*summer droppings*

[Mandryk]

Here's a few new'ish pictures. Quite busy with work things these days, so not a whole lot of stuff to show at the moment. I also jumped on the bandwagon and started a blog (http://mandrykart.wordpress.com/)where I post a lot of crappy sketches - feel free to check it out if you're so inclined. Hope you guys are all doing great...and maybe I'll have more stuff to share soon. If you have any feedback or comments, please feel free.

cheers!

[archipelago]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=421773&stc=1&d=1217108659

this one is stunning

[walnut]

A mandryk pos tis always a good post! Yippee! My favorite would be nr. three, the lighting on it makes it feel really special, plus it's a chick with a ridiculous big big gun, that's always cool. I'm just wondering, is the fourth one inspired by Olivier Ledroit in some way? The profile reminds me of his work. Nice play with brushes there btw.

[paulturalski]

that hurts :)

[Kian]

Hiya Daryl. How ya doin matey. This is a fantastic set of work....again! :hatsoff:
The sniper's really doing it for me. Great shot, quite powerful.
And yeah, your blog is definitley bookmarked. Love the little robot :)

[beren120]

The underwater and infantry pieces I like the best...

[Nickodemus]

going...into...state of shock...and awe

post forever, please

[Blue Severin]

kickass. I like the blue demon guy (simultaneous Contrast Baby!) and your brush use in that piece. All good pieces though. Hope you're having a good summer.

[Mike Corriero]

Hey Daryl,
The first three pieces are beautiful, especially loving the motion and sense of action in the poses of that man vs robot image. I love the mood of the underwater image, is that a special custom brush you used for the bubbles?

Mike -

[dazz78]

5 stars!

This work is fantastic, I like the underwater one the best, you have a great use of blur/motion, gives the work energy, hope to see more.

[Atmospheria]

Good stuff bro. But may I ask why does your %90 of your images contains guns? I'm not saying it's bad. Just want to know...

cheers,

[DigitalProselyte]

Stunning. I particularly like the lighting on the third one. Man, I gotta learn to paint this good.

[Duman]

Stunning, as always, and I love how you draw so many soldiers, one of my favorite subjects.

[illustratorwayne]

beautiful work my friend!

[Matt Smith]

Mmmmm these are some tasty droppings. Always fun to see new work from you. My only crit would be on the green one. The foreshortening on the arm on the right isn't reading, it looks like a tiny arm, and the way the wrist is bent it looks broken.

[Rezeroth]

Wow wow wow..Mandryk, never fails to amaze. LOL More more!! :D

My Sketchbook (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=103329&page=6&highlight=rezeroth)

[Titan]

beautiful as usual bro... love your stuff....!

[simoncheng]

very strong concept.
the scene is dramatic too. awesome works.

[popjordan]

Five star!

[Victor B]

all I can say is thanks for posting!

[MoonVisionStudio]

Great work as always!! I love your technique, classic compositions, poses, and armor. My only comment is on the sniper, he's got a scope but he's not really using it.

[andrewkim]

wow, these are so rich!!! awesome colors, poses... the female soldier piece is just amazing!!! I've learned so much already from that piece just by looking at it. I love the contrast in pretty much every aspect of that piece. Awesome work!!

[stoph]

first one is Foster/Wood-esque. i like :) last one made me go "oooo..!" :D

[xchosun1x]

amazing work as always...keep it up D!

[swore]

damn....u r insanely talent
i can't describe how much i love it
the third one is my favorite
more more more

[Kan Muftić]

Hi,
If I may, I'll give some crits.
- brush strokes (impasto) on the first one are obviously added afterwards as a texture and look a bit fake
- on the second one, the closed eyes stand too close too each other. some volume of the eyeballs could be also visible
- on the third one, the ears of the girl are way too low. also, the faces of the grunts should get some light casting.

But,

Duuude!

This is all fantastic!!!!

Take care,

Khan

[D@niel]

You inspire me, thank you!:)

[mGn+]

You're getting better and better in each of your pics...
Strong respect...
Awesomazing stuffs as usual.

morgan;

[Brun]

Mandryk great stuff as allways,

I would like to say tho that the ears of the third image are way to low (as chupacabra said allready)

the first one is a nice addition to your set of robots and guys fighting.

i love the overal look of your works, and the looseness of your lines, keep at it and keep posting

rock'on

[PaulDavidson]

Always a pleasure........cool stuff!

Paul

[Ahnem Mee]

Sublime. I worship you now.

[crazybrush]

Great batch Daryl, although I hate to call it a batch because each one is individually awesome!

Lighting, drama and action are definitely your signature. I could nitpick on some prominent anatomy flaws but I won't :)...you know very well what you're doing and if there is a flaw, you probably left it there on purpose, whether it's due to the lack of time or the fact that you already succeded in "saying what you wanted to say" with that particular painting.

It seems to me that you're working pretty fast (am I right?)...I'm curious, if these were for work, how much time would you be given for one of those images, say "the wet dream" ?

Great idea on the blog, it gives your fans a chance to follow your work more closely...I'll be watching :)

Keep the inspiration going! You are da man!

[rawwad]

Great job as always man. Most love the one with guy a robot fight, that has nice colors and is pretty dynamic.

[3alola]

i like the first one nice man

[GriNGo]

Wow, sincerely no crits! just awesome illustration Mandryk, thanks for posting!

[stalsby]

Sick stuff!!

[Jelluh]

That some totally wicked stuff you got there. Keep on rollin

[Pavel Sokov]

love these works, especialy the soldier at the end

[WODZGN]

Delightful stuff. Simply delightful!

[`rawr]

beautiful work daryl, I love the how texture, colours and lighting in all of them give them such a mood.

always a fan! great blog btw, very cool to see some of your life drawing up there.

[Waser]

I have been an admirer of your work for a while, i love the depth (or the illusion of depth) that you have. That coupled with their intensity makes your work very strong and engaging.

[paragraph5]

I'm diggin' inferno. Fluid and elegant, and I love the calm expression of power. Solid work.

[SanXavier]

Beautiful illustrations! I like the composition of the first illustration.

[El Jeremie]

Love them, but for the first, the action is not easy to read, and you must look twice to understand what happens

[Max_Bertolini]

Hi daryl, always good seeing your new art, I love the way you keep experimenting though you already have great skills. I must admit you're one of the artists I love best!

I recently used the color palette of one of your early pieces "last of the invaders" for a cover I was commissioned, hope you don't mind :)!

keep the great work up!

[KonnA]

I'm loving the second and third damn! These are so nice...

[Jabo]

God, how I dig that style of yours. So much energy and light. Great work, inspiring!

[mtassie]

Amazing work! Love how each piece has a great amount of mood and story involved.

[Lone Wolf]

You are the MAN Daryl. Any chance of getting bigger versions? These would make beautiful wallpapers.

[Serpian]

I want to be you when I grow up.

[Dorkthrone]

Amazing. Just amazing. I think the second and third ones are the best.

[Mandryk]

guys(and girls), thanks for all the warm comments!

walnut: took a while for the bell to ring, but yeah that guy is amazing. I wasn't inspired by him, at least I didn't have his stuff in mind while painting that one, but maybe it was there subconsciously? I am a big fan of his heavy metal stories. Nobody does demonic stuff like him.

Kian; Thanks Jon, I will endeavor to keep the blog updated. And more cute robots for you.

Blue Severin; thanks man, I don't get to see much sunshine, but I hear it's out there....

Mike Corriero; Thanks Mike - that is indeed a custom bubble brush. Nothing too fancy...I made it while I was painting that.

Atmospheria; haha - man I have no idea. Too many video game and comic books in my past? Great point though - I should be trying different - really different things.

Matt Smith; thanks matt, I slaved over those arms, I think I fell too much in love with them (always dangerous).

simoncheng; thanks Simon - you're sketchup work is very inspiring....keep at it.

MoonVisionStudio; thanks Jose! Do you mean he should have his eye pressed against the scope?

stoph ; thanks man - they are the kings... =)

xchosun1x; cheers James, hope you're doin good.

Chupacabra; dude, thanks! great points. I don't know why I didn't catch the ears....much appreciated!

Ahnem Mee; excellent...my army grows.

crazybrush; hey Goran, thanks man. I am sloppy when I paint, I think I need to be more diligent in identifying flaws. And you're right, I do work pretty fast ( I think)...but I wouldn't consider my self a 'speed painter' or anything like that. For work I usually wouldn't get to do something that high fidelity, but that would probably be a couple days of work or so. More if I need to produce thumbnails/roughs and that kind of thing....for these personal peices I usually just launch straight in and see what happens.

`rawr; Thanks man, I will post more lifedrawing soon. They are scratchy and scribbly, but I'm glad you like them. Unfortunately I busted my camera and have yet to replace it....so hopefully that will happen soon.

spookybabydoll; thanks spooky...yes perhaps it is a little hectic.

Max_Bertolini; Not at all, hope you're doing well. Saw several peices on your site I ahdnt seen before....looking good!

Lone Wolf ; thanks man - For now these are the highest res versions I'm going to post....the problem is before you know it your work shows up on some video card box, poster, etc without your permission...and I really want to minimize those headaches.

Serpian; hah - your post made me laugh. cheers!

[BradWhitlam]

so fresh, so fit, so crispy

[chanf]

wow... i really like the last one..

[J May]

Daaaaamn D, you are ROCKING the wacom! Wet dream is awesome, just stared at it for so long...the crazy hands and skin translucence...sweet.

The last image, the sniper, he looks a bit off balance to me, like he'll tip back.

Love the overall use of textures, subtle rather than dominating the image.

For this I issue the :ninja:

[Lotet]

amazing as usual.

[Chuck,mate.]

dude I`m running out of space in my "Daryl Mandryk is a damn bastard" inspiration folder. these are all, as usual, outstanding. ^____^

1st (sweet action and movment) and 3rd (love her pose and the overall composition) are particularly painful.

MAN you`re good....

thanks for sharing these.


Pat.

[MoonVisionStudio]

Either his eye should be pressed against the scope or his head should be higher than the scope, if he just fired or is about to aim. Unless you are laying down on the ground you bring the rifle/scope up to your face to aim and then lower it again.

I really like your blog BTW.

[CCThrom]

Fantastic work!

That first image is one of the few truly effective uses of motion blur I've ever seen.

[Matt Dixon]

Two thumbs way up! Hope all's well, mate.

[n i c o]

Great work as always !! I like the dynamic effect on the first image ( great palette and rust on the robot ), i like the underwater atmosphere of the second pic, and the third one with the girl is great too.

[meth]

Fantastic work!

That first image is one of the few truly effective uses of motion blur I've ever seen.

I second this

M

[Dan Milligan]

Daryl!!!!!

great to see some of your wonderful wonderful work.


cheers buddy

dan

[Idiot Apathy]

Mmmmmmmm, makes me want to stop painting and go home and paint. Hehe.

[koro]

Much Respect, Mr. Mandryk!!

It wasn't long ago, I was pointing you out in one of my classes on your space opera piece, and all the iterative wips that came out of that work. I really like your work, and every image is right off the bat "solid".

Great work, sir!
I look forward to seeing more from you.

[loztvampir3]

great art as always ...really admire your works..thanks for posting...

joewie

[Shiniq]

beautiful work, I love the movement. Pieces never feel flat and come to life.

[JustinBeckett]

Mandryk, Amazing bro, I love 1, 2 and 3 the best.

~JB

[daroz]

helo, Mandryk I can say only: inspiring thread!

5* greetings

[ManuHell]

Wow... maMazing.
The diver chick with the predador hairstyle is my personal favorite. Luv the heavymetal hightech style in your pictures.

Top Stuff:Lots of action lots of guns lots girls, what a blast!!!

@_@

[el coro]

nice to see what u have been doing mang. very cool stuff, as id expect nothing less from you. hope you are well these days. (hugs)

-c36