1st post on CA

[linigel]

Hey everyone!

I have always loved visiting the website, seeing all the art and drawing inspiration from each and every post. Heres my lastest pieces. Please let me know what you think.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/POSH_SMALL.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/beefy_small_2.jpg

Nigel

For more work, please visit: http://nigelli.blogspot.com

[Elwell]

Hey liningel, Blogger doesn't allow hotlinking, so your images aren't showing up. You can attach them to your post directly by clicking on edit, then go advanced, then using the "paperclip" icon.

[linigel]

ahh, yes, working on that right now. thanks!

[Stark]

Good looking artwork. Reminds me a lot of cheeks-74. Keep posting and welcome to the neighborhood. Just don't feed the Mankey or Elwell's...they bite.

[Jack Frost]

I like the style, and your finishing from your sketches...

cheers!

[linigel]

Thanks for the comments guys. Here is another design I did a while back. Trying to re-design the characters from Akira. When I have time off work, i will design the rest of them, and probably push it a little more.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=210536&stc=1&d=1191178087

[Boo!]

great artwork! great use of color on the second piece

[daveneale]

my type of stuff, cools stuff on the blog too....I like the blood piano and the illo-show ad, keep em coming

[geronimo]

brilliant work on the Akira Characters. Incredible!

[pocko]

hey, not too familiar with akira, but love the style. id really like to see more of that, and encourage you to steer away from the top style as it is quite similar to cheeks. not putting you down at all, you just have a great unique style going on with the akira stuff.

[Clodioz]

wow cool redesing of akira!

[Dandilion]

Cool stuff! ^^

~Em

[Vassooch]

Looks very gorillaz style but in a unique way. Very individual style :)

[roidvoid]

cool stuff
welcome
i can see ur influences pretty clearly but that is something you will grow out of. you have a solid foundation for some quality work to come out.
these are really good man
keep posting

[BunnyGrandravine]

WOW... i love these designs. They do remind me of Cheeks' artwork but they are great nonetheless. I love the first one the most, really diggin ur style, keep it up man!

[zemotion]

I like the akira ones as well. ;)

[linigel]

Hey guys, thank you so much for the comments. The cheeks influence stuff is pretty much just a study of his style, mixed in with a little of my own characteristics/fashion or what not. I definitely see it as only a phase, but I really enjoyed drawing those 2 characters. (Gives me a break from the restrictions of design at work.) I take alot of inspiration from his line work and color, and want to learn it to aid myself create something unique.

More to come soon I promise.

Cheers.

[Vulgar`]

The muscular black character is raw. These have potential to blaze the canvas.

Keep doing you

[linigel]

Did this about 6 months ago. Design for jack and the beanstalk.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/6jack.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/5giant.jpg

[linigel]

And this is another design for fun...exporing different styles to see what I can learn from doing it.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/7demon_sperad.jpg

[linigel]

and my favorite still.... the ghost hunters:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/ghost_hunters_comp.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/15ghost_moment.jpg

[awooldri]

i like the jack & the bean ones... nice and original, good to see something new and exciting for me to look at and study... keep it up!

[Treks]

such soft coloring in those cartoons in your last few posts. i love those art styles. if you're familiar with FLIGHT its a compilation of "comic strips" for lack of a better term. you should check them out. your art looks awesome. looking forward to more.

[Justin.]

Alot like cheeks but also not, I love seeing comic styles. These are great!!

[Mark Bot]

those are some really slick character designs. i dig your style man!

[linigel]

Thanks alot, glad to know you guys also enjoy this style. I was under so much pressure while I was studying to re-create hyper-real images because it seemed impressive to people. I realized, i just couldn't do it. Then I decided to do it the way I want, but keep the principles of the story to create interesting characters.

Well, enough blabbing on. More work to come soon.

[linigel]

So, back to the Akira project. A redesign of Tetsuo. He was probably my favorite character, and to change anything about him was hard, since it was so good to begin with. Well, I gave it a shot for fun. Changed some colors, clothing, and defined the shapes a little differently. Enjoi!

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/tetsuo_1.jpg

[rWDrk]

I love the jack and the beanstalk stuff.
Overall beautiful work!

stars :)

[geronimo]

Brilliant, I love everything you have done. The giant it amazing. Very Awe-Inspiring.

[Badaboom]

So nice and clean everything! Looks really professional as well as personal, I really like it a lot. Congrats!

[linigel]

Thank you once again everyone! I can't believe I have stars next to my thread. It was merely a dream a few years ago. I will keep updating as much as possible. Thanks for the support. It really drives me to a whole other level of forum addiction! woohoo!

Nigel

[linigel]

Here's an old one, but stll one of my favorite characters. His name is pickle:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/pickle_expressions.jpg

[linigel]

And I might as wel post these up as well, since I have everything else on my blog on here:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/8puppet_layout.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/Puppet_character1_final.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/character_2_final.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/Puppet_character3_final.jpg

Enjoi!

[shadoman]

Wow. Great stuff man. I am really digging the Jack and the Beanstalk works. Keep posting.

[Cookiedough]

Wonderful stuff! Great personalities. Awesome. The ghosthunters, pickle and the last batch with the camel are my favourites.

[linigel]

Hey everyone, I havent posted in a while, mainly cause Im busy with work. Heres a few new pieces. Superman was for fun. Batman was also for fun, but requested by a buddy of mine. Enjoy.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/superman.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/batman_1.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/batman_2.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/batman_3.jpg

[El Jeremie]

Nice, I love super man. he looks like a mix from astroboy and playmobil.
My only crit is right foot which seems to be cut.
Piclke 's expressions and the guys below are good too.

[linigel]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/DW3_7.jpg

a developement piece i did for the recent DW3.

[linigel]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/Final_render.jpg

oh, and the action pose..or the final...

[Nubb]

Your character design simply rocks! So much expression, humor and individual traits. Bravo!

[linigel]

Thanks for the kind comments. Glad to know someone enjoys the designs.

[linigel]

i'm happy with this one for now. Still some lighting changes that I need to make, but you get the idea.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b176/linigel/scare_crow_blogger.jpg

[Thujon]

Yeaaa

You really rock the canvas! Do you use 3d models or is this done only in PS???
Cheers and keep it up!!!!

[linigel]

Thanks! I dont use any 3-d models. I have done so before, but I feel it looses life and gesture. These were all concepted in pencil on like, napkins and reciepts, then re-drawn in PS. Just push the gestures as much as you can, and make sure you keep the volume of the character by drawing simple shapes like spheres, squares and rectangles.