Aaron Riley

[AaronJRiley]

Ok. I'm another new guy. I recently moved to Virginia to start working in the TAD RVA studio. I'm currently working on building my portfolio. Thought I might as well join in here too.
Without further blah, blah, blah, If you have questions feel free to ask. That will save us all from my life story, and how I survived 7th grade.










Any questions comments or whatever. Feel free.

[dicenwn]

Really like your work man! Very inspiring.

[AaronJRiley]

Thank you.

[MyNameIsSwann]

I like a lot the second one.

[AaronJRiley]

Thanks dicenwn and MyNameIsSwann. So should I just call you Swann?

[AaronJRiley]

The newest of my portfolio pieces.
Nightsister Lyssa
For an ArtOrder challenge.
I'll be doing a little write up on my blog about my decision process for this.

[Elwell]

Hi Aaron, great stuff, especially the drow lady. Sorry the last one too so long to approve, it got caught up in the spam filter. It shouldn't be a problem any more.

[AaronJRiley]

Thanks Elwell. No problem, I'm just happy I'm not losing my mind.

[rseward]

Really cool feeling. I like your midtones. Really effective.

[AaronJRiley]

Thank you.

[CrandallArt]

Wow! Amazing work. I can now go into the studio inspired :-)

[AaronJRiley]

Thank you. I hope your studio time is productive!

[Jeff Lafferty]

Really cool work!
jeff

[AaronJRiley]

Thank you

[Chris Bennett]

Yeah, nice work Aaron. Great sense of pace. Welcome to the community.

[AaronJRiley]

Thanks Chris

[Greenhouse]

Wonderful work and great colors!
I like your style.

[AaronJRiley]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[hitnrun]

Hey, great stuff here!

I find myself studying your work, and all the works in "It's finally finished!", as well as the Critique thread to study how people do stuff, since some of my own art has become stale, lackluster, and (most worrisome) amateurish. I'm not practicing enough.

[AaronJRiley]

Thanks hitnrun.
It seems that you have the answer. Every one of those problems can be fixed with practice, so just keep at it. There will always be times when things aren't going well, and you don't want to practice. When I fight through those moments is usually when I discover the most.
If you want to know how I created these, there is some process stuff on my blog.
Good luck.

[Danarart]

the first artwork's head isnt correct because its to wide the sword should be from the inside and not shown from the outside , look howmuch space the sword takes and you can still see his nose.. you should correct that

[dorobo]

the first artwork's head isnt correct because its to wide the sword should be from the inside and not shown from the outside , look howmuch space the sword takes and you can still see his nose.. you should correct that

almost sure that is done on purpose.. good stuff btw

[AaronJRiley]

dmo0113 - That was intentional. It is to split him into two people, yet still one, the silhouette still reads as one person. The sword was used as a kind of graphic element too. Like if it was a book, that could be the spine.

dorobo - "almost sure that is done on purpose.. good stuff btw"
Yep, and thank you.

[Danarart]

aha okee then ignore what I said and keep up the good work!

[meth]

excellent stuff

M

[AaronJRiley]

aha okee then ignore what I said and keep up the good work!

No prob and Thank You.

MatejaPetkovic
Thanks!

[derekdedgell]

Really great stuff here Aaron!

[AaronJRiley]

Thank you, sir.

[Bowlin]

Good stuff, keep up the good work!

[AaronJRiley]

Another one, just done. I had been working on it for awhile. Based on the Opera Event in Karazhan (World of Warcraft).