
My finished work (Meriem) Hi! I started painting on July 2017, I'm just a hobbyist but I'm trying to enhance my skills as a professional artist.So I'll start by showing this sketch of Jaina	5 Last	Meriem Aug 16 2019
Digital Photo Study Hey everyone, so I've been drawing and studying traditionally for a year or two and I've been learning about digital for the past two weeks. This is my first time trying to make something with color …	2 Last	Zaulta Aug 16 2019
Dzeljka's 2D art thread Hello everyone!I am a illustrator/concept artist working in games and publishing. I love everything fantasy and i like exploring different subjects. Gonna post many brushstrokes here :smile: You…	3 Last	Dzeljka Aug 15 2019
David's Improvement Thread : CC Welcomed! I'm new to the community, and although I've been doodling and messing about for a while I never really had my own project to drive with design-wise. I finally decided to give it a shot! Standar…	175 Last	bed Aug 15 2019
Female Usopp Looking to make a nice textured piece that looks semi traditional. It's a stylized piece. I Kind of made up the shadows on her right leg. Please let me know what you think of the anatomy, values, and…	1 Last	Zaulta Aug 15 2019
Sketchbook: Sevans Hi Everyone,Starting a thread where I'll be posting my finished work. Thanks for looking!	34 Last	Sevans Aug 14 2019
Concept Art Hi,my name is Juan Carlos Abraldes.These are some of my concepts.Thanks!	6 Last	contralosdioses Aug 14 2019
BeccatheRose: 2D Art Thread Hi guys! I'm a game artist in Chicago that mostly does concept art for props, creatures, and characters, along with some hand-painted texture stuff and occasional modeling. Feel free to say hi t…	221 Last	beccatherose Aug 13 2019
Red Warrior Illustration Art inspired by Satoshi Matsuura's style. I'm pretty good at it I would say. Maybe I should become his protege.	3 Last	mahuyoshi Aug 13 2019
Drawing Everyday Hello to the 2D side of Polycount. I was listening to a lot of artist emphasizing the importance of fundamentals, like drawing gesture, anatomy, volume and so on. I'm originally a …	47 Last	joserigel Aug 12 2019
[Critique] Environment Concept Art - Matt Bedward Hey there!My name is Matt, and I'm an aspiring environment concept artist looking to take my work to a professional AAA level. Please do me a favor and brutally critique my work if you have the …	3 Last	bed Aug 12 2019
photoshop photoshop	86 Last	joker187 Aug 12 2019
[Critique] New to digital painting, critiques welcome. Hello all. I've been learning a fair amount of digital painting over the past few months and I decided it's finally time to stop keeping my sketches and drawings to myself and share them so that they…	2 Last	bed Aug 12 2019
Painting a 2d painting to look 3d? I feel it's possible to paint any given subject to the level of a 3d render or near, but what are some aspects to consider, to include in the painting to make it look more 3d render level .Ambient oc…	1 Last	bed Aug 12 2019
Illustration work Hi everyone!I've been watching too much Princess Mononoke and for a long while I wanted to create my own character and make a bunch of illustrations that would tell a sort of story and little bit and…	73 Last	bed Aug 12 2019
paint paint	98 Last	joker187 Aug 11 2019
iAniMagic 2019: Animal Party Get ready to combine your love of animation and animals into one masterpiece – the is back! The 8th iAniMagic, starting from August 1st, invites you to show off your animation skills w…	0 Last	AniZone Aug 9 2019
Learn to see : Basic drawing and warm up exercises Intro It been a while since I become active on polycount forum and my overall impression is that even experience artist have some problem with " basics" or foundation as they are called Because of th…	30 Last	melviso Aug 8 2019
character design hello i design a antrhomorpic character, i need some feedback on it , maybe some critique too https://www.instagram.com/p/B04htpvjGC1/ regards	0 Last	artenazrud Aug 8 2019
Tropica - Krita Speedpaint by OPHANAP 2019 Hey all! New member to the forum, would love your opinions on my latest artwork.The painting timelapse can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvanz-WAHRo&t=Original post: ht…	2 Last	artenazrud Aug 8 2019
Started drawing again! I picked up watching anime and started drawing again through it. I started off drawing Alice from SAO, I had a real hard time working on the lineart and the colors because it had been years since I d…	1 Last	artenazrud Aug 8 2019
Canyon - Concept Art Hello! This one started as a very small thumbnail on my sketchbook, maybe an inch wide. It is always fun seeing a super rough thumbnail turn into a final image!Check out a process video for…	5 Last	delaneveart Aug 5 2019
Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone Hi everyone,I've been building a library of images that you are welcome to freely use in your projects. They are all original...all my own work. I think a lot of them could be made into cool textures…	107 Last	Eric Matyas Aug 4 2019
USP-S \| Frost Hunter my skin for CS:GO USP-S \| Frost Hunter - my skin for CS:GOLInk for steam workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1824386901I just want to create color skin for CT. So I use some tradition…	0 Last	HurricaneCSGO Aug 4 2019
[WIP] Fire Octopus Metal Witch Concept Hello, I wanted to do something "fun" today to break the routine of 3D work to do some concept art. I found 3 random images from a random image generator and decided to come up with something that co…	2 Last	MMKH Aug 3 2019
concept art Hello to all. I am new here and here are my works. What do you think with them you can find a job? And in general, are they suitable for a portfolio?	1 Last	beccatherose Aug 2 2019
Guard - Concept Art For this image I sculpted a mini 3D kit bash set and painted on top, mixing multiple render passes. I find this mixing process to be a lot of fun for me, a lot of painting but almost no photo bashing…	5 Last	delaneveart Jul 31 2019
Retrogasm Contest - Samus aran Hey polycounters!I've joined the Retrogasm contest on Facebook and figured I can post it here as well, It will be a 3D model but as I am also doing a bit of concepting I figured I can share it here a…	1 Last	DerpingTimmy Jul 30 2019
Pixelated Photorealism / Photorealistic PixelArt style \| VIDEO GAME \| \| VIDEO \| In-game footage of the library scene and others https://youtu.be/5Yx0SQoS69k?t=129The game is in early development. What do you guys think of the game's visuals primarily? Feel free to be c…	12 Last	RAWconcrete Jul 30 2019
Sketchbook: Zaulta sry posted in the wrong section	0 Last	Zaulta Jul 30 2019
Sketchbook: CritiqueMyJunk Hey, amateur artist, looking for critiques. At the moment my focus is 2d digital and traditional.All references in the image footers (viscom week 2 etc) are from my own fake school thing I put t…	6 Last	ChrisFraser Jul 28 2019
Environment Concept art and illustrations Hello my name is Prince and i made this thread to post regular art work and ideas . i have been in the industry for four years now and with this i'm am tackling AAA quality art work to try and improv…	6 Last	Bongane_Prince Jul 24 2019
Concept artist Portfolio looking for critics ! Hello Guys, My name is Paul, I've been wondering around this forum for years now looking for inspiration and tips, but that's not until recently that it hit me ... I could ask for Critics h…	3 Last	Apophis Jul 23 2019
Tyguy's 2D Art Thread (of Justice!) What's up all! My name is Tyler.I'm an illustrator and concept nerd originally from Columbus, OH now in LA. I started in illustration and concept art for app games and motion work but recently I’ve b…	2 Last	Tyguy Jul 23 2019
hi guys ive been working hard on this project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC8wBG5FezEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqqbBtJuY3kCan you give me your opinion should i continue or start again or maybe idk. anymore. does it suck?	1 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Jul 22 2019
Mackenzi's Character Design Thread Recently, I went through a mentorship course where I created a series of characters based on a theme of my choice.I chose a contemporary sci-fi fantasy setting where a motley crew of extraordinary in…	6 Last	kohyunu Jul 22 2019
Showcasing My Tree Bark Substance- Critiques Welcome I wanted to make my first tree bark substance for my personal project. I did some learning from a list of artist and how they approach making the base shape for bark. I applied the techniques and inc…	2 Last	Ida_Jay Jul 16 2019
Crystallink's Creations (Critique Appreciated) Hi there! I'm Crystallink, and I'm an aspiring 2D artist! I'm largely self-taught, but I've also done a brief course on Color Theory, and I'm also taking several art courses in Udemy.I've also done s…	0 Last	Crystallink Jul 16 2019
Showcasing My Forest Ground Substance - Critiques Welcome I took a crack at making a needle filled ground Substance that will be apart of a Forest Scene I'm making in Unreal. I'm going to make another substance Similar to this soon using the new skills I've…	0 Last	Ida_Jay Jul 15 2019
[WIP] Overwatch Character Concept Hi all,I've been working on another Overwatch character idea for a 3D Art portfolio project. I’m not 100% sure this would fit in the Overwatch world in its current state. I posted on Overwatch People…	2 Last	MMKH Jul 14 2019
Gonzo's Art Check out my art and studies and give me some feedback.	0 Last	daniel_zk Jul 14 2019
2D Character Design Procedure - CRITIQUES WANTED!!! Hello! This is a small project i been working on for my portfolio, I have 3d skills so once i have a character idea I can 3d Model it in Maya or sculpt in on Zbrush. I want to get into the design asp…	0 Last	ShoxZzBladeZz Jul 11 2019
Poster poster	41 Last	joker187 Jul 10 2019
Beccatherose - Fundamental Art Tutorials & Blog Hey everyone! I've been making minitutorials over on Patreon for a while and wanted to have a main thread for them here on Polycount. If you'd like to see more, consider throwing a dollar or five my …	19 Last	beccatherose Jul 9 2019
TCHI Hi all!I want to share my works with you what i did some time ago.I hope you like it.Also you can support me on my Artstation https://www.artstation.com/tchi	4 Last	TCHI Jul 7 2019
Weird Alchemy card game My friends Chris and Dan of Clever Unicorn Games have just launched their card game Weird Alchemy on Kickstarter. It's a great game and has received rave reviews both at UK Games Expo and online. The…	0 Last	Gmanx Jul 6 2019