2D Art Showcase & Critiques

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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	nokomis Nov 16 2018
Sticky 2D What Are You Working On? 2018 ! This is a thread to share your latest 2D work. Past threads: 2015, 2016, 20171 embed maximum (1 image, or 1 video, etc.)Anim GIFs must be less than 2 mbExternally-hosted images mu…	247 Last	cyberwarped Nov 15 2018
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 …	4.9K Last	Sevans Nov 14 2018
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…	228 Last	arik Nov 3 2018
New animation of Eminem rap parody New animation of Eminem rap parodyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhOwzbuXxLM&t=5s	0 Last	jali198584 Nov 16 2018
JPRG Designs I working currently on some JRPG Designs, because...why not.Archer classPriest classKnight classMage classThe next will be probably the thief (male) class.Cheers!	5 Last	kohyunu Nov 16 2018
Jax Designs Creatures and Characters So I wanted to get better at drawing creatures and characters and I found a book titled Designing Creatures and Characters by Marc Taro Holmes. I am currently working on the second project in the…	34 Last	jaxeller Nov 15 2018
Sevans Art Thread Hi Everyone,Starting a thread where I'll be posting my finished work. Thanks for looking!	6 Last	Sevans Nov 14 2018
How to get better at 2D art as a 3D artist? I'm moderately proficient in 3D art but when I try to get into drawing, pixel art, vector art, 2d animating, etc, I can't get anything right at all. Is it because it's naturally more artistically cha…	1 Last	Mehran Khan Nov 14 2018
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…	200 Last	beccatherose Nov 13 2018
Purgareth: The Ferox Knight @danipanteez That fanskin is great Dani! Here is the latest image for my project Purgareth.	0 Last	LoganFeliciano Nov 13 2018
Land07 speed paint Another quick landscape speed paint. Hope you like it!Here on artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8ll4YG	0 Last	bassinicomix Nov 13 2018
2D art journal: antheia.vaulor Hi! :) Hope everyone of you are having a great day!My name's Diana (antheia.vaulor) and recently I've started improving my drawing skills. I'm hoping to work as a concept artist someday, also I'…	7 Last	azpimar Nov 12 2018
Auto Snapshot plug-in for Maya with different render possibilities Hello Guys. I made a small plug-in for Maya 2018. It could probably be used for fast scene previews, getting the assets for presentations or just for having fun. You can see more on my youtube channe…	0 Last	Rayterex Nov 12 2018
Building a Library of Images for Everyone Hi everyone,I've been building a library of images that you are welcome to use in your projects. They are all original...all my own work. I think a lot of them could be made into cool textures for ga…	70 Last	Eric Matyas Nov 11 2018
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…	165 Last	Doodlok Nov 11 2018
Please remove Wrong section, sorry!	0 Last	afxwinter Nov 9 2018
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…	5 Last	kohyunu Nov 8 2018
Gumroad, Cubebrush & Artstation: Photo Reference Packs I am Ibrahim Lancoln and in this thread I share with you my Photo Reference Packs available on: Gumroad \| Cubebrush \| ArtstationI am also here to listen to your suggestions&n…	86 Last	Ibrahim_Lancoln Nov 8 2018
Diablo IV Classes (Fan Designs) "The Worldstone's destruction, and Malthael's attempt to erase humanity have left Sanctuary a dystopian battleground, as Nephalem wield their newfound power self-servingly, even as people flock t…	0 Last	Hellmouth Nov 6 2018
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…	14 Last	Iuliae Nov 5 2018
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…	2 Last	Bongane_Prince Nov 2 2018
Hearthstone cardback fanart - Halloween Hi everyone, I'd like to share and get some C&C on this project I started a few days ago.This would be my second cardback fanart (first can be seen here https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ng…	1 Last	RN Nov 2 2018
Where I get stuck when I don't start with linework, advice appreciated :) Work In Progress I didn't start with line work. I'm at the point where I start muddying things up, going over and over what is there without improving on it at all, even worsening it (for …	1 Last	EVF Nov 1 2018
INKTOBER 2018 - Share Your Progress Here Hey guys & gals. Looks like it's that time of year again, so get your quills and spare parchment out for another round of #inktober. Would love to keep the motivation train rolling by…	66 Last	allmighty_thunder Nov 1 2018
2D Terrain Platform Toolkit for Unity 5! Some friends of mine have been working on a fantastic 2d terrain toolkit for Unity 5. Sam Sawyer and Michael Chugg as lead programmers, and myself as the artist. [latest] [img]http://i.imgur.com/F5rz…	72 Last	ArchBench Oct 29 2018
Overwatch Fan Hero Concept Everyone has one, and this one's mine. ;PIf Soldier: 76 uses cutting edge tech with his enhanced abilities, I see Tigress as the guerrilla fighter who uses misdirection and ambush with 'existing tech…	5 Last	kohyunu Oct 29 2018
Fountain of Life (2D/3D) Hey gang!I like fountains ! Always had. Actually now that I think about it, that was the one thing that got me interested in 3D, more than 15 years ago. I've been thinking about making a UE4 scene ov…	35 Last	Chill_Pill Oct 28 2018
Need some feedback/critique on finishing a study. Hi there, I'm having a bunch of issues trying to finish this study. Things I am aware that I have to finish are small details such as studs, holes in the armor, and the chainmail.But my biggest issue…	2 Last	EMS Oct 27 2018
Kay Tang Art Thread Hi everyone, new to polycount here :smile: Here's a few examples of my work, as well as what I'm working on the moment.and here is what I'm working on the moment for the Artstation challenge 'Beneath…	51 Last	kayta Oct 27 2018
How to learn observational sketching? Hey guys! I'm working through Scott Robertson's How to Draw (on chapter 3 right now), and I figured I'd supplement my learning with observational drawing on the side. I want to draw mechanical things…	3 Last	reasonablepenguin Oct 22 2018
Traditional Portrait	0 Last	shaqcox Oct 22 2018
How to draw - mirroring tilted planes I've recently purchased Scott Robertson's How to Draw and I want to make sure I understand this section on page 36 correctly before I move on so it doesn't bite me later. The part that I'm unsure of …	2 Last	reasonablepenguin Oct 20 2018
Nexam's cavern - Join my journey to Blizzard... Hello dear folks from Polycount !My name is Maxence Burgel, i'm a freelance concept artist since 8 years (already !).I've worked on a lot of small/medium project for differents games, but i always ha…	17 Last	Nexam Oct 19 2018
Concept character art #Game-character#wip	0 Last	getze Oct 18 2018
Starting Beginner Concept Artist Advice/feedback - *Answered Thank you polycount, and member(s) who've contributed. I feel my request was answered.	11 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 14 2018
Drawmaevedraw WIPS and stuffs- Crit please! Hi guys! Hope I'm posting in the right place. Looking to level up!You can find my stuff here https://www.artstation.com/drawmaevedrawAnyways, here is the piece I'm picking up ag…	35 Last	carvuliero Oct 13 2018
color study. trying to improve my colors and values. any critique regarding that is very very welcomed.	0 Last	Mehran Khan Oct 13 2018
Serpentine: endless runner dev Hello. I have been working on SERPENTINE in my free time for over a year now. It went through many iterations in that time. But now things are starting to pick up pace. Here are some early versi…	0 Last	lamb Oct 13 2018
Edo-Japanese Scoped Long Rifle [ArtStation Challenge] (2D/3D) This was my initial concept I had for ArtStation Challenge. I am entering the 3D category and wanted to create my own concept. I had an idea of the 3 props I had to make being able to connect. So I s…	0 Last	htannerhartman Oct 10 2018
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 …	12 Last	beccatherose Oct 8 2018
[Feedback] Assasin Character Concept Hi there,This is my first post here, so here's also a little introduction. My name is Bernice Wang, and I'm studying concept art as a graduate student. This is the first character concept I've m…	4 Last	redteapanda Oct 8 2018
DMCV Lucia Lucia's a good character sadly stuck in the most reviled game in the series, so I decided to take a shot at 'updating' her look, as she were to appear in Devil May Cry V. Tried to keep her outfit fai…	0 Last	Hellmouth Oct 5 2018
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…	66 Last	razz Oct 5 2018
My Journey to become a concept artist. Hello, This is my first time on polycount. Greeting to you ppls :blush: . welcome to this thread... my name is lokmen (all my links are below) So here i'll be posting concept art everyday (good o…	17 Last	bmsd_crm Oct 4 2018
Alexandru Munteanu's Artsy Soup Hello everyone, my name is Alexandru Munteanu, aka Andyweasel, I'm currently working at an indie gamedev studio in Romania and I decided to start posting my work here. Here are some digital paintings…	39 Last	AlexandruMunteanu Oct 4 2018
Concept Art - Vehicles and Space Ships I'm relatively new to using art for my own purposes, I have worked in the Graphic design industry for a while but have never been able to use it for my own creativeness. I enjoy Redrawing vehicles, m…	0 Last	hendrix Oct 3 2018
Scenary - Ancient alien city ruins Hello everybody. This is my first post here, and I'd like to present myself:My name is Mau Vasconcellos, and I'm a traditional artist and writer, who has been working on several sci-fi/fantasy books …	0 Last	MauVasconcellos Oct 3 2018
[FEEDBACK] 2D Game Art Portfolio Hi! I'm looking to apply for a Game Artist position, and would like to get some feedback on my portfolio. What do you think about it? I'll appreciate any advice you can give me.http://www.behance.net…	0 Last	sinnart Oct 3 2018
GAME OF THREE KINGDOMS -- my first solo-dev project :) Hey there,This is my first project as a solo-dev. I've been kicking it around in my spare time for the last 6 months, and I feel it's at a point where I'm ready to share some of the artwork I've crea…	2 Last	Zephir62 Oct 2 2018