My stuff -- Updated 10/22/09

[toogoodwu]

I posted in the critique center once before. I am an uber noobie artist, and have lurked for a while. I think is area is a great place to improve, so please give me all the critiques that come to mind. I really want to learn from everyone!

I guess I will post this first.
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/1589/sketchesrf1.jpg

[toogoodwu]

First try with textures. May have overdone it. Any advice?

[Goog]

Nice colors brosef. Only crit would be try to define your edges a bit more. Other than that, keep workin it!

[Piecemaker]

good ya started your sketchbook here:steph:
i have problems with edges myself. one thing that helps a bit is to use hard brushes
keep up the work

[toogoodwu]

Thanks guys! Yeah, I will try to slow down with a harder brush. That's definitely something I am working on.

[toogoodwu]

Working in grayscale, trying to practice different values.
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5875/cracklerhuntxu6.jpg

Oh, inspired, obviously, by http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71673.

[toogoodwu]

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5129/diomi9.jpg

[Alternative]

Wow, nice start for this sketchbook.
Really liking the characters on your last post, the expression on the one of the left's face is a bit weird (but cool weird!)
The edges seems okay on the last one, but on your past ones they need to be a bit sharper, in my opinion.

Well, cant give you any more crit because I just started to get into art..


If by any chance you could stop by my sb, I would really like that :D


Keep 'em coming!

[toogoodwu]

Thanks alternative. That seems to be the consensus about the edges. I am working on it! :)

And I will check out your sb as well!

[toogoodwu]

Inspired by the upcoming MGS4

[toogoodwu]

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/2629/bellonaat6.png

Siggy for someone on another forum.

[TheWishfulOne]

Nice work bro love your character designs, they seem to have a sophistcated mood to them! keep AT IT!

[toogoodwu]

Hey thanks for the comment!

I wish I could say these were completely from my imagination, but many are actually based off of characters from this MMORPG called Dofus. They are my own spin on these chars.

Another one, inspired by phrozac.

[TheWishfulOne]

Hey there is nothing wrong with taking your own sping at other peoples charaters, i mean ALLL artists do that, they either becom influenced by others,or take parts of what they like from other peoples creation and modify it to their liking. Good work on this new pieace! The green overlay gives it a feeling of toxic deadlyness =D

[toogoodwu]

Added to first post.

[toogoodwu]

New Stuff

[DaStreets]

Wow, i'm sorry but ur an IDIOT! LOL Ur not a nub by any means (at least to me) Ur art is cool, creative and interesting, no nubness there. I can see your talent. I especially like your dig. work, the green ninja and warrior chicks were bad ass, keep it up (Check out my page if u find time)

[toogoodwu]

Haven't had much time to draw. My latest.

[toogoodwu]

Quick sketch. Beetle assassin and some Monkey King action.

[sjuskadur]

Awesome character designs! keept it uP!

[toogoodwu]

Hey thanks for the encouragement. Seeing so much talent here really gets me inspired.

This is Yoji Shinkawa inspired, after playing through MGS4.

[humanNature6115]

Hey man , you are not that bad off.
Try to beef up your anatomy studies
and you should do just fine.

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http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120761 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120761)

[toogoodwu]

Haha, it was fun to do. Yeah, definitely need to work on anatomy. Hopefully, I can find a workshop around here.

[humanNature6115]

Don't be like everyone else here
Make your own workshop.

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http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120761 (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120761)

[zweiDee]

cool stuff, i like your version of raiden and meryl. shinkawa is a great designer, one of my fav concept artist's. keep it up.

[Interceptor]

That beetle / monkey digi-sketch has a ton of motion and life to it. great work. Simplicity of the paints on the last piece are a treat, also.
Cheers!
-L

[Verehin]

yeah, I agree..this is cool stuff man! keep working

[vangaert]

Hey, I really like your last post above. The style is similar to what I am trying to achieve. I am also a newbie artist so I cant be as constructive as others but I am looking forward to your progression throughout the year =). Keep at it, your stuff is looking great!

[kinjura]

Really nice start on that sketchbook - I'm particularly drawn to the last piece of sketching you did; there's a lot of nice stuff going on there. I also love your little signature piece - it's got a lot of appeal. The painting of the woman with the sword is looking awesome so far.

[toogoodwu]

humanNature - Great advice. Maybe at some point, I will craigslist a model and do something with some friends.

zweiDee - Thanks so much. So those characters are actually in game characters for a couple of friends. The one with white hair is a girl! Although, Raiden is pretty girly as well.

Interceptor - Thanks so much. I am trying to get looser with my poses. Again, I think anatomy studies will help this.

Verehin - Thanks!

Vangaert - Thanks a bunch. I really like your sketches as well. I think one thing for both of us to work on is to draw more from nature and observation, and less to emulate our favorite artists.

Kinjura - Thanks so much. I will work on this sketchbook and hopefully improve!

[toogoodwu]

Another one...this one is pretty standard.
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/6229/suprintacopylb5.jpg

[toogoodwu]

And one more!
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/1024/kirraai6.jpg

[Thujon]

Definatly some good work! 4 * from me! Keep up posting!

[thesadpencil]

hey nice sb you got here, i like your style a lot, and you have a very good use of colors throughout which is also nice. keep posting and keep up the great work.

[pencilgeek]

love to see more.

[toogoodwu]

Thanks guys! I will post more whenever I get the chance to draw again.

[toogoodwu]

Newest

[JailHouseRock]

Hay togood nice sketchbook you've got going here,
cool characters and great colors throughout.

keep at it man you've got a cool style going here.

[oODanyalOo]

Uber noobie, is a bit harsh on yourself don't you think? You got some really strong pics going on here, and you're not bad with colour either in my opinion, of course I have an untrained eye so I couldn't tell you properly. Keep it up =)

[toogoodwu]

I try to be as honest with myself as possible so that I can improve! Thanks you guys for the encouragement. I will continue work hard and improve.

[walnut]

I think the torso's too long on the last one. Which is a shame, because otherwise it's not that bad a picture.

[madhatter106]

Some sweet stuff in here - I particularly like when you get all painterly (like the warrior lady in your thumbnail/first post).

[toogoodwu]

Thanks guys for the comments!

Walnut, yeah, there is a whole slew of anatomy issues with that one. I did some free transform on the line art, and a friend is coloring it. Hopefully, it will be an improvement!

Thanks Mad Hatter!

Anyway, here is another.

[toogoodwu]

And another

[toogoodwu]

Puss in Boots?

[toogoodwu]

Songstress

[donalfall]

You have a nice imaginative flair in your pieces. Your colours are very clean and fresh, without being too bright or flat looking. There are a few anatomy issues here and there, but they're cleaning up nicely. Keep on posting.

[toogoodwu]

Thanks Donalfall. Anatomy is definitely something that I am trying to improve.

Here is another one.

[toogoodwu]

Experimenting with layers and masks.

[Φ]

hey there! cool stuff around here!
about the last one… It´s kinda dark.. because background is way brighter!!
cool Idea anyway!! hope I could help. wanna see more!!
cheers

[toogoodwu]

Thanks a bunch for the feedback, bigfootrooper. I think I used too many overlay layers on that one. :davi:

An image made with some ink brushes found on CA!

[kidult]

Some nice work here, maybe some studies to improve your skills would help!

[sandeepbarot]

cool!

[toogoodwu]

Thanks guys! I am working on some anatomy studies/sketches to improve that aspect of my stuff. I wish I had a scanner though, to get some of these sketches uploaded.

[toogoodwu]

Two more

[Nesser]

your characters are very creative and your colors are awesome, they arent flat like mine. Can i ask how long it takes you to color your drawings * like the songstress*?

[toogoodwu]

Nesser, thanks for the comments! It usually takes me an hour or so to color the pieces. I am trying to learn to slow down, so that my artwork actually looks finished.

Songstress took me about two hours to color after doing the drawing.

Happy thanksgiving!

[zeo-x]

great stuff here. loving the character designs.

[Jamie Romoser]

Awsome characters ,can wait to see more.

[Aeothesiel]

I love the colors you use, you really know how to unify your art with them! That last lineless one is especially eyecatching.

[a la bapsi]

beautiful sketchbook.

your color paintings are gorgeous, but i'm a real sucker for black and white ink-type drawings. :]

keep painting, and don't skimp on the anatomy studies.
it'll be the big difference between a good piece and a great piece.

[toogoodwu]

Thanks so much for the feedback guys. Anatomy and defining my edges is definitely something I am working on. Here is something new.

[toogoodwu]

Some enviro work

[kidult]

Sweet colours on this last one! keep it up!

[toogoodwu]

Thanks kidult! I'll keep at it.

This latest was hard. The request was to make it look like Audrey Hepburn. So I used a reference to get parts of the face, but I didn't want to just copy a photography. So I forced myself off of the reference for the rest of the process and the details.
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8534/audrey9gz8.jpg

[toogoodwu]

Newest

Edited legs a bit.

[Jovian M]

The legs look a bit mismatched, and I don't know what to make of the green hair and red/burgundy outfit (feeling christmasy? xD), but it's actually pretty awesome looking. Keep pumping.

[toogoodwu]

Thanks thanks Meissner. I think the legs got awkward because I tried to make one leg seem in front of another. I messed up on the lighting, and also on the length. So that's why it looks like she has a skinny leg! The colors were by request.

Latest: Overgrowth

[SMILEFACE]

really dig yall characters lets see some mo

[toogoodwu]

Thanks Grandmassa!
Another one

[neacser]

nice sketchbook! i really like your style and your color pieces.

keep up the awesome work!

jeff

[toogoodwu]

It's been a while since I have updated. Here are some recent works.

[chuck18mp]

I like the style! Seeing forward for more.

[toogoodwu]

Thanks chuck!

New image for a friend.

[AmontilladoAg]

Wow, this (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=726768&stc=1&d=1247863530) one is very Frazetta... nice 8) You've got a nice rendering style and nice colorz :D

You might do a few face/head studies, just fer kicks...:thinking:

Otherwise, keep up the good werk! :teeth:

[toogoodwu]

Some new stuff. It's been a while...