Environment Arts(2D), Improvement critiques would be nice

iacoccakhen

Hi Everyone, My name is Iacocca Khen, and I'm from Indonesia.
I feel a little bit don't know where to go with My arts, so if anyone could help to give some opinions it would be wonderful.
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so, please let Me know if you see anything that I can improve, if you find My works enjoyable, please enjoy it, if you're interested to hire Me, please let Me know(not to be 'ahh this guy just market himself', I know, I'm sorry, but we want to be hired right, so, I think it need to be mentioned, sorry)

EDIT:
Anyway I have gumroad for My free PSD's, enjoy
https://gumroad.com/iacoccakhen

Muzzoid

Not an enviro artist, but man lovely stuff. Really great!

If i was to offer feedback, i'd like to see some work with less colourized lighting though, ontop of the strong work you have here.

iacoccakhen

@Muzz Thanks man
man I would love to! since it's faster to make too hahaha
Thanks

splicer

Love all these, my advice is, keep going! Awesome work!

iacoccakhen

Thank you man @splicer , you know, some words like that are really helping when the tough times are come, so, with My whole heart, Thank you

splicer

iacoccakhen said:

Thank you man @splicer , you know, some words like that are really helping when the tough times are come, so, with My whole heart, Thank you

You're very welcome! I'd say, sure you know this, but, always try new things and push your own limits. I've been doing this a lot lately with great results.

iacoccakhen

@splicer I'm doing a new things right now actually man, I super wish this lead Me to better places, thanks again mate

iacoccakhen

Another New Practice that I did yesterday,,

jaker3278

great atmosphere, would love to see them turned into 3d. 

iacoccakhen

jaker3278 said:

great atmosphere, would love to see them turned into 3d. 

Thank you, I would love to too

GregMack

These are very solid, I look forward to learning what I can from the PSDs.

DrawingMoose

This stuff is great! Love the psd's also, thanks for that Looking at this stuff I'd say that maybe you could experiment with some new approaches, like using World Creator for landscapes. Maybe it'll be fun!

GregMack

I was curious do you use 3d at all in your work or just stick with photos?

iacoccakhen

GregMack said:

These are very solid, I look forward to learning what I can from the PSDs.

GregMack said:

I was curious do you use 3d at all in your work or just stick with photos?

Thank you, I hope you enjoy it

no, not yet, but the truth is I really want to use 3d in My works, but I haven't got quite grip on it. So, I still use photos and perspective grid, but if it comes to perspective heavy stuffs, I'm screwed XD

DrawingMoose said:

This stuff is great! Love the psd's also, thanks for that Looking at this stuff I'd say that maybe you could experiment with some new approaches, like using World Creator for landscapes. Maybe it'll be fun!

thanks for the link man, it's wonderful, and it's gpu powered, awesome. I do have world machine, and it's great, but I haven't got quite grip enough about 3d, I know I must learn it because it really shortens perspective work, which is I'm suck at haha, and yeah, it's really fun!

iacoccakhen

I have another new work up!

Tomiajayi

I'd say you could probably get hired somewhere. maybe not a AAA title place but employable

iacoccakhen

Tomiajayi said:

I'd say you could probably get hired somewhere. maybe not a AAA title place but employable

Thank you
I'm trying to get a job right now, so please wish Me luck

spexel

Tomiajayi said:

I'd say you could probably get hired somewhere. maybe not a AAA title place but employable

I'm no expert but that looks like AAA work right there.

junfanbl

Hey iacoccakhen, your work is incredible. Great job man. Can I ask what your workflow is? I myself have wanted to get into making concept art like this; but I don't know how or where to start?

iacoccakhen

junfanbl said:

Hey iacoccakhen, your work is incredible. Great job man. Can I ask what your workflow is? I myself have wanted to get into making concept art like this; but I don't know how or where to start?

@junfanbl
I've been asked for My workflow for Verszelyite Gorge, and here it is(explanation below)

what I'm doing is 1st before I start painting is getting inspired by looking for a great photographs, or paintings, yes paintings, I believe it's fine to be inspired by other paintings, but not to copy, theres a line between it, and I think it's obvious enough to see that, sorry for the rumble
after that, I do block in sketches in black and white focusing mainly on composition(and value separation).
3rd, for this piece, I picked 1 photo references and pick the light color and dark color, and gradient it on My canvas, after that I scatter it with a smoke brush.
4th, I block in the intended composition from sketch in color, just basic color and basic atmosphere, just to lay the fundamentals(when I'm asked, the psd file is merged, sorry), after that I use basic painting just to show the materials and the light direction.
5th, I use phototextures like a ton of it lol, and overpaint it, and phototextures again and overpaint again until I like it(or until I feel lazy, yeah, I shouldn't)
6th, when I think it's sufficient, I check back for the composition, is it possible to make it better, and adding more details here and there to make the image unique, or more interesting, whatever works, as long as the image is better, or push it in the direction that I personally like(unless it's client work)
7th, after I check back the composition, I check back the overall view, or small view, fixing it's readability, and giving some light effects to make it more prettier, and remember to always check fundamentals, sometime I miss it.
hope it helps!

Sirdelita

These are looking great - Especially the recent forest scene. I'm struggling to find things to say - a couple of the pieces look a bit unfocused. Maybe try to tell a story in your imagery. Capture the imagination of the viewer!

iacoccakhen

Sirdelita said:

These are looking great - Especially the recent forest scene. I'm struggling to find things to say - a couple of the pieces look a bit unfocused. Maybe try to tell a story in your imagery. Capture the imagination of the viewer!

ah, Thanks! I did not to think much about story telling, telling myself it's ok, apparently it's important lol thanks

iacoccakhen

I'm chuckling about ayy lmao alien right now lol
(I didn't know I have that^ message in cache, I don't know when I wrote them haha)

a recent project that I worked on

EVF

these are all stunning in my opinion! absolutely wonderful work! just keep doing what you are doing

Stinkhorse

Thanks for the breakdown on your work flow. Landscapes are a weak point of mine, so having a set of easy to follow steps like these are really emboldening.

convolution223

Holy cow! These are phenomenal! I would say maybe try to do some interiors?

iacoccakhen

Thank you! @EVF
No prob man, hope it helps @Stinkhorse
Thanks man! I will eventually hahaha @convolution223

Aaron Barnett

Wow! When I see work like this it makes me wish I could do environment art as well. These all feel like such vibrant and unique places. Keep up the awesome work, I'm really looking forward to seeing what else you post.

iacoccakhen

Hi everyone,, long time no see,, it's good to be back,,

rgbeard

Looking good!

iacoccakhen

Thanks dude @rgbeard ,, yours too man

screendot

Great piece

iacoccakhen

Thanks man! @screendot

Johnnynapalmsc

Incredible stuff man the castle with sunset/sunrise is my favorite by far

iacoccakhen

Thanks man! @Johnnynapalmsc

iacoccakhen

Hi everyone! this is My latest doodle,, if you have any improvement suggestion that would be wonderful,,

Thanks!

iacoccakhen

Hello everyone,, here is the series of My trainings past months, some are awful, some are bad hahaha
so, if you have any improvement critiques, that would be awesome!
I would start like.. is My contrast alright?,, I don't really talk to any other artist so I have no idea how it works..

So, Thanks! :-D

EVF

Your contrast is good, I think you should have more confidence, I wish I was at your level! Nothing awful or bad here

iacoccakhen

Thank you very much @EVF , That felt awesome! :-D

EVF

no pb! happy to be your 933rd follower on artstation

iacoccakhen

@EVF , hey thanks! that's awesome! :-D
(for Me), hope can make it awesome for you too :-D

Tad

iacoccakhen said:

Hello everyone,, here is the series of My trainings past months, some are awful, some are bad hahaha
so, if you have any improvement critiques, that would be awesome!
I would start like.. is My contrast alright?,, I don't really talk to any other artist so I have no idea how it works..

So, Thanks! :-D

The first one is amazing, though the horizon might be a bit low.
the other 3 are also amazing, though there are some small areas where it's a bit chaotic (hard to tell specificly what the details are).  
Though for quick concepts they're way above good enough. 

iacoccakhen

Tad said:

iacoccakhen said:

Hello everyone,, here is the series of My trainings past months, some are awful, some are bad hahaha
so, if you have any improvement critiques, that would be awesome!
I would start like.. is My contrast alright?,, I don't really talk to any other artist so I have no idea how it works..

So, Thanks! :-D

The first one is amazing, though the horizon might be a bit low.
the other 3 are also amazing, though there are some small areas where it's a bit chaotic (hard to tell specificly what the details are).  
Though for quick concepts they're way above good enough. 

Thank you very much man! (: 
I'm so sorry I wasn't on Polycount for months ):

Nathair23

Those environments look really stunning, great job on that! I wish I could paint concept like that... Maybe in the future could I try to turn them in 3d as an exercise? I will credit you of course

iacoccakhen

Nathair23 said:

Those environments look really stunning, great job on that! I wish I could paint concept like that... Maybe in the future could I try to turn them in 3d as an exercise? I will credit you of course

Sure! no problem!

iacoccakhen

Hello everyone! here are My new works, I hope you like it!  if anyone have any input, that would be awesome! :-)

Thanks! :-)

iacoccakhen

Hello everyone! this is My new personal work, I hope you like it! :-)
Please let Me know if you see something that I can improve, Thanks! :-)

iacoccakhen

Hello everyone! have a nice day! :-)
I'm pretty happy with this, but this can be improved.
I think the image need a little bit more "punch", but I'm afraid to put it, I think the lights are correctly placed already, but this is not good enough, so, I really cant put My finger where it is(besides composition, it's still quite boring)
I'm quite happy with this honestly, but if you can tell Me where to improve, I would be happier,

Thanks! :-)

infintas

Have to agree with the other people, these are all pretty rock solid o.o.

Keep it up!

iacoccakhen

Thanks @infintas , it means a lot! :-D

RashedAlmetrami

iacoccakhen said:

Hello everyone! have a nice day! :-)
I'm pretty happy with this, but this can be improved.
I think the image need a little bit more "punch", but I'm afraid to put it, I think the lights are correctly placed already, but this is not good enough, so, I really cant put My finger where it is(besides composition, it's still quite boring)
I'm quite happy with this honestly, but if you can tell Me where to improve, I would be happier,

Thanks! :-)

Can I get this printed? Amazing work!