Tims improvement thread

timothywilsonart

Well I decided I would start a thread here and see how it goes, for my first post I wanted to talk about improving my thumbnails/shape language with my character designs, these are all based on artwork by Angus Mcbride btw.

I started with this guy 



He's not bad, but I wanted better, pretty unhappy with my exaggeration and shape language here so i decided to do some studies and try to make thumbnails where I focus exaggeration as my goal, looking back I should have tried to get a more square shape language character in there but I really like the more circular heavily armored one.



I think I could have pushed them a lot further , especially the second one. But still improved over my first painting above. Also I'm starting to go for a more cartoony, anime-inspired style, I've done semi-realism before but its not my thing. 

Anyhow, I'll keep posting some attempts to improve my work and some sketches, hope you enjoy.

Eric Chadwick

First tip: use JPG instead of PNG. Saving a JPG at level 8 converts a 8MB PNG down to a 128kb JPG, and looks virtually identical.
See the thread http://polycount.com/discussion/161965/why-is-everyone-using-massive-png-files-for-their-shots .

timothywilsonart

Eric Chadwick said:

First tip: use JPG instead of PNG. Saving a JPG at level 8 converts a 8MB PNG down to a 128kb JPG, and looks virtually identical.
See the thread http://polycount.com/discussion/161965/why-is-everyone-using-massive-png-files-for-their-shots .

Thanks for advice, changed to JPG

timothywilsonart

I've been doing some painting attempts, trying to reach a balance between line and pure painting  I love both. 





Also did some kylo ren fanart/study, really love the character.