Character Concepts

**Peter La** · June 21st, 2011, 02:02 AM

Hi,

I just wanted to share a few character concepts I did recently. I did these to practice designing and rendering humanoid characters in armored suits. I am looking to break into the concept art industry, so any feedback would be much appreciated.

I have also posted a portfolio thread in the portfolio review section (http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=223062).

Thank you,
Peter

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**Raoul Duke** · June 21st, 2011, 02:09 AM

great use of texture and color. It seems to have created a sophisticated mood.

**Benjaminba** · June 21st, 2011, 08:59 AM

#2 is very elegant. Great shapes and flow. #1 looks nice as an illustration/graphic design; not sure how well it works as a character design concept, simply because it's quite undefined.

**Peter La** · June 27th, 2011, 11:26 AM

Hi, thanks for your comments!

Benjaminba -- Someone in my portfolio thread commented on fleshing out stuff more as well. I will really try to do that in every concept-oriented piece from here on. Really valuable feedback.

**Dahami** · June 27th, 2011, 03:45 PM

Nice!

**Peter La** · June 27th, 2011, 04:10 PM

Thanks Dahami!

**mikeorion22** · June 27th, 2011, 04:19 PM

fantastic stuff, some of the best ive seen in a long time, very inspiring, i don't think it will take long to make a name for yourself in concept art. thanks for posting

**tanguydewavrin** · June 27th, 2011, 04:33 PM

very dynamic, fantastically vibrant. love it! Keep posting!

**Juniversal** · June 27th, 2011, 06:49 PM

No ratings yet? I went ahead and gave this thread 5 stars. Great work man. I love it. Checked your portfolio out. Impressive work... You could definitely make a name for yourself in concept art field.

**williams73** · June 27th, 2011, 07:02 PM

awesome..I love the movement your style gives a piece

**Peter La** · June 28th, 2011, 03:02 PM

Hi, thank you all for your kind comments.

They really give me a nice boost.

I'll be happy to post a lot more here in the future. Stay tuned...

**Kappei** · June 29th, 2011, 02:06 AM

what no stars???

**theUNKNOWNsketcher** · June 30th, 2011, 05:39 AM

nice style!

**Jason Manley** · July 1st, 2011, 01:49 AM

I love it when someone comes out of my central awareness and blindsides me with "fucking awesome". Seriously.

**formazero** · July 1st, 2011, 03:24 AM

YES! i love them. Incredible balanced mixtures of textured and scratchy.

**chipsandsalsa** · July 1st, 2011, 12:17 PM

They remind me of John Berkey's paintings, graphic at times suggesting light and shape and representational when and where they need to be. I like them alot!

**Jasper_** · July 2nd, 2011, 05:01 PM

Checked out your website as well, you've got some awesome work man. I love the way you're making use of digital tools.

**Peter La** · July 3rd, 2011, 12:00 AM

Gents,

Thank you all for your interest and support. It really means a lot to me. I will post more here soon.

Cheers.

**Velocity Kendall** · July 3rd, 2011, 01:39 PM

The stuff on your website: Love the surface language, love the colours, love the compositions, love it all
best stuff ive seen in ages.

**prsnsweeney** · July 4th, 2011, 04:02 AM

wow amazing stuff love the use of line and shape went to your website your work is really bad ass

**Vay** · July 6th, 2011, 05:31 PM

You have a new fan here! Did you draw them on photoshop?

**Peter La** · July 8th, 2011, 09:41 PM

Thanks guys, I'm really amazed with the response so far!

Vay - First piece is done in Photoshop, the subsequent pieces are Painter. I recently switched to Photoshop after 5 years of Painter, and I'm glad I did. It's a more powerful overall package with much more usable transformation and vector tools. Coming from a graphic design background with heavy photoshop use, I've been waiting to switch to it for painting as soon as real-time canvas rotation (to save my wrist from RSI) and quick brush resizing became available.

**ditlev** · July 13th, 2011, 07:42 AM

dam, this is nice. Really nice! and your web site looks great.

**DANKA** · July 15th, 2011, 05:48 AM

Nice images! really good lines!

**PiTx3L** · July 15th, 2011, 09:40 AM

Very clean designs.
i love your style.

**emrahelmasli** · July 16th, 2011, 10:03 AM

dude! your style is just great! nice one!

**Whitevillage** · July 16th, 2011, 11:49 AM

The graphical look and the designs of your armored characters are very dynamic. I wish you the best to for working in the industry.

**Peter La** · July 17th, 2011, 10:36 PM

Guys, thank you so much once again for your comments. I really appreciate each one of them. They inspire me to do better.

Cheers!

**Beelow** · July 20th, 2011, 02:41 PM

Really nice! XD It's really cool to see that you bounce back and forth between digital tools and get the same results. Really interesting. XD

**terpentcyril** · July 20th, 2011, 02:51 PM

Really great work, I love your brush stoke, it's very elegant and very speed. The girl with the curve the light, the composition and the blue touch very powerful strengthen the power of the image, it's very graphic, I love this one !

The car sketch (the dark four-wheel drive) is really great and one more time rellay powerful and show a big mastery technic.

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