Marco's improving grounds

[marcoalvares]

Hello everyone, i'm Marco, aspiring illustrator, and i'm here to improve! So please, feel free to critique and help me in the long way.

[Aragah]

eager to see your work man!

[marcoalvares]

Those are warming up sketches that I made before I start working. They are based on this site photos for reference.

[Blazin0Glory]

pretty sweet. Are some of them meant to be caricature-ish?

[isokarhu]

I like what you have going on so far. Keep working

[marcoalvares]

Blazin0Glory Thank You. Yes, I have a strong influence from Jason Seiler's work.

isokarhu Thank you.

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This is a concept for a steampunk pirate that I'm working right now. It's not finished yet, I need to spend some more hours on it. Here are some pics of the ongoing illustration

[Aragah]

haha looking good!

i would just put some more color variation in it. make his clothes different from his belt of his mechanical parts

[WRappiii]

cool SB. lots of character in your sketches. That pirate is looking great, too.
I second Aragah's critique.

[marcoalvares]

Aragah, WRappiii Thank you for the critiques, I dont wanna fill it with colors because of the steampunk theme. I tweaked the levels a bit to improve the palette
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This is the final piece of the Steampunk Pirate. Hope you like this study.

[marcoalvares]

This is a study that I made with new set of brushes

[Blazin0Glory]

Great work Marc. To me, the pirate seems a little off balance. His metal leg needs to be a little farther out.

Also, really diggin' the texture on the rhino.

[marcoalvares]

Thanks Blazin0Glory

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This portrait is a test with different materials that I made today.

[marcoalvares]

Sketchs from imagination

[marcoalvares]

Sketch for something i will not finish

[Aragah]

woot. great figure sketching! moar please!

[marcoalvares]

Study from today's work.

[FourTonMantis]

Study from today's work.

I love this.

[marcoalvares]

Doodling

[Aragah]

duuuuude, awesome one! really like the design and the character in it!!!

but to be a anoying, the balance is a little off, so is the his left hand

and you know how much i love the second to last one

[marcoalvares]

Tried to fix the left arm and painted using the lines above the colors..

[marcoalvares]

Part observation, part imagination

[marcoalvares]

This is a piece that I'm working right now.. Trying to feel the mood of one story that I created

[marcoalvares]

Very quick sketch of Odin

[yogeshj25]

nice start on ur sketchbook marco!

[Velocity Kendall]

wow this is great work!
you avatar makes me think "Telsen! Telsen!! hey everybody, Telsens here! See? Nobody cares!" ha ha ha love that guy.

[marcoalvares]

Thank you guys!
Here's another quick sketch that I made today

[Morningtea]

I love this SB!

[Aragah]

sweet stuff man!
are those the concepts you told me about?

you should try using bigger brushes

[marcoalvares]

Thank you guys

Those are illustration i just finished.. Trying a new style. I expect to do some more stuff with it. Hope you like it!

[marcoalvares]

More finished