Bored; here's my updated portfolio as of this year for your critique

[UnatcoAgent]

Portfolio

I just updated it with some of this year's work, any comments / suggestions are appreciated on the layout etc.

 

[Mo0o]

This is viewing from opera:

I like your drawings but there seems to be alot of quality loss. You can see it right away with the splash page. Are you saving the pictures at 100% quality?

 

[Trygve]

The 2003 submissions on the bottom are popping up windows with 404 errors.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: Trygve
The 2003 submissions on the bottom are popping up windows with 404 errors.

Sh!t - and yes I'm not saving nearly 100% quality since I have about 10 megs of space on that server for now. Good to note

 

[Pathogen03]

If you would update the ring.jpg to a more wallpaper-friendly layout, it would own.


btw, i like the chaos marine from the 2001-2002 admissions. For artwork it is good, but im gonna have to say the theme isnt very Chaosy.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: Pathogen03
If you would update the ring.jpg to a more wallpaper-friendly layout, it would own.


btw, i like the chaos marine from the 2001-2002 admissions. For artwork it is good, but im gonna have to say the theme isnt very Chaosy.

Yeah give me a minute, I already have that one set to a desktop setting.

Also, the marine is from Warhammer 40k, they were called that

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Here you go - 1600x1200 Ring Desktop

Also, the link errors should be fixed now.

 

[cricky]

I probably like the Giger influenced eyeball the best. But I always loved Giger art... That said, I get a sense that you try different approaches to find your style. I don't think the softer line drawings (especially the first two of the 2003 images) come off very well. You seem more competent with harder edges on the drawings. The more angular rather than flowing lines of most of the 2004 drawings are showing an increasing awareness of that being part of your style. The graffiti influenced ones are interesting, too. Where are you going to school? Where do you plan to go with the talent you have?

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: cricky
I probably like the Giger influenced eyeball the best. But I always loved Giger art... That said, I get a sense that you try different approaches to find your style. I don't think the softer line drawings (especially the first two of the 2003 images) come off very well. You seem more competent with harder edges on the drawings. The more angular rather than flowing lines of most of the 2004 drawings are showing an increasing awareness of that being part of your style. The graffiti influenced ones are interesting, too. Where are you going to school? Where do you plan to go with the talent you have?

I'm currently going to York/Sheridan (check the contact page) - my childhood dream is to do video game concept art, but I'm aiming at product package design, typography or advertising now.

Yea the soft edge drawings were something new, most of these were the best of the experiments at that time.

 

[cricky]

A great forum I've found for inspiration and just looking at stunning works by other artists is the Drawing Board forum of the sketchbook sessions website. Every time I go and look around there, I am floored by one drawing or another.

Link to Drawing Board...

I've lost my artistic talent, myself. Well, I went to school for a couple years. Studied painting, illustration, etc. I loved it and was quite good. But my career path never took me that way. And I kind of put the Rapidographs down for a number of years. I pick up a pencil every now and then but wish I had more time to knock the rust off. Anyhow, good luck and keep it up...

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: cricky
A great forum I've found for inspiration and just looking at stunning works by other artists is the Drawing Board forum of the sketchbook sessions website. Every time I go and look around there, I am floored by one drawing or another.

Link to Drawing Board...

I've lost my artistic talent, myself. Well, I went to school for a couple years. Studied painting, illustration, etc. I loved it and was quite good. But my career path never took me that way. And I kind of put the Rapidographs down for a number of years. I pick up a pencil every now and then but wish I had more time to knock the rust off. Anyhow, good luck and keep it up...

Thanks very much - keep going at it, it is, afterall, like riding a bike.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

All the links should work now.

 

[Scrooge2]

Those are great work! However if I may play the devil's advocate and criticize:

You are really avoiding faces, or having to draw real non-cartoonish faces. Also you are avoiding instances of the human body. Usually people in this art field look for this as there are a substancial amount of people like you who want to work for video games and such. A lot of these people draw are self taught talents but never worked on classical art such as the body form, faces, etc.

Who knows maybe you have done some of them, but it would be nice to post them so anyone who's seriously considering you for a job will see that you CAN do it if you want to.

DIdn't mean to crap, just trying to be constructive.

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: Scrooge2
Those are great work! However if I may play the devil's advocate and criticize:

You are really avoiding faces, or having to draw real non-cartoonish faces. Also you are avoiding instances of the human body. Usually people in this art field look for this as there are a substancial amount of people like you who want to work for video games and such. A lot of these people draw are self taught talents but never worked on classical art such as the body form, faces, etc.

Who knows maybe you have done some of them, but it would be nice to post them so anyone who's seriously considering you for a job will see that you CAN do it if you want to.

DIdn't mean to crap, just trying to be constructive.

No, you are absolutely right. I am not very good at the human body, I've done very little life drawing. My mother is a fine artists (a very good one at that) and she is continually yelling at me to start doing some life drawing. It's just finding the time.

Something to work on in the coming years, I just went to cgtalk.com and I feel like I'm completely and utterly out of my league :Q

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: Sabot

Originally posted by: Scrooge2
Those are great work! However if I may play the devil's advocate and criticize:

You are really avoiding faces, or having to draw real non-cartoonish faces. Also you are avoiding instances of the human body. Usually people in this art field look for this as there are a substancial amount of people like you who want to work for video games and such. A lot of these people draw are self taught talents but never worked on classical art such as the body form, faces, etc.

Who knows maybe you have done some of them, but it would be nice to post them so anyone who's seriously considering you for a job will see that you CAN do it if you want to.

DIdn't mean to crap, just trying to be constructive.

No, you are absolutely right. I am not very good at the human body, I've done very little life drawing. My mother is a fine artists (a very good one at that) and she is continually yelling at me to start doing some life drawing. It's just finding the time.

Something to work on in the coming years, I just went to cgtalk.com and I feel like I'm completely and utterly out of my league :Q

Have you taken a figure drawing class? Out of all of the classes I have taken so far (I too am going into graphic design) that one has helped the most. Also, put down the mouse and pick up some charcoal! Get a nice, big drawing pad and a stand (or tape it to a wall or something) and go to town on still lifes. It is boring as fvck, but you will see a great improvement.

Second most useful class I have taken - Color Theory. I went through the entire quarter thinking wtf is this class, but the next quarter I could see a huge difference in everything I did. I could now pick up on splashes of color that I would never have thought to put in there, which made ALL of the difference in the world.

Anywho, your pics are great. Keep it up! :beer:

 

[UnatcoAgent]

Originally posted by: UglyCassanova

Originally posted by: Sabot

Originally posted by: Scrooge2
Those are great work! However if I may play the devil's advocate and criticize:

You are really avoiding faces, or having to draw real non-cartoonish faces. Also you are avoiding instances of the human body. Usually people in this art field look for this as there are a substancial amount of people like you who want to work for video games and such. A lot of these people draw are self taught talents but never worked on classical art such as the body form, faces, etc.

Who knows maybe you have done some of them, but it would be nice to post them so anyone who's seriously considering you for a job will see that you CAN do it if you want to.

DIdn't mean to crap, just trying to be constructive.

No, you are absolutely right. I am not very good at the human body, I've done very little life drawing. My mother is a fine artists (a very good one at that) and she is continually yelling at me to start doing some life drawing. It's just finding the time.

Something to work on in the coming years, I just went to cgtalk.com and I feel like I'm completely and utterly out of my league :Q

Have you taken a figure drawing class? Out of all of the classes I have taken so far (I too am going into graphic design) that one has helped the most. Also, put down the mouse and pick up some charcoal! Get a nice, big drawing pad and a stand (or tape it to a wall or something) and go to town on still lifes. It is boring as fvck, but you will see a great improvement.

Second most useful class I have taken - Color Theory. I went through the entire quarter thinking wtf is this class, but the next quarter I could see a huge difference in everything I did. I could now pick up on splashes of color that I would never have thought to put in there, which made ALL of the difference in the world.

Anywho, your pics are great. Keep it up! :beer:

It's more a time management issue than anything, but you are right. Thanks!