Hazzard65's Portfolio

Hazzard65

Hi folks. Great to see Polycount introducing a more dedicated 2D forum. Really excited to see what new stuff pops up.

Thought I'd take the opportunity to post my portfolio.

Let me know what you think, if you have any criticisms i'd love to hear them! as I am always looking to improve .

Thanks guys!

https://www.artstation.com/artist/hazzard65
http://hazzard65.daportfolio.com/

Mark Dygert

Beautiful... I love all of it, awesome work!

slosh

Wow, great work. My only tiny crit would be to broaden your styles. Everything follows a very realistic vibe so it would be nice to see some stylized stuff if you were interested in those jobs as well.

klamp

Nice stuff, dude! I really love that first painting in your environments section.

Zornx

Impressed. Easy to visit site, tidy and clear. Good job.

Highelf

Figured I'd write up all my thoughts, since people aren't being too helpful (;P)

-Homepage is barren. The less clicks the better, so why not just add more images below that single one, and have me scroll along your main work.
-Overall, too much stuff. There are too many pieces, including a few clearly old/bad ones that shouldn't be on there, and things that are basically duplicates. Don't be afraid to cut stuff if you have tons of great work anyway. I'd say not having to scroll on any of the pages would be a good start.
-I'd also suggest just building your own site. daportfolio is slightly unprofessional, and well... it's pretty ugly. Your site is gray with a black banner and ivory letters - its just not even slightly visually attractive to me, which is odd since you are a visual artist.

Things I would cut:

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/o/2010/338/6/5/6589861fc67e27e64f9746bde66665ab.jpg
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/o/2012/159/6/3/6358e6f72700061c72303b50b87326ea.jpg
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/o/2013/029/6/7/67f66e653932ff3b3b8400e23289989b.jpg
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/o/2014/058/b/5/b57325fee85a78b4612862cb5a39fa81.jpg
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/o/2012/197/3/3/338c683f12ce2310ebfe42d628fdcef2.jpg (this one is very weird)
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/o/2013/113/1/3/13df9c48bc7f558551ed738103438c5f.jpg
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/o/2013/115/5/4/5429923d1f1a8db49f1572bb26da12f0.jpg
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/o/2013/105/d/8/d8bbd51d87afc53ccf6874964d5c4a26.jpg (good but too rough)
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/o/2014/054/3/3/33f5f0df6e7df5effae32da760d54fcc.jpg
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/o/2014/002/4/d/4d149af8fe58183e31f87254a75363b5.jpg
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/o/2012/187/7/5/757ea31456938768424101aa40465d37.jpg

Things I would place differently:

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/o/2013/040/d/a/da5714e64ea6a945b188e617b1c981fe.jpg
^ this should NOT be on the second page. It's your best work by far if you ask me, except for the very bad low res on the top left and right.
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/o/2013/115/9/c/9cf993812e17359e38f1b716ad8b39c9.jpg
Update it a bit (rendering+redo the mountain) and put it earlier
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/o/2013/336/4/2/42fee5b6e04f272b7de4f5317f2020ae.jpg
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/o/2014/106/5/2/525cb0598ea3fc2ba8901500573e86fd.jpg
the above two don't deserve #2 and #4 imo, and need lots of refinement in general.

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/o/2014/085/7/9/7989d3d1646a5adaffdb8efdffd2f24e.jpg
^ this and the other 2 after that would fit very nicely on one sheet. No need for 3 entries.

In general your illustration page is lackluster, it's very clear you don't focus on it and it feels unecessary. Maybe put them in somewhere else, among the others, not sure on that.

Just thoughts, and opinions! Hope this helps in a way. Overall you are doing fine and it's good work, but you know that already!

Shrike

Your art looks good not much to say about that

The website is not looking good however, id cut the gradients in the header, choose another font, looks really basic website buildter, and choose another color for the text or leave it white, that ochre color does not really add anything

Also try maintaining a similar background+text layout for your vehicles and such things, it will look a lot more professional

Aside that really nice , but consider cutting what you think are the worst, its a lot

zephyri

Your stuff's come on leaps and bounds, Sam, you've got a really impressive portfolio there! Agree that the RS illustration stuff maybe isn't as strong as your other concept stuff (and I'd be tempted to say it detracts from whats a stellar sci fi portfolio over all). dA's folio site isn't ideal in terms of 'pretty', but it does get the job done.

LRoy

Your work is great, but the site is not really set up for higher res monitors. I'm on a 25560x1440 and it takes up a very small part of the screen.

Lazerus Reborn

It's a deviantart portfolio, low scale rate, poor selecting, few blue select bugs that stay over the images and can't be unclicked. Technical side crit :P

The work is astounding though. Really great job!

I recommend looking at hosting your own portfolio though. If CGhub has taught us anything it's that. Look into Wordpress portfolio templates and you'll be very happy.

It's also less than Deviantart premium to buy and host everything. Just saying

If you need a hand give me a shout, good work deserves a good stage!

Hazzard65

Thanks for all the feedback guys! I definitely need to take a look at my portfolio host. DAportfolio is obviously not cutting it.


Thanks all

Hazzard65

Haven't done anything personal in a while - a quick sketch from last night