Dreaming Of Midgard (and not only)

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http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/elven_prince.jpg


I got a link to this forum from a friend that thought that I need some seriouse competition in order to improve myself. I must said I was deeply impressed by the work all around here and I'm glad I had found this place.
I beg the understanding of you, kind moderators for my lack of attachements but it looks like I cannot post any yet. Why, is a mistery to me. So, if there is someone who can enlighten me about the way I can attach my work here, I would be most gratefull.

[cycrincy]

dude i am wiith u i dont know how too get pics on yet but have u read one of the new rules u have to have a pic in a thread or its goin to be moved or deleted and i would suggest tryin too talk to davi (he is an administrator ) by posting a reply in a pack thread asking for help
:D good luck

[neble]

Hey guys.

First you have to have an image somewhere located on the net. Maybe on your own website....

Next on that website right click on the image and pull up properties. In the properties, under general you'll see the image address. Copy the whole string.

Then, post a new thread or reply to a thread. Fill in your reply etc, and at the end of your reply, click on the IMG button just above the place your typing your reply. A user promp will appear, keep the http highlighted and just paste the string you copied above

The string will appear in your reply box with img before and after the string. Click the preview reply button. If it works out you'll see your reply followed by the image. If it looks right click submit reply.

Your done. I had to figure it out on my own too, but hope this helps. :)

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Thankx guys for the trouble.
neble, I really hope it works.
Here, I will try this: My elven prince, just a glimpse in the world of Tolkien.

http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/elven_prince.jpg

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Hurray, it works! Thanks alot guys!
Here is another elf, still from Tolkien's world. This time from Silmarillion: Ecthelion, captain of the High Guards, Lord of the Fontain. Made this one for rage, a buddy of mine, to model him for an awsome scene in whitch he is fighting against the Lord of Balrogs.

http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/echtelion__lord_of_the_font.jpg

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And the last of todays posts, a dwarven warrior. Hope you like them.

http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/dwarf_warrior.jpg

[Shadowkiller]

Cool

[Nomed9]

Are they done in pencil or done in a paint programme?

[Presence]

Av I am loving the style man, amazing pencil work, I am sure I am wrong but there is a smudge halo around the first one, maybe it is just style on your part I'm not sure but I can't see it on the other ones. Maybe a quick clean up?

Anyhoo great work, if you don't color you should see if someone on the boards would be up for it.

Cheers

[Oblio]

welcome.
see? you finaly made it. i knew why i didn't erased it imediatly :D

Oblio
p.s - I've seen your sketches at Ubi. Lovely. Good luck!

[Loga4]

Nice work,welcome!

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I'm glad to get such an input from you guys!
Shadowkiller, yeap, maybe next time something hot! :)
Nomed9, its pencil, just pencil. A a little tweaking done in Photoshop.
Presence, you are right, maybe a better clean up would have make it look better. But I'm a hurried kind of man and I must admit I didn't done my best. And I'll take your advice, I don't have time to color them but maybe there is someone who can.
Oblio, I am most gratefull for your mercy! And about your PS, were you around there?
Loga4, thanx man, I promise to post more.

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Ok, I couldn't resist and here I am again!
I've called him Hellpit Guardian. He's mean, he's lethal, he's a hell spawn. You must love him!http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/hell_pit_guardian.jpg

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And this is called "The Sleep of the Gargoyle".

http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/somnul_garguiului.jpg

[nikia]

WOW!! amazing, just amazing. The detail is fantastic! How long did it take to do one of these?

[Oblio]

i'm about everywhere.. my friend ;) :chug:

about your art.. why don't you try to set a focus point? You seem to have a very nice attention to detail and all.. but i think your pieces can benefit from a focus point. I hope you get my point.
Keep posting.

Oblio

[Grave]

i just joined up today, i hope to post some of my art in the near future, but i just had to say how stunning and impressive your artwork is. i hope to see many many more fine works of art from you.

[jilted_one]

Marvelous pencils man, I know i may sound like a total idiot but have you got any done with charcoal, because from what i see, if you experiment with them things look better. Thats my thought thats all. Cool stuff man.

[Zeravla]

very nice rendering

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nikia, the first ones were pretty easy done (when you do things you like everything seems easy). "The Sleep of the Gargoyle" 'tho took me about 12 hours of streight work. I felt that if I stop I will neer work on it again, so I did stop just to eat.
Oblio, I know what you mean, I focus so hardly on the details I forget things I should focus on (like illumination or focus point). Thanks for the advice.
And are you really everywhere? Then we should build you a church! :D
Grave, I'll do my best.
jilted_one, never worked with charcoal, what you see here is just simple HB 0,5 mechanical pencil.
Zeravla, call me ignorant but I thought rendering are done only with 3d programs :rolleyes:

Ok, some new stuff.
First, a goblin. Not my best crop but you have to love those eyes!
http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/goblin.jpg

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And next a Beholder. (This is for you B.)

http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/beholder.jpg

[ClocktowerArtworks]

rendering in this case means...nice drawing or nice representation...i believe...fancy artist term for "nice drawin'"

[scumworks]

thats freaking awesome, tones of details. The Hellpit Guardian's my favorit. keep them comming.

[Luke Mrozek]

Great job on those drawings. Awesome details. Give us some more.

Luke.

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ClocktowerArtworks thanx for the explanations. Me smarter now:D
scumworks, I'm glad you like them. Everyone has a short history you know, they'r not just pretty drawings.
Luke Mrozek, easy my man, easy! :)

[LEvans]

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I adore your stuff!! wow! Not only is it phenomenal.. but its my favorite subject! ;) (Tolkien!!!) I LOVE your attention to detail... especially the importance and significance of different symbols in Tolkien's world (such as the tree, Nimloth) So many Tolkien inspired folks totally neglect that....

Anyways... beautiful work... very inspiring.... I look forward to seeing more :) Do you by chance have a site or someplace I can see more?

[Oddo]

Heya Avatar, nice seeing you coming over here too. ( I'm DragosS from the VisualArt forums), again exquisite works and keep them coming :).:D

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Ups, sorry, small mistake! Too much beer I guess :beer:

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Scattergold, thankx, I'm a big Tolkien fan too (no surprise there eh?). The tree blazon came to me as natural as it could ever come. Elves-trees. Many tend to forget about the special bond between them and their forests.
And if you want to you can see my gallery at this link:

http://www.visualart.ro/test/categories.php?cat_id=110

And, as all my drawings are there, I will post here only the new stuff as I will update the gallery. OK?

Oddo or Dragos, I'm glad to find you. Incipient told me you are around but I didn't knew what nick will you have.
Multam mult omule', ma bucur sa fiu aici! :)

As my last posts from my gallery before let you see it by yourselfs, here is a drow, a dark elf named Saris. Well, it was a character I used to played long time ago in my AD&D adventures.

http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/greyelf-assasin.jpg

[bad weather]

great rendering. Good to see those classic D&D archtypes drawn.
:)

[nikia]

I'm never disappointed coming to your postings. Beautiful work as usual. Love the Goblin. Keep them coming.

[Oblio]

boy.. it's growing :)
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Oblio

P.S. - Welcome Oddo.

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Guys, I need some help from you. What do you say: should I keep posting the drawings from my gallery or let you go there to watch them?

[Killer Napkins]

see.. now why cant i create pencil stuff like this?! .. u have great stuff .. its all so smoothly shaded and detail very well.. i always have trouble with the smooth shading.. does that have anything to do with the pencil u use?..

[Oblio]

i'll say.. put your ass at work and start a new one - try a different approach too - a different theme also.
Then.. post it (WIP or final as you wish in the right threads), get the feedback and update your gallery.
How is that - good plan ? :D

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Killer Napkins, the tools are just tools. I use only a mechanical pencil with HB 0,5 tip. Not a fancy tool. The fancy tool is your mind - and your hand. Think at paper like is your lover. There are times you need to touch it hard and there are times you have to touch it soft. And when neither works, use your finger:D ... to smudge.
Oblio, LOL, my ass is already working my friend! But there is a tone of things to do and I must establish priorities. Anyhow, thanx for the ideea, be sure I'll do that.

[Killer Napkins]

ooh i get yah.. sounds intimate.. i use tissue paper when i... uhh thats a dif story tho.. heh..

[Howdy]

The pencil detail is unbelievable. The concepts have appealing character also. The dwarf is the first dwarf I have ever seen that I like.

Nice work.

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Killer Napkins, I was about to think you use napkins! Thats why they are "killers"!:D
Howdy, thanx, your remark honors me. I hope you'll like the next image too.


http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/tmp_media/Wraith.jpg

[Killer Napkins]

well ive used napkins in the past.. thats why they are killers... its a long story dealing with burning sensations and green girraffes..

[Rusty Red Robot]

Crimony! All your work is fantastic! I love it all!

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Killer Napkins :D :D :D
Charming LouseThanx for your kind words. A bow to you.
Well, for the moment I'm scannerless. So I'll try to keep working and, in a few days when the scanner will get back to me, to post some new drawings.

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Some comic character. I call him Droolioff because his job is to suck drool after his boss. He will be posted soon.

http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/Droolioff.jpg

[Romus]

Wow, good stuff here

[Phuzion]

As was mentioned before, the detail is fabulous.
Pay more attention to the lighting though. The direction of the light, and where the shadows are falling. You have great control of the tones, but right now the light is coming from all sorts of random directions. You have "form shadows" but there are no shadows really caused by the light, and the various objects are not casting shadows anywhere.
I also noticed in the Gargoyle picture, the buildings look rather flat. This can be fixed both with developing your eye for perspective, as well as the lighting issues I mentioned before.
Still, on the whole, it is all very strong work. Keep posting :thumbsup:

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Illumination and perspective are two things I'm struggling with now. Util now I've just created for fun. But its time to do this for a living and looks like I have to learn to master these two better. Thanks for the advice, be sure I'm on it!

[Franz Steiner]

amazing technique. have you ever thought of going digital?

[My3blka]

Nice work, the detail is very cool.

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Franz, I thought a thousand times, but wacom tablets are pretty expensive and my capital is pretty low for now. Maybe after I win the lotery :D :D
My3blka, I'm glad you like it.

Ok, the next one is especialy for Phuzion. This is what I consider to be the most accuate illuminated character I've ever maked. What do you think?




http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/werewolf.jpg

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Some new work, just hoping to get back your attention after a long silance.
"Dungeon Riders"
http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/In-the-Dongeons-low.jpg
"Rune" a Illuminators guild character
http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/Rune-low.jpg
I hope you'll like them.

[bwkeough]

I'm going to make an assumption and suggest that most of what you know about anatomy comes from photos in magazines and not from life drawing. The Barbarian guy in the dungeon pic is composed of nice details of anatomy that are very well rendered, but the connections between the details is poor. Try drawing his whole body first, looselly, to get his proportions correct and then add the muscles.

Also remember that with detail, sometimes less is more. For this reason, I much prefer the Rune/magician character. His physicality and appearance is much more realistic. Very nice. Do more like that one.

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Your assumption is corect. There aren't many persons that could serve me as a model for some types of characters. Thanks for the crits, I deserve them; I tend to loose myself in details and you're not the first to pull my ears for it. I'll have to do something about it. I'm glad Rune liked you aldo the concept belongs to the good people at illuminatorsguild. I'll try to do my best and learn from my mistakes and your advices.

[Halis_Aetrous]

Man, you are awesome.

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Ok, long time no updates. But I've been working! Here is three of my newest work: a dark elf (or drow, as you prefere)...http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/Drizzt-DoUrden.jpg

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Some romanian fairy tale characters.

http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/Final01.jpg

And a detaile of the one eyed character

http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/Detaliu-Final.jpg

[gallon]

Hi, I tried something on your warrior, nothing much, just playing with light and shadow. Hope u don't mind (it's getting late and then I start doing these thing...too tired to draw anything myself :))
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/henrikgallon/OP_Do.jpg

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I understand what you mean. It's looking nice aldo I think this level of shadow implies dramatical darkness. Thanks anyway, I'll keep it in mind.
New work done

http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/Anger-Demon01.jpg

[Howdy]

Stick with your style. That last example pic covers all that fantastic detail work you do.

I like the way your coloring is coming. I agree with the person that suggested digital work. Colored pencil can look very nice. Your work is so professional it cries out for coloring like in the characters of a guy named bOne.

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Step by step I try to get closer to the coloring problem. Using color on fantasy character is an instinctual thing, not always they go togeder as was supposed to be. This time I got away with it. Next time... Will see. And I will search for bOne, you've maked me curiouse.

[nikia]

Wonderful work as usual Avatar. I love the horns on this last one.

[Giottoface]

Originally posted by Avatar
I don't have time to color them but maybe there is someone who can.

That's where *I* come in! I had a lot of fun, so thanks for the inspiration. i decided to go for an unimaginative hulk/gremlins/swamp thing color scheme.

http://www.karlmarc.com/alex.jpg

And colored pencil is my favorite non-digital way of coloring, so keep doing that. that last guy with the horns is just great.

BTW, this is my first post, so hello everyone!

[CH-PERALTA]

Wow excellent art work dude love the way you produce volume and shape to your illustration’s masterfully executed love to see more of yer work in yer next post :chug:

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Giottoface, wow man! That looks awsome! I would have used orange yellow and red but this is not bad either! Not bad at all! Oh, what the fck I say, it looks great! Thanks!
CH-PERALTA, I'm a little confused here 'cause I don't know if you're telling me all this or to my buddy Giottoface. If it's about him, he deserves all the praises, if it's about me, thanks and I hope you'll keep coming around to visit my new posts. Like this one for exemple:

http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/Takarian-sergeant.jpg

[bwkeough]

I'm glad to see you're still hard at work! The color in this new one is very nice, the concept and the energy are great. You have a hell of a lot of potential, your eye and hand skills are already very well developed, the main thing you need to learn is the skeleton. You know the anatomy of the muscles, but it's the skeleton that gives the figure most of it's form. Spend some time drawing the bones of the shoulder and then take a second look at how this creature's sword arm joins the torso.

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It was a long time since I've posted here. Here I go again. I hope U like it.
bwkeough, thanks for the crits. They are always welcomed.


http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/Baby_Dragon.jpg

[Oblio]

Go digital. PLEASE! :D
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Oblio

[2kre8]

wow your work is incredible, if not digital what about arcylics or oils? I think that would be very interesting to see:)

[madphill]

excellent rendering....i would work on some more dynamic poses though. nice job

[DanielandTheLionsPen]

It's safe to say your collection of Tolkienesque pencil work is the best I have seen without a doubt...

your dwarven warrior is awesome man, I printed it out and hung it on a wall. The details on his axes make me want to draw dwarven axes all day :)

Each one is great... if you perhaps took the time to draw a full scene with multiple characters, all fighting perhaps a central enemy (like the balrog) you could have one awesome piece, worth making a poster out of.

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Oblio, happy to see U again my friend! As soon I'll buy a tablet -and this will be soon - I'll go digital.
2kre8, it was hard for me to start working colors again and the perspective to go digital is too near for me now to switch techniques again. I'll live acrilic for when I'll be older ad much reacher to afford spending the time on those utils.
madphill U may be right. Could U describe me how would U see a dinamic pose? I'm really interested to hear your opinion.
DanielandTheLionsPen have U seen my "Guardian of the Treasure"? Take a look in my gallery.

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Long time, nothing posted! Got many things to do but now I'm on the road again and I finnaly turn my imagination loose. Here we go:

I named it Deep Phantom... The background story? Well, lets see... "It stalked the deep waters like a shadow, feared even by the sharks... Because, like the elf kin on earth had his distortion onto evil in the orc kin, here, where the sunligh never shun, IT was the orc kin!"

http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/Deep_Phantom_low.jpg

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Long time no see... And meanwhile I've gone digital. Not much to show 'tho, the tablet its still young and fresh, but I do have something for you. This one - I named it "Barbarian warrior" - its my first digital painting. No prior sketches, just me, my tablet and a blank page in Photoshop.

http://members.fortunecity.com/avatar/barbarian.jpg


This other one is a work in progress. And as everyone liked the dwarf, I hope you will like this too.

http://members.fortunecity.com/avatar/dwarfpartial.jpg

[nikia]

You have an amazing talent Avatar. Your colored pieces are looking as nice as your black and whites. Keep up the good work. I always look forward to seeing them.:)

[hoopa]

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how have I not seen this thread before? This is just awesome. Very cool.

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I'm glad you like it guys. Be sure I'll keep this thread updated everytime I have something new to post.

[bwkeough]

the new digital dwarf painting has some real promise! don't be afraid to get it darker valued and less cleanly rendered. with digital you have more freedom to experiment; save different versions and take the image in directions you might not otherwise consider.

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Thanks,bwkeough. Coming for such a great critic like you this sound like I'm on the right track indeed :)
But I found an opportunity to get me a bigger wacom and this ia what I've done so far to win it. Ofcourse, there are plenty of things to corect (the breast will be adjusted, the hands still lack detail and the mirror frame will go) but tell me what you think so far.

http://members.fortunecity.com/avatar/LaOglindaWIP.jpg

[Swoop]

Thats soooooo awsome dude.. i'm in awe.
I'm at the same time wonderfully inspired by both your pencils and digital, and at the same time put off when i looks at my simple drawings :(

Anyways looks pretty good dude.. would love to see a walkthrough of one of your pencils if you could take the time someday and just give a walkthrough as you create a pencil drawing please :D

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Thanks for the kind comment and don't get yourself down. Nobody start by being great. And I told you this convinced that I have a long way to go until I'll be great. If I'll ever be. Self criticism and hard work over all will bring to you some satisfactions and a mountain of other trails and tribulations. So get yourself a butt of iron (needed for long hours at the work table) and a steel jaw (needed when criticism is getting worst) and face the life.
As for your request I must tell you I haven't worked with the pencil lately, but I promis that, as soon as I do, I'll get a capture of the event and I'll post it.

[Mezz DeJé]

I am normally very eager to say what is wrong about an image, but this load you have posted would take me quite a while to start going into depth with. So I will let the feedback slip and just settle you with praise. Wonderful work!

By the way what does midgård have to do with anything? There "were" no goblins, only jetter...

Well anyways you pulled off some great pieces. The next time you post just one piece I will be sure to take my time to give you some thoughts :)

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No goblins?! Can't be! So I'll make sure and here goes one; As for the title... Well, I did open the thread with a high elf and a dwarf. And midgard is the same of Tolkiens "middle earth". Now I'm sure I have a sharp eye hunting for my mistake; well, another sharp eye. There is also my buddy bwkeough who gently pull my ears everytime I scrue up something. So welcome! :D


http://www.visualart.ro/test/data/media/110/goblin.jpg

[Killer Napkins]

these are all so freakin awesome dude...

are those colored pencils? up above.. i think those really look amazing man .. keep up the great work

[Swoop]

Looking forward to the pencil walkthrough/tutorial, but meanwhile i found something wrong with the girl in mirro image.

Her nose.. it looks kinda big and wierd shaped in the mirror... :D

[DanielandTheLionsPen]

Excellent additions man!

My favorite was definitely the dwarf... something about it makes me wish they would make an entire LOTR movies in that style.

You have also added an excellent pencil-work piece with the orc-kin... the cyborgish female made my skin crawl, but that's because wires in flesh bother me :)

Wonderful work mang!

[fae]

great work and i love the tolkien work! i'm a huge tolkien fan =D keep it up. love it

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Well, well, well, that brought some life into this thread:D. Glad to see you around and glad to see you like my drawings. Killer Napkins, no, those are not colored pencils. I've gone digital my man, that's pure Photoshop! Swoop, look again, she has a very small/thin nose; the shadows under her eyes can induce the illusion of a big nose. Ignore them and you will see the nose. DanielandTheLionsPen, looks like everybody likes my dwarfs. Why? I don't know. Maybe because they look so fierce. As for the girl, those were meant to be artificial muscle fibers connected to the real muscles to help move the limbs. In my story this is a girl that not long ago was paralised. The bionic implants restaured her health. fae, who's not a Tolkien fan? Its impossible not to love that man and his vision!
Thanks all for the input. See ya soon!

[DanielandTheLionsPen]

Ah yes, when looking at it that way the bionic girl is much more appealing. Like a beautiful woman and a symbolic gesture of the power of technology in one beautiful piece.

I'm not sure about everyone else but I love good dwarfs (and yours are the best) because they are so nordic and stout. The beards, the array of symbols, the glorious armor and weapons that only dwarves are capable of ;) Dwarfs are my favorite of the Tolkien races, they aren't purposely comedic but they are amusing. Yet serious when needed to be.
I typically never draw tolkienesque work, unless you count the single Gnome I drew :)

Intdimidating talent man. If only I could animate like you draw

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Take it easy, always awaiting more work (your website blew me away).

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Maybe when I saw people pleased like you and excited over a subject are the greatest moments I have. Not pride, more like contentment that I can inspire people. I'm sure you will be as great as you want in animation, the secret is to never stop trying to do it your way. While learninng from others ofcourse. I'm really glad that you have enjoyed my gallery. The guys from Visual Art site were too good to offer me the spot.

[daisyamnell]

WOW!!!! You make great drawings, realy beautifull, and I thought I was good.... *cries and trows all her drawings in the river*

You ARE good.:) :D

[DanielandTheLionsPen]

That new mirror frame looks much better.

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daisyamnell, don't even think it! I throwed my drawings away (because Blizzard and its team :D) and now I don't have nothing to show from my beginings.
DanielandTheLionsPen, yeah, it seems everybody likes it. Maybe its made by dwarfs? :D

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Its been kind of silence in here for the past few weeks and this is entirely my fault. But I come now, humbly, with my bionic nude girl, here almost ready, to submit it to your crits. And with this I extend my thanks and deepest admiration to Jason Manley and Andrew Jones. Your worshop was a true enlightnement for me guys!

http://members.fortunecity.com/avatar/13-background.update.jpg

[sixBlade]

wow your work is great. unfortunately fortunecity lets you down!

www.photobucket.com has free image hosting (and has little boxes for easy copying of the image location :P)

Just keep drawing!

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Thanks for the advice, but Fortune city didn't let me down... yet. I'm glad you liked it.

[flavorite]

omg.... you rule! i have nothing more to say than that!

[Montross]

your guys work is superb man, very nicely done:chug:

[KingOfChaos]

So Avatar..which D20 company are you working for? ;) I assume you are, since these all look like illustrations for a RPG book.

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I'm glad to have such a response on this guys. Its my third digital painting and the background is not so original. I was lacking the inspiration so a took a long tour into Geiger and StarGate art. Consider this some sort of mixture between these two.
As for my place of work KingOfChaos, aldo I'm honored by such consideration, I'll have to dissapoint you. I'm just a humble freelancer, dragging my life from today to tomorrow, always hopping to get a fat pay check. And, in the digital work I'm almost an infant.

[Barti89]

wow, this is awesome .. so much detail in the pencil drawings.... and the colored pencil ones are great. And then the digital :eek:

[emilpaun]

Just dropped by to say Whooaa :jawdrop:

Awesome :)

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Glad to know you like them guys. Feel free to drop any time:D

[TARGETE]

Avatar,

I took the time to look at all your pieces you posted here and you have alot of talent and a great imagination. I do prefer your pencils and traditional mediums because you capture more texture and detail with those then the digital.

I hope what I'm about to tell you will be helpful since I infrequently give crits.

The one important thing is I like yourself I love to render and I love detail however I find when I am consumed with either or I lose the overall impact and structure of the whole image. It is very crucial that along with drawing from your imagination that you do life studies and draw from refrence as much as possible. It will do 3 things for you

1-It will help you see cast shadows and structure.
2- it help with your human anatomy and creatures.
3-you will be able to simulate real-world lighting from any direction you want.


The goblin you have is beautifully rendered and detailed.great imagination..however if you added some cast shadows to his form and blended some of the areas where his muscles meet it will look even more realistic. Also some texture on his skin some wrinkles and little bumps might really add to him. I know you have been to the workshop so most of what I'm saying you probably heard there.

Digital painting-
I recomend that if your going to do digital paintings..scan one of your colored pencil drawings..create a seperate layer and paint over that but allowing your underdrawing to show through. You will get the nice texture of your drawing and plus the digital paint over, I've used this technique many times.

Thats it for now I wish you could go to Austin so I can explain more. I hope this is helpful to you and others you have alot of potential.

JP

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Thanks a lot for the usefull adivice and believe me, I do tookk to the heart that workshop. Its a pitty 'tho I can't post my latest work yet because all of this are ante-workshop drawings. That workshop really changed my life. After I got home I felt like Brad Pitt (aldo I'm not looking a bit like him :D) when Tom Cruise turned him vampire in "Interview with a Vampire). The world all around me was suddenly full of colors and new shapes. Everything moved!
As for my digital, the girl in the mirror is but my third work. I still have years until I will master the wacom as I should.
Thanks again for you input and be sure I will work on my drawing skills. As long as I live.

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It's been quite a while since I haven't post some of my recent work. It's been partialy because I cannot post if I don't receive permision from the comisioner but I guess you already know that. Here is about an hour worth of work. I hope you will enjoy watching it as I enjoyes drawing it:

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/A-dragon-head.jpg

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And, as I finished one of my long ago, started but forgoten projects, here I go with another dwarf and his little "friends", the gremlins:

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/Dwarf-finished.jpg

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Here is my latest work. "Imp with stolen key"... Dungeon Masters out there, you must figure stolen from where and when. and if you don't then... well, I'll be compeled to tell you:D

http://img52.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/Imp-with-stolen-key.jpg

[Poland]

Avatar,
Your work here really shows good imagination and determination to finish a piece. '

I agree with TARGETE regarding "detail". Something my art school instructors have driven into my skull is this: pick one spot on your drawing you want people to look at. The eyes or the hand or the gun, whatever. Put all of your detail into that spot. Then reduce the detail everywhere else. Make use of silhouette for things going back, like the rear leg or the far hand. Don't feel like you have to put maximum detail into every corner of your piece. It's OK to have 2nd and 3rd reads in your art, but they have to be clearly less important than the first read (focal point).

Best comment I got in a classroom critique: the human eye can only focus on a spot the size of a quarter, make your focal point decision based on that idea.

[DanielandTheLionsPen]

The Gnome is perfect now! That piece is my fav. for sure! You could sell it.... so easily.

But I'm just really appreciative of good gnome-work.

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Poland, thanks for the good advice; I know you are right but is kind of hard for me to adjust at the needs of others just because I have a panoramic view. I still need a focal point but I easyly observe all the things around me. Tha's why the maniacal need for details.
DanielandTheLionsPen, still fan of my dwarfs he?:D

[Dominus]

hehehe, look who`s here! :)
glad to see u on Conceptart.org Avatar, hope u don`t mind that little color I`ve put on your excelent artwork! :bash: http://www.visualart.ro/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=105805

[dARCKLOWN]

some cool stuff there although with your first one, the elven prince he looks like he has opposite feet i.e. he left leg has a right foot and his right leg has a left foot.

[Giottoface]

doh, i almost forgot about this thread. So much more awesome work since i last checked. The drawing of the bionic woman and the mirror is just hot. great great job. i hope you keep posting!

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Ok guys, long time missing. Since my last post a lot changed on CA, including the forum's "skin" :) Anyways, here is some updates for you. Did I post here the final cyborg girl image? If not, just tell me.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/Paduroiu2.jpg

[Dominus]

hope u don`t mind avatar ;) did some color on u`r work

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/Dominuz/imp-with-stolen-key.gif

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Ofcourse I don't mind! And here is some concept art I did for the game "Getica", in work at Digital Sumoneers.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/Dragon2.jpg

[stalsby]

amazing and truly inspirational!

[stalsby]

What kind of pencils do u use graphite/charcoal???

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Just graphit. 0,5 graphite HB tips and a mechanical pencil.

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Here we go again: Money Hag. Don't go to close to treasure fires, you never know what will spring out of the earth >:{

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/Stima-Banilor2.jpg

[defcombeta]

bloody good stuff, the designs are detailed and crisp, the archer is the most balanced, ( they all are) great stuff, :confident

john mac

[Ladyviv]

<3 Amazing work. Thank you for sharing, and keeping the inspiration :)

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I thank you a lot for the kind words. I hope to keep true to your respect and not blamish it ever. Here is my latest. Just a WIP yet but I felt like I'm in dept to you with a fresh work.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/Dragon-color2.jpg

[fusionpit]

When I saw your first picture, I instantly thought of Magic: The Gathering. You should probably contact Wizards of the Coast, that's some great fantasy wtuff you have there.

[Jason Manley]

are you a visitor from another site? I am curious, there are a hundred people viewing this thread right now and if you would be so kind to let us know...how did you hear about the midgard thread and conceptart.org?


sorry for the hijack...am curious. :)

[Sok N. Wett]

Nice work man, I love the pencil rendering, it's so close to some of the type of rendering i'm doing with pencil, it's a real inspiration to see your fantasy take, i'll be waiting here for more updates.

[JeffZNY]

The dragon reminds me of some toys they've got over at mcfarlane toys. Check it out if you haven't already, it looks like an awesome line of toys.
http://www.spawn.com/toys/horror/dragons/eternal/images/dragons_eternal_photo_03_dp.jpg

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fusionpit, I must admit, mythology and later Magic- The Gathering and Ad&D had a great impact in my choose of subject. As you have saw in my thread, fantasy is my preferential subject. And maybe I will contact the Wizard of the Coast, who knows :) Thanks for the support.

Jason, I don't know if you remember me. We meet at your workshop at Ubisoft Romania during yours and Andrew's visit . I was the blond guy in the front row, gazing at your prezentation almost not blinking :) I was a member of ConceptArt long before that workshop. And you can highjack anytime you like, its a pleasure and an honor for me to have you around.

Sok, updates are coming. I'm surely glad I can inspire you. Thanks a lot.

JeffZNY, you are right, the similarities ar odd but I didn't saw this before. I rarely use reference and when I do its mostly human reference. I'm prety good with monsters :D

Here its the Dragon, almost finished. I say almost because I still have some work to do around te rock the dragon its standing on. I'll be waiting for your input, as always.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/Dragon-pride1.jpg

[JeffZNY]

Yeah that's cool, man, I didn't think you'd used the reference, just thought they had some cool dragon stuff over there that's worth checking out. As for the image, I think you've shown us too much of the dragon, resulting in it being kind of busy. Don't be afraid to cast some areas in deep shadow, and render some areas less thoroughly than others in order focus the viewer's eye more. speaking more specifically now, the dragon's wings and limbs just blend in with one another right now and it's really tough to distinguish them from one another. Casting some shadows underneath the wing could help with this. Btw, this color palette is much improved from your first version, very nice.

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My latest. Pencil and just pencil. I kindda missed that :) Hope you'll like it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/Amazon-Resting.jpg

[mentler]

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Thanks mentler, you're two kind. lately I had a lot of work and I'm sorry I can't post any. But I can post something I did for a contest and I hope you'll like it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/12.jpg

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Another:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/Dredd-Knight.jpg

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And for last its how I imagine a cockatrice its looking like:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/Cockatrice.jpg

[rothgar]

Hah the squirrel just helps to sell that pic. Great stuff.

[vigostar]

Hey, that cockatrice looks great.. amazing detail.... You definetly have a nack for these creatures... Keep posted them...

[mentler]

Threw you five bones I think this is pretty strong work ::: my only crit would be that you are working to hard ::: over rendering ::: you need to help the viewer ::: when you throw this much detail at them they don't know where to focus ::: creates an uncomfortable relationship with your audience.

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rothgar, the squirrel was meant as a proportion reference but yes, I guess it adds some coolness to the drawing, isn't it?:)
vigostar, I do have a knack for creatures. I wish I could post more but I'm a freelancer and comissions come first because they are my only source of income. I have an entire univers swirling inside my mind.
mentler, I understand your point and you are not the first to tell me about it. The thing is that I don't want my drawings to get a quick glance, copied into computer and forgot. It hapened to the most beautiful drawings (I have my own folder with drawings gathered around the net). I want my viewers to look twice, trice at my drawing and every time to notice a little detail they didn't saw. Every drawing took me hours, and I cannot bear the thought my work is valued just in a few seconds, then forgot as the head turns towards another thing.

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Long, long time since I've posted here last time. Since then I learned a few things and I do hope this latest drawing to convince you. Crits and observations expected. Thanx in advance.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/Deep-Cave-Dweller.jpg

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Looooooong time since my last post. I hope I can bring a few comment in this thread again:)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/Mist-Dragon.jpg

[dem0n]

Woah.. that Dredd Knight is simply amazing.
If you take a look at the colored gnome pic you can just imagine what this one would look like.. and basicly all your stuff :)
Very inspirational to see you evolve here, keep it up.

[Gameoflines]

Nice work Avatar!
You certainly have a capacity for detail, can't do it myself.
I know what you mean about wanting people to slow down and explore the details.
I've taken in your three years of progress posts in ten minuets.
Not that said details aren't captivating, they are (especially the cockactrice piece).
But i've come to believe that the best we can hope for in this medium, to make it ,i guess, economical, is to create the impression of detail, rather than render it explicity. At least, not all the time.
I think of detail as a sum of a body of work, a vocabulary of visual ideas and the mechanics of relationships between characters.
I think we've gotta accept that other people don't always want to give as much time to our ideas as we give to them ourselves. :I

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dem0n, I'm glad you like them. And indeed, only time prevents me for going nuts and color all my old drawings.:D
Gameoflines, I agree with you. Slowly I come to realize the importance of illussion in a painting and a drawing, yet I'm still inlove with the story every character can tell with its details. All the trinckets,, all the things speak about the personality of the character. And aldo I know people can get dizzy because of the level of detail, its a thing I might abandon in time, but not right now:D

[Zacharias Milarias]

Dude this thread is just insane. Are you a professional, or do you just do this stuff for fun?

I really admire your work. Keep it up.

- Zacharias

[corky13]

Avatar ? Is that really you ? Dang ! How long has it been ? A Year ?!...you should post more often :P ;)

Nice to see that youre trying new things :)

[Gavin Hargest]

I really like the pencil renderings. Nice stuff

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Zacharias, I'm a freelance artist. I do these both for money and for fun:D
corky13, he, he - long time no see indeed. I would have love to post but most of my work I've done in the last year I'm not allow to post... yet (hopefully). And I do try to improve my color work, hope it won't take me long to come out with some nice stuff.
Gavin, I like pencil renderings too. But looks like working only with pencil for as long as I did sucked the color out of me. And I do need some color in my life. (Did I said that outloud?)

[4rt-r41d]

Neat!

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Some thing I've done for a friend of mine. The base sketch was not mine but the artists name is unknown to me unfortunatly. This was based on a D&D character.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v160/Avatarr/Alaina.jpg

[Fl3wk]

Some excellent work, some are a little too 'active' though, too much going on for my eye to settle on some main features.

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Yes, I've been told that before :) I'm tryng to cut out detail and work more on my colors - thats my weakest point right now. Thank you for your observation.