rino: Oh yeah I'm not blaming him, and meant no disrespect. I realize it's still up to me to make the model the best it can be, just that given my current skills, I probably rely more heavily on the concept than I should when I should be exercising more of my creativity. :) Well that's an interesting way of looking at the…
just because concept isn't strong doesn't mean you can blame him for having a weak piece. it's disrespectful. when you get a job sometimes you don't get concept art, then what? in the end of the day, you are an artist too. i don't know about everyone else, but for me when i tried doing handpainted stuff, it didn't work…
The model problems can be from the concept, but usually as an artist you're doing to be pushing the concept further anyway, especially for portfolio pieces. If the concept is the problem, then you'll just have to find a more advanced and detailed concept to work from. Using concepts from other students isn't such a good…