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yogurt · May 2009

Hello! I've had the account for a while and have been lurking the forums for years, but finally decided to start posting. So, here's some of my stuff..Any criticisms are appreciated, I'd really like to hear what you all think!

sketchy17 · May 2009

Yogurt,

You have a good eye for color and I really dig the wolf monster (although the composition is little flat). Also like the Y-the last man knock-offs.

The female nude needs a little work. I understand the need for curves but they're a little exaggerated and the anatomy is way off.

Like the postings. Keep 'em coming.

yogurt · May 2009

Thank you! I agree the composition is pretty flat in that piece and my anatomy is pretty far off on the female nude. Didnt know what you meant by Y the last man until I googled it and found a picture of what i'm assuming is the main character chained up and wearing a gasmask. Havent read the comic but I must admit my gas mask obsession began with Psycho Mantis way back when I first played metal gear in middle school. Havent stopped drawing gas masks since.. Here's a picture I made after hearing about the swine flu..

The gas mask character designs where for a story involving gorilla zombies..

yogurt · May 2009

I also dabble in a more graphic style for those into that sorta thing..

Loomdun · May 2009

I get a really flat feeling on a lot of these Specifically the jungle lady, and the wolf thingy, and the soldier person wielding a ridiculously large hammer thats about his size. I think it may have to do with how you use color and shade variation in it

yogurt · May 2009

Morning sketch before cleaning house and moving out of PA

Yeah... I have a problem with flatness for some reason, I'm pretty sure it has to do with mostly the drawing itself, still cant shake the problem of flatness in my drawings... and I try to push lights and darks in my paintings but for some reason it always comes out flat looking... Anyone have any advice?

Loomdun · May 2009

The issue is most likely the shadows specifically, I generally see Light hitting and Shadow, I don't see a core shadow, Reflective light, and only sometimes I see a highlight, because of this its also taken into the environment and seems to cause a general flatness. There are a lot of people here who have made veryyyy nice and far expanding terrains which include highlights and shadows along with general simplyfying of objects as they get farther rather then "detail to middle to nothing". Such as tim's snowy mountain picture.

Food · May 2009

I like this one a lot.

This one has some issues with perspective. The river and the bridge over it are tilted too far towards the viewer and the dudes on either side seem to be the wrong size. Also, what is the bridge supposed to lead to? It heads right into solid rock on the far side.

lyrium · May 2009

Oh I am definitely into that sorta vegetable.
Your colors is really nice, particularly with the energy of that wolf piece. This is very nice stuff overall but I agree about the flatness comments.

misosoup · May 2009

gorilla zombies..

:^:

yogurt · June 2009

Big update on the way... but until then heres something quick i did last night..

misosoup- glad you like gorilla zombies, me and a friend are in the process of making a comic..

EDIT: Before I go any further with posting Illustrations i was wondering if anyone had any advice on graphic design.

The past few days I've made a few banners and logos for people, and i was wondering what others thought of them:

Banners and Logos for JackalopeTea.etsy.com:

Banners for Tuner-Deals.com:

I dont feel too comfortable with my "Graphic Design", considering I majored in Illustration in school. I do feel like I'm on the right track, I just need some more advice, maybe a book recommendation to look into or a website?

Thanks for looking!

yogurt · June 2009

Something I need to finish up in the next few days:

Any last crits before i bring it to final??

Kendeathwalker · June 2009

cant tell what those things are behind the log.

yogurt · June 2009

they're unrendered rabbits

Edit: rabbits are hiding underneath the log, the predators and random woodland 'rodent' like creatures, not supposed to be anything

yogurt · June 2009

Anyone have any suggestions??

Mustang · June 2009

It's not really working is it..........could just be a value issue, but it's definately lacking depth. I'd try lightening the bunny area a bit more. Also the way that trunk is bending is fucking up the perspective, maybe try extending that out.

If you'll forgive me a really horrible quick paintover to give you an idea. Sorry I've only got a mouse here so I can't be too fancy.

desperaterobots · June 2009

You're doing a lot of stuff right, but I don't think you've got your style down yet. That's probably more about time/practice/experimenting/experiencing as much art as you can.

That's all I can say I think?

yogurt · June 2009

Decided to go with

Didnt really see much of a problem with the log, nature bends in weird ways and i liked how it looked compositionally

Also made a new shirt design from a study

The part of the study I liked

Another shirt design

and a woodland bagpiper concept i'm working on

and just a random sketch, came out looking like me

yogurt · June 2009

If anyone actually wants the shirt, e-mail me at kvitella@gmail.com!

NakedZergling · June 2009

The throwing up tentacles pic is tops for me! nice.

PS you may want to NSFW some of these, nice as they are we don't want people getting in trouble at work!

yogurt · June 2009

Just something I made today for a little practice, colored over sketches I did at the zoo.

yogurt · June 2009

worstcase · July 2009

IN that last pic, it seems like something is off about her quad/buttocks area. It looks too big, but I could be wrong. Do you have a reference?

GirlPants · July 2009

I really like the style and color of you art. It really inspires me to start working with color more! Can I ask what you drew the badger drawing with. (assuming it's a badger) Was it drawn digitally or with traditional media?

yogurt · July 2009

worstcase: yeah thats one big ass.. i'm still in the process of working with that picture, need to change the size of her feet as well (too small, i think)

kevincop130: thanks, i think haha

girlpants: thanks dude, everything here was done digitally

Lia Parker · July 2009

That pic is nice and good, Thanks.

yogurt · July 2009

Lia Parker: huh?

yogurt · July 2009

recent work in progress:

Why didnt anyone tell me earlier you could sample all layers with smudge tool in PS

I've been hoping back and forth from painter to use the clone brushes before this...

yogurt · July 2009

I'll be done with this after one more sitting

also touching up and reworkin this old jungle girl picture

yogurt · July 2009

adding on to the list of things i need to complete, I started this fake Noir pin-up poster to show a potential client that I can work with the Noir style. Used photo ref for the figure up front (hey thats me!). Too beat to finish it tonight, but plan on having one more sitting with it tomorrow. Any thing popping out as weird to anyone? Or any advice in general on composition or color?

earthwormadam · July 2009

It seems a bit well lit to be noir-style, but I also don't claim to know much about these things...

Also the font used for the text on the bottom seems like an odd choice. Otherwise everything looks pretty impressively rendered.

yogurt · July 2009

Okay, feeling pretty happy about the finish. I agree with the font before, it was just a place holder, though I'm still not too satisfied with it. I tried darkening it up, but instead of looking Noir it just looks like of like kind of grindhouse-ish, which I'm fine with. Anyway, I've started writing a comic based off the image, more on that soon..

winter_combat_knight · July 2009

yogurt wrote: »

recent work in progress:

Why didnt anyone tell me earlier you could sample all layers with smudge tool in PS I've been hoping back and forth from painter to use the clone brushes before this...

Reminds me of the work of Derek Riggs (though you're probably familiar with his work)
Awesome stuff mate!

yogurt · July 2009

Haha he does look like Eddie! Thanks I'm glad you like my stuff!

yogurt · July 2009

Done looking at this image, time to move on to some studies.. hope you like it! or hate it, as long as it provokes something

40 min speed study from a Sargent painting

yogurt · July 2009

Been up to a lot, experimenting with graphic design, drawing character concepts based on Neil Gaimens Neverwhere, and even painting with real paint (gasp). Seems like I havent finished anything lately.. but here are a few things I can show

BabyBear

CD cover for 3:33

earthwormadam · July 2009

Cool design, I really quite like that.

Mustang · July 2009

I'm loving pretty well much everything in this thread, bear lady is fucking crazy.

MaximasXXZ · July 2009

I liked the burning zombie before you added all the special brushes n stuff...

yogurt · July 2009

Some stuff I pulled from my sketchbook and spent a hot minute throwing colors on while having a little fun with comic tones.

Thanks Mustang and earthwormadam, I really appreciate it! BTW adam, I took a look at your graffiti post the other day and was wondering if you use Illustrator to get such crisp outlines, or are they just really clean marker/ink lineart? And if you say photoshop I'm going to have to ask HOW?!

I dont know maximus, I'm pretty happy with the fire. Though I see how some of the crispness of the original got lost in the final product, something I'm going to have to go back and fix. You cant burn a zombie with out fire.

Ikage · August 2009

Oh man your work looks so fun especially since it seems your expierimenting all the time. GOOD. SO GOOD.

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