The JPGs help a lot, thank you for this! These are great. Love the details you've worked into each character, you've really thought about things and it shows. I think one thing that would really help your character concepting skills improve would be to study proportions more. I'm remembering a recent project from another…
Buncha cool stuff here. Some stuff is pretty poorly communicated, i think you need to most immediately try and think of drawing more in 3d space -- force yourself into drawing everything in perspective, and depth will let you tell a lot more about shapes a lot quicker. The beige page of concepts just above is very cool, i…
@Monophobe: Here are some crits, take it with a grain of salt. They are general so its up to you to do some research into those areas. for the nose check the planes. http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/06/draw-nose/ your sculpt's eyes do not have the crease and the part above it is flat.…
Wow, that revision is amazing. I know it's only my fault, but I have a horrible time predicting how and where shadows will fall in my drawings. So, I just tend to ignore them when I'm using a model sheet. I know, it's bad to ignore a problem. I'll draw in some shadows like yours are. And I really like the cream colored…
Hey how's it going man? I'm digging the texturing style. With that said, I think you're missing some of the elements from the concept that make that scene interesting; lighting and the colors. With the lighting and color saturation you have going on now, the scene looks very flat and bland. Try playing with your lighting…
a quick draw over for the head, look for the flatten shape on the top, the side panel around the head almost like a bevel. the extrusions at the top of the mask where it meets the roof of the head should be pulled back a bit. Then the detailing on the side looks like they should meet closer together, and then you can add…
These are kind of general, but hey why not?! 1-0 top row keys will alter brush opacity- clicking them twice will get a double digit change (so 6 key pressed twice is 66% vs 60%). Bracket keys [ and ] make your brush slightly smaller and larger (works with several tools). "dab/click" one with the brush or eraser, then…
I really want to like the video... but it just gets so heavy handed in unrealistic ways all the time and it draws me out of the interesting points he made. It just seems a shame that these types of videos aren't made by more moderate people. spinny: just to reply to one of your thoughts, I for one know that I wouldnt be…
Here are some of my old favs. I would post some REALLY old favs, but my cd drives arent working and i cant transfer nothing. 1999, When i first got into photoshop painting. 2003, based from a drawing I made being in a bar for the first time. I think it explained how much i hated being there. Twas an intersting process for…
Watch tutorials and the best ref is go out and study the env. Our brain unlocks things of how we see and paint, so no worry of failing. The more you paint the more your brain will understand shape and color. At the first I was the same as you asking this question, no artists are born to paint a badass paint, everyone has…