Some recent illustrations/concept art

[Deks]

Hi, been a while since I posted anything here :) been slaving in front of the PC for a few months now in order to bring up the quality of my work, in preparation for if I get into college the coming fall. While I have been mostly sketching and studying anatomy, I do have a few complete drawings I'd like to show, and see if what you guys have to say about 'em.

While I highly appreciate feedback and critiques, I'm afraid I won't be going back to fixing things on these, most of them have had their layers baked and undergone post-adjustments fixed in Photoshop and what-not, but I do want to hear your thoughts regardless. :) I'll start posting some WIPs in the critique forum more often, so I can easier catch all the stupid misstakes I come up with. =P

I would especially like your thoughts regarding the girl and her nose. I had actually finished it completely, baked layers and all that, before I noticed how HORRIBLE her nose was, in fact it was so bad I just had to fix it, even if it now was nothing more than 1 layer with all textures and crap in it... I think it looks kinda ok now, but I'd like to hear your opinions.

[Evil_Clown]

Nice unique style, the last one i like a lot.

Not sure about the second image.

well done

[Deks]

Nice unique style, the last one i like a lot.

Not sure about the second image.

well done

What is it about the second one you don't like? :)

[Evil_Clown]

The chest doesnt look real. And overall it is just not to my tastes. That's all.

No major issues.

[Dahami]

Top two are good. Third one would be good if that kind of extreme exaggeration was a good thing, but in my view it's more of a training exercise. Fourth one is incomprehensible, as well as exaggerated/stylized, and creepy. Obviously exaggeration is your thing. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, because it can be overdone. But those are just my opinions. You do a great rendering job (lighting, color and detail) with all of them.

[Deks]

Evil Clown,
Alright :)

Dahami,
I see, well, you're correct, since the initial sketch was in fact a doodle among a few caricatures that I did for fun, I just happened to work on it too much =P it's one of my banes when it comes to coloring, I don't know when to stop...

Yes, I'm aware my Zombie Pikachu is a weird one, he was created back in 06', when I entered a contest where we were supposed to zombify any known video/console game character. It was mostly done see how far I've come these past 3 years. :) And while I do like drawing exaggerated things, the Macabre and horrifying isn't always the theme I go by, even though I happened to post the ones that is. =P

Thanks for your feedback folks, appreciated!