six recent digital pieces + 2 5/7 +1 5/8/04 (8)

[bwkeough]

A few recent things, please crit and give suggestions!!

two soldier unit concepts; late medieval/pre-industrial european

http://nand.net/~keough/musketeer.jpg

http://nand.net/~keough/pike-salute.jpg

these next ones are rough illustrations that will be developed for posters for the New Zenith Childrens' Theatre for next season

korczak
http://nand.net/~keough/korczak-take-3.jpg

cinderella
http://nand.net/~keough/cinderella.jpg

the little red riding hood show
http://nand.net/~keough/wolf-in-bed-color.jpg


This one is the only image that was done directly from photo ref, the others were memory/imagination

portrait of my cat (also used in my avatar)
http://nand.net/~keough/redpeppercat-fin.jpg

[Hazart]

I like that cat. MEOW!

[young paddy1]

if these are a progression you're definately getting better, if not sorry, one thing about accuracy the guy at the top would have used a plug bayonet fitted into the end of the barrel.

b-bye meow y'hear

[tegehel]

You use that cat for your avatar. I thought at first it was a photo. Now I know it's a painting. Good job!

Well, there's a lesson to be learned here: references are useful.

I like the wolf too - have you tried to add some spectacles ? heheh

C.

[brkofdon]

interesting, this is just personal pref but i dont really dig the style. it fits the europeon style tho!! thats for sure. you used photoshop? o and your cats pupils are different?

[Bradart]

i like your lines, but sometimes i get lost in them. just keep that in mind.

[bwkeough]

sorry it took awhile to get back to you, been busy and the web server was down for a bit.

I did one more image in the meantime and I've realized that it typifies all of your crits. I'm going to start taking more photos to work from and pull together more reference material before my next character concepts. I'm also going to do my drawings with real pencils and paper. My digital drawings typically start very scribbly and are erased down to the forms and lines I want. Going back to graphite and paper should give me better lines and cleaner shapes.

Thanks for looking and pushing me forward!

[bwkeough]

ok, so I haven't yet taken my own advice. shoot me. I'll be take some ref pics tonight.

here's two more images, 2 hours or so each.

http://nand.net/~keough/half-changed.gif

http://nand.net/~keough/guardian.gif

[Mkross]

Granny wolf is great, so is the half goat barbarian guy with the axe. The three fisrt pictures have nice shapes, but colors do not seem very appealing to me- I think it maight be bcause of Bground, still, they pass very well without changes.
I thought the black cat was from E.A.Poe´s story. Y´know, the one stuck on the wall..

[bwkeough]

wow, ok, my cat was a little pissed that I was shining a light on her and shoving a camera in her face while she was trying to sleep, but she wasn't upset like she'd be if I had bricked her up inside a wall with someone I had murdered! (I think that's how the Poe story goes, I haven't thought about that one in years)

thanks for commenting. I'm working hard on my color schemes and rendering, trying to find ways of using opaque color that enhances the shapes I draw.

[bwkeough]

this one has reference, but now I'm at a point where I'm saying, "ok, now what?" consider this one an anatomy study, I guess. If you have a sugggestion for a fix or a story or a character here, I'm all ears.

The next image I work will have to start with a concept. :)

http://www.nand.net/~keough/reaching.gif

[Brutillus]

I really like the first two pics of renaissance-ish soldiers, that time period, as well as the middle ages, really interests me. they might have looked even cooler if you had paid more attention in costume and equipment design to actual renaissance-era stuff, but perhaps you weren't going for exact historical accuracy, just a basic feeling for that time period.
It always strikes me how a lot of made-up or semi made-up arms, armor and equipment seen in movies and games these days is actually less appealing, sometimes very much so, than the awesome stuff that was actually used back in the day, and which can be seen simply by picking up a book or going to a museum.
I know other people have said this, but I love your portrait of your cat, it just looks so photorealistic!:)

That most recent pic looks like you could turn it into a great zombie...and I don't know why but I just got the impression that he's backstage in a theater or something, maybe it's that curtain like red cloth. zombie at the theater? zombie actor? actor who thinks he's a zombie? (that's actually what it looks the most like)