Welp, it's the end of the year. So just going to throw a bunch of my less shitty pictures into one place. Also, I am going to be entering several annuals this year and if you had to pick 3 pictures which ones would you guys choose?
Also to put these in perspective, I made at least 70 illustrations this year. I have around another 60 I never finished.
This is a commissioned piece also going to be in an ImagineFX issue as a mini workshop
These three pictures were done for a gallery show in my local town
For shits and giggles
Private piece
"Not Asking For forgiviness, Not asking For Charity"
more fantasy
And I am aware of the problems with the hand and long arm
inspired by monet's sunsets
Cus Im just so lucky
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And starcraft
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feathery green one ( dontneedyou.jpg )
dark water mermaid ( deepblue.jpg ) (but i feel like the composition could be improved - think she needs to be less bright, and less big in the picture.)
annnnnd
suicidegirl being fondled by creepy alien guy ( pleasesaveme.jpg ) though i think the blue halos really subtract from the image - they're a bit distracting.
your best background by far is in the first mermaid one, though. i'd love to see you do a background on your starcraft one - maybe with a horde of zerglings following?
though, if it were here i'd choose it - but the one with the uh, like victorian style ladies .. i think there were 3 ladies out in the sun? maybe that was last year, though - but i love that piece of yours especially.
The number of works you produce shoves my face in the fact that i don't spend enough time drawing and practicing.
1. The Queen of Blades, I might be a little biased being a big starcraft fan, but fandom aside it's a gorgeous piece. My eyes are drawn right away to her face, which is simple but powerfully drawn. Her pose is just right, I can really get the sense of her mood at a glance.
2. Please Save Me. It has a spooky romanticism that I really enjoy. I like the little ghoul hanging on to the leg of the bigger ghoul, I didn't see him at first, but when I did it brought a smile to my face. There's a lot going on in this piece (in a good way), it gets you thinking of all types of stories. I agree with Mully that I find the blue halo distracting, but overall a great work.
3. Not Asking. It's a powerful image. She seems almost contemplative, so much so that at first it caught me off guard when I realized she had run herself through.
These are my three:
Mostly because I think the atmosphere in these images are particularly great, They stick with me alittle more than the vague backgrounds. Really awesome to see this stuff not in the doodle thread. You are a machine.
1. The Mermaid
This is just overall a great composition. It is dynamic and draws the eye right down through the action arc through her body. Nice and flowy.
2. Not Asking
I think this is the oddest of the bunch, which is why it sticks out to me. It's gentle despite what is happening. The profile view has a completely voyeuristic feel to it. It's really unsettling (which is a good thing IMO). At the same time, it is really beautiful.
3. urgh
It was actually a tie between Monet and Please Save Me. I can't really make up my mind about one or the other. The Monet one has got some really nice shapes and interesting use of space, and a nice bordering of environmental elements. Compositionally, I feel it is the better of the two.
However, Please Save Me has so much technical prowess. It really shows more of what you're capable of. I do feel there are some perspective issues, especially in the positioning of the ghouls. Yes, my eye is lost in the clutter of detail, but it's so lush with beautiful textures and patterns. I really enjoy the colour pallette as well. And the cloth is fantastic!
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her hair is wikid. they should make this the cover art for the issue
Damn this ones awesome!
These three because they show you can do various techniques ranging from ultra detail, fantasy illustration and more subtle and simplified work.
Your others are really good too, but they don't stand out as much for me.
Is your imaginefx mermaid piece going to include a video as part of the workshop?
i think that is probably my least favourite - i mean, obviously it's still great- even wakka's worst is a thousand billion times better than i could do (and i'm not saying this is a worst) - but it's so emotionless and flat compared to his other pieces.
and the yellow light on the face ... where is that even coming from? the blade between her wrists and stomach? it doesn't really seem ... appropriately placed, to me.
it doesn't feel like a finished piece, it feels like a preview of things to come.
wakka i hope you don't feel like i'm being a dick. I HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS!
Hatter. Again, thanks! Painting is something I don't see as work or for fun. It is just something I need to do. Like breathing or eating.
Muddy. Do you think making the halo less bright would help with it being distracting? I added it in there because I needed something else to seperate the figures and thought it looked need.
Iruka. By dazzling, I am assuming you mean that in a "It makes no sense at all" kind of way. Cus, it really doesn't make any sense at all in most of the pictures. In a lot of them the shadows are being casted in completely different directions and I don't notice this until after I finish them.
I'm a bad artist and I should feel bad.
Seriously, who draws someone with a huge arm and 4 fingers?
Feebs: Thouse 4 are the ones I was debating myself. Thanks for pointing out the perspective on the ghoul, something I completely looked over.
WCK: Somewhere in my livestream there are videos of me working on the mermaid. I'll try to dig them up.
Mully: I'll be honest, you are the first person to say that picture lacks emotion. Well, I guess not. A lot of people have said that she isn't reacting to the sword, but if you look at it in a surreal sense. thats what I was going for. The lighting doesnt make any sense though in a realistic way. Conceptually it has a meaning,but it is lazy of me to not think of a way to incorporate it into the image in a better fashion.
EDIT:
I need a job.
EDIT: This might have been easier if you put up a poll.
(RED. DRESS.)
Coulda fooled me.
I can sorta see where mully is coming from, mostly because I really admire that after watching you post for a long time, I think (I maybe delusional) that its easy to tell when theres is an emotion embedded in the work, but its with a light touch. Sword through the gut feels a little heavy handed, despite the surreal factors of her being so calm. That being said, I do really appreciate the drama, and it stands apart from your other work subject wise. Its always nice to see something that isn't "girl looking at viewer wistfully with various moods", I think you get alot of variety within that realm and you have an impressive touch, but at this point you could probably stand to experiment with concept just as much as technique.
You described exactly how I feel about it. What doesn't sell me on the piece is her grip of the sword and her expression. She seems to be gently caressing the hilt with a blank face. Apparently she exists in a parallel dimension where her body is superimposed over a sword. I think this could be a powerful piece, but you need to push it a little more, impaling yourself with a sword wouldn't be that emotionless of an experience.
This is exactly why I LIKE this piece.
It's so odd and out of place. The lighting is surreal. She is not reacting, rather, she is in some kind of emotional trance within her own thoughts. For me it works, despite the strange physicalities that don't seem right. That's what makes it interesting. It's very surreal and dreamlike. Like, if I turned in a hallway and immediately saw that in front of me, I'd feel like it was something more paranormal than real.
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Yes, I think toning it down would fix it. If it was a little less bright I think it would still work in seperating the characters and not be as distracting.
Its called symbolism. like she got stabbed a few minutes ago by now (see: super pale skiin), she knows she's going to die, she's solemnly coming to terms with it, and the soft grip on the hilt is a symbolic way of saying she accepts her fate.
Its not hard to understand the metaphor here.
Which is why I love that piece. Along with the title, its the whole acceptance of fate thing.
Thanks, I didn't see that. I really appreciate it.
Symbolism/MetaPHOR aren't the correct words to use here.
Symbolism is representing something by infusing things with a symbolic meaning or character.
What is the metaphor in this piece? Please explain that to me.
I wasn't trying to start an argument, so please don't be offended, I was merely saying why I like the piece.
unexpected juxtapositions of emotions to physical state.
Late 1800s, early 1900s are my biggest inspirations in art. Applying the art theory of modernist artists to contemporary illustrations.
I am not interested in narratives.
There goes a fairy tale.
Also, boobies.
Surrly? Didn't notice the boobies. :winky:
I definitely see the late 1800s-early 1900s influence in the art and I really respond to that.
Will there be a 2010 book?
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I counted the 2 side by side as seperate sooo.
mermaid
sword
and you dreamed about me chick.
I love them all but these jump at me.
I swear that once I get some extra income I'm going to order prints of all three of those from you.
I must have them.
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