Daren's sketchbook of sketches...and finished concepts

[snpr101]

i have created this so i can get feedback on my work and improve, i have been digi-painting about a year, so i'm still pretty new to it, the majority of this work will be for a project i am doing at uni called the journeyman project, in which i am a concept art junior lead (stressful ) so any and all help is much appreciated

[Cfhhunt]

Before you focus on doing full paintings I would suggest a little more studying. There are many basic issues with this piece that could be resolved with a little more understanding. I would suggest leaving this alone, working for a few days on perspective, value, anatomy. After studying you should start from scratch and see how far a little bit of understanding can go. Good luck, if you have any specific questions just ask and I'll try to help.

[snpr101]

I can't start this again or take a break for a few days, as this is for an assignment for university and it has to be in for a deadline (i would if i could.), but , i will do more studies in my spare time, and work on values, anatomy and perspective. cheers for the advice, it's much appreciated thanks.

[snpr101]

Here's another character concept from the same game as this one (except i finished this one.) he is the antagonist in the game, his an indian who turns into a werewolf and the cowboy has to defeat him

[Cfhhunt]

Here's my quick take on it. This was done using a mouse on a school computer with a version of Photoshop I've never used so it's sloppy. Anyway I fixed some of the proportions as you can see on the right. Your figure is only 7 heads tall, the ideal male proportion is 8, little issues like that should be set up properly in the very beginning. I hope this clears up some problems, sorry I don't have time to go into detail.

Also here's a tip, try flipping your image on the vertical and horizontal axis, this will show you which parts are out of proportion by giving you a new perspective.

[snpr101]

cheers for the advice dude. will make some changes to make it look better and will make sure i flip my canvas more too. thanks very much for taking the time out to do this

[Cfhhunt]

No problem, if you've got any questions just ask. I'd like to see more progress photos as you finish it.

[snpr101]

Finished piece, not happy with it. would have liked to make more changes and make him look awesome. but, had to finish for deadline

[snpr101]

Here's my finished V for Vendetta piece, hope you like it, if you can see any fixes please let me know, and i will take it into account.

[chevy28360]

Nice stuff in here so far. I really like your last post. Keep doing studies like these. Nothing will improve your work like doing studies. Keep it up!

[snpr101]

cheers man, will keep practicing and doing studies.

[snpr101]

Heres the finished piece, i know the autopsy tables outta perspective. but i had no time to fix it and had to hand it in but, please tell me what you think.

[snpr101]

A pirate woman for a game being made, i made her an african lady because i thought it would be good to see a strong black female as a protaganist for once, as i you don't see it in many games.