1st Real Post!

[JoshuaTheJames]

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{{Old Work 2003-2004 }}
2005 Currently Working on the WarHammer MMO...


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Posted in 2004
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If I were to keep waiting until everything was just right I would never post anything...so here we are.

I have finally Graduated Art College(CCAD) in May and I have yet to find time to put together my new site. Freelance will eat your soul! heh. In a good way. I know Improvements need to be made here and there, here and there...and they will be as time permits.



C&C are always welcome.

thanks,

-Joshua




http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/S01c314JoshuaTheJames.jpg

http://www.warstcg.com/Images/CardImages/WARS-EN01283.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/JulesLineArt.jpg

The painting isn't really finished...
http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/JulesPaint.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/Con2004-3.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/SWairship.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/Ganon.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/Con2004-13.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/Con2004-14.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/5stomaxs.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/1ship.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/4shipsca.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/3chca.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/arggscifi.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/fchsca.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/fspca.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/8chca.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/Monstersca.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/get-dat.jpg

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/ConBot2004.jpg

[Shadowkiller]

Great stuff I just had a question on the second peice why did u decied to colour the cylinder on the top of the machine white and not the other? Its just intresting that did it that way.

[Bammer]

Wow man. You have fun with that life you earned.

[Kenny_Callicutt]

Wow man. You have fun with that life you earned.
agreed.. :bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow: :bow::bow::bow:

[Blitz]

Great
pop on here to look at art and the first thread I see is this
Now I have to start drawing and not spend my time looking ;)

Absolutly fantastic work
Some of it i feel ive seen before but I could be wrong..post at any other forums?

[foster]

hot chili beans! you are going to go places. just remember to follow your hart so you end up happy where ever you go.

great work!

jon

[sideache]

Looks great Joshua!! You are spending your time wisely. :teeth:

[WillSchnevel]

Hot damn! this stuff is great, I'm glad you stopped waiting! :)

[Lost Dragon]

Wow man. You have fun with that life you earned.

I can't say it any better than that.

Good work. :hatsoff:

[nardfrog]

Congtats man, I must say You've come a LONG way since challenging wes9000 for the very first t dome back in 02. AS soon as I saw your picture on the front page of CA, I thought, hey dope picture by joshua. Your style is just as destinct as a lot of other pros. I didnt even need to see your name on the pic (which it isnt on there..) to tell it was done by you.


Props and goodluck, you have a large ass journey infront of you!!! Keep posting and conributing to this pace.

[Marie]

wow! that gave me goosebumps :cheerleader:

I'm going to take what two people said... Foster said, follow your heart. Don't ever forget that, because as Bammer said: ... you've earned it.

I want to comment on a few pieces in particular but don't have the time now I want to put into it, so I'm going to return to do that.

awesome :)

[Claudia]

Waw !! Awesome !!!

[lowpolymatt]

very nice, like the painterly portrait style of your character work. And the curvy lines in your sketching...yum.

[Lauren Short]

whoa dude...like outta freakin nowhere comes your awesome work!! :P


but seriusly, great work man :teeth:

[maxetormer]

ill just add another OMG!!!!!! to the thread
great clean colors and unique detailed ideas :D

:hatsoff: :hatsoff: :hatsoff:

[nacho]

that's some great stuff, i love these watercolor(?) city einvironments..
one major crit though... most of the time your materials look all the same. in your colored pieces, it looks like everything is made of clay or wax or something, even hair or metal.. that looks really weird. i think your work would benefit from some better defined materials and textures.

still, very good stuff, that last robot is so awesome!
have fun with your career as a kick-ass artist! :rendered:

[Boom]

that is some great stuff! very impressive!! :)

[Schlo-mo]

Holy shit man, this is actually awesome. Its very little that Im blown away these days because Ive been desensitized by alot of awesome art on the forums but this has actually blown me away.

schlo-mo

Ps-Whats the brown stomax picture about?

[Loga4]

Great jop Joshua!

[Chris J. Anderson!]

josh wrote:
If I were to keep waiting until everything was just right I would never post anything...so here we are.
:dur:

It's about time.

[nutterific]

great stuff! I think your monsters are your strongest skill

[demeter_luna]

*gasp* now THATS some serious talent!!!!

[vigostar]

That really is seom amazing work you have there... Your one year younger than me and so far advanced, you make me jealous and wished I would have went to an art college instead of being an artistic slacker. Good luck with your career, even though at this point you wont need much!

[Groover McNab]

Great stuff. I love that machine in the second pic and I'm diggin' the look of those ships.

[MrFrost]

fantastic imagery here Josh, very inspiring. :)

[jetpack42]

great stuff. I love the 8 color snow people pictures, and the pencil pig....thanks for sharing, man.

[artkitty]

Swirly ladies are definitely the best. Try to keep that motion and looseness in your more refined color works.

[JoshuaTheJames]

MIKECORRIERO - Thanks for the Crit! I agree about the ships. I'm actually not too fond of them myself. Also about the Airship I meant it to be a low end ship and I actually thought it may look too rich but, if you think it looks "Generic" that may work out in my favorite. It was designed for a part in one of my stories. Those sketches next to it are just reminders for me. Thanks Again.

Shadowkiller- thanks, I painted it that way because I wanted the Submarine Pod to seem a bit makeshift.

Bammer, KenDeathwalker, Blitz - Thanks A Bunch Guys!

foster- Thanks, That means a lot.

sideache, WillSchnevel, Lost Dragon, - Thanks Guys.

nardfrog- I really appreciate it dude! Heh. I wonder if anyone still has that first T-dome pic. ugg.

Marie, Claudia, lowpolymatt, injection223, maxetormer - thanks everyone...

nacho- I agree! That is something I am adding to my current works. Thanks dude.

Boom, Loga4 - thanks!

Schlo-mo - Thanks. The Brown Stomax were just for fun. There was a thread in the Flight forum for Halloween Cartoons.

Chris J. Anderson! - Heh. Yeah...

nutterific, demeter_luna, vigostar, Groover McNab, MrFrost, jetpack42, artkitty - Thanks Everyone!!



Thanks Again Everyone.

I will be posting some Environments soon. I just have to get them together...
http://www.joshuathejames.com/smilies/shingo.gif

-Joshua James

[davi]

the amount of progress you have made from just the last year is outstanding. You are humbling indeed! keep up the great work jousha!

[steak-tron]

excellent work Joshua,
I wish i had half that much stuff when i graduated...
cheers!:)

[GraphicMaster]

I'm not even worthy to post in this thread! :blahblah: Good God man. I should just quit trying! coughihateyoucough :P

[WildSpruceMoose]

Wow! Awesome, man. These are looking great. The character and personality in your characters is wonderful =) I love the colour choices and rendering. Good to see such fine work!

[RETEP]

theres sooo much variety in your stuff, its crazy. great stuff!!!

[bwkeough]

dood-as I scrolled down, everything got better and better! Keep your engine fueled and don't stop!

[benzo]

hahahaha- fuck yeah. you have been a wise, sneaky fellow; it is about time! Josh dude, your work makes me smile. I like the ships too. you have a good breadth of style and subject. I envy your portfolio now. no crit from me, not here today. just a THANK YOU.

man, when i look at this and think back to when we were interns at lucasarts, back to when you made the first thunderdome, damn..... we sucked then! i never want to show what i did there and i know you probably dont want to look at your rocks from then- hehe- but it was the foundation, the beginning of what you have just awed me with. you waited, you were patient, and you've worked hard and grown. again, this makes me smile. I'm happy for you dude. :teeth: Keep level'n it up!

[Floris Didden]

You are a runaway train of creativity on a colission course with greatness! This post inspired the shit out of me. Wicked, keep it up man.

[dr01d]

Hot tomales eh? Well I really like the lineart in your scientist/machine peice, I think the colouring could use some work (but if you did it manually and not with cg ignore that) Your women are great, I'm taking it that you distort proportion in favour of stylization (it seems you have a prety good knowledge of anatomy in the rest of your work) most people would say the proportion is off, but I think as designs they are flawless.

I think you're stronger at fantasy based concepts as oppesoed to sci-fi. I'd love to see some Majic the gathering styled artwork in your style.

You'll go far for certain!

[Venndetta1]

Amazing, simply amazing.

Good luck man, you'll definitely make it big.

[Joachim]

very very inspiring work joshua. I cannot help it, but for me I get most kicks out of looking at your lineart. Would have loved seeing you paint them like water color or with actual watercolor keeping the linework below. anyway, great stuff !

[Zafio]

Nothing to add really, just :bow: and good luck in your career.

P.S.: Damn!, you are almost as old as me, and you kick my ass some times... :nohope:

[Summer Pudding]

Nice work JTJ. fchsca.jpg has a great Art Nouveau feel to it.

[Manu is malin]

nice work you have there, especially characters ! ships and architecture are a bit weak, but yeah, you surely have the skills needed

[Leopoldo]

Booommmm baby!

Your stuff (and you post 'em of course) is the reason I love ca.org so much.

Great inspiration. Love it! Keep 'em coming man!

Thank you,
Leopoldo

[Helzer]

Man, I don't know where to begin. There's so much I like about every piece. Amazing work! I especially like the last one: the fat little robot.

[Pesmerga]

Is it me or does this guy kick ass!

You rock dude. You're officially my new inspiration :^^:

[JoshuaTheJames]

davi- Thanks a lot dude!

steak-tron, GraphicMaster, WildSpruceMoose, RETEP, bwkeough- Thanks Everyone!

benzo- Hahahha. Thanks man. Yeah drawing Rocks are fun. heh.

Floris Didden, dr01d, Venndetta1, Jull, Summer Pudding, Leopoldo, Helzer, Pesmerga- Thanks so much guys!

Joachim- Hey sup dude. Thanks that means a lot. I've been following You and Michel's work since I first got on the net. heh.

Manu is malin- Thanks dude. Those building were just quick watercolour sketches not really finished pieces. As for the ships I think it is the finish that is the weakest point. They are not as crisp as I would like them to be. I kind of like a few of the designs, not all.


Thanks for all the enthusiasm guys!

http://www.joshuathejames.com/smilies/zpose2.gif
http://www.joshuathejames.com/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif

-Joshua James

[TARGETE]

Congrats Josh on graduating, and my you have a good lil portfolio to boot as well. Dont get cocky man keep at it :) he he, great stuff.

JP

[klid]

great stuff. ya know first day of classes, i'm walking in the Circle Hall or Canzani lookin @ stuff and i see this http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/fspca.jpg and i'm thinking "that kinda looks like some "joshuajames" shit. cool body of work, your stuff stands out on the walls @ school. keep pimpin, and i will be stealing your mojo.

[Lono]

nice work dude!

i dont know if your looking for employment in games or not, but it couldnt hurt to beef up your enviros.. indoor and out. different settings aswell.

good luck with the jobbie search!

-Lono

[ShawnYe]

Your works have been inspiring, awesome especially your characters. Good luck to you!

[Mirre]

You like Ranma½? I'm just wondering because I can find both P-chan and Genma in that heavily detailed samurai/soldier/thing guy. But geez... your detail works knock me to the floor! I love detailed drawings, and I also have a fancy for that flowing-kind-of style you use in most of your drawings, but especially for that one, and the ladies that look like forest spirits, plus the hobbit(?) on the ent squishing a... thing. It is really interesting and fun to look at. I really like the lead-pencil stuff you do. I mean REALLY. <3 I also put your site to my favourites because you really made my day with these. Yumm~

[Pesmerga]

I like Zangief :rendered:

http://www.joshuathejames.com/smilies/zpose2.gif

[sparth]

so many extremely valuable pieces in this bunch

bravo josh!

sparth

[Sedone]

Impressive porftolio, Josh! Your work really sets a mood. I think your pencils really stand out, and with more work the color will match that look even more. Best of luck!

[Ulysses]

I really enjoyed looking through your portfolio...very impressive. The painting of the inventor and his workshop is amazing. 8)

[drawinrulez]

HOT DIGGITY DANG! awesome.. its great to see so many experiments.
You can draw any style~ <3 hehe

The left hand on the last pic is photo-realsitic dude. Keep doing whatever u're doing

[JadeDragon]

Wow.

I'm a big fan of your work over in the Creature thread, so I thought I'd hunt down some of your other postings. So glad I did!

Impressive work, Josh! Really top knotch design skills, impressive range of medium and topics. Your technology creations and character designs are great, but I think it will always be the critters that hold that special place in my heart. Do more!!

Sorry to gush, but your finishing techniques are simply beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration, man.

Yaw Haw!~~~JadeDragon

[cateaic]

Way to go man! Youre portfolio is kickass...this really made my day!

[kookiejar]

hey joshua,

u made my day........ tonite i need to draw some....... very inspired by ur work!!...... i specially liked the very trippy pencil work that u put up......

[JoshuaTheJames]

TARGETE- Heh. Thanks a lot dude. I really appreaciate it. Nice new works from you!!

sparth- Ah the man. Thanks dude!

Sedone- Thee one and only Sedone. Thanks man. I can't wait for your new post!

Ulysses, drawinrulez, cateaic, kookiejar- Thanks so much guys. It means a lot!

JadeDragon- Thanks! Haha. the whole "Yaw Haw" thing was derived from Aku's laugh in Samurai Jack. A friend and I used to joke about it. Heh. I miss that show. Those Cartoon Network Bastards.

-Joshua James

[cuzzo]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[stalsby]

amazing and inspirational

[Rusty]

Id hire ya on the spot with a folio of work like that man,to much....
hope mine gets as awesome as this....
Love your colour Palette and stylizaton of armour/mechanical stuffs..
weak point 4 me is just the faces of some of them,like that dude building that ship(?)just kinda ruins it 4 me..im just a little fussy about nicely drawn faces dude.

rockin man,new fan boy here..

Jace.......

[jdinx]

that was a fun ride all the way down this page. good range of work man.

jD

[Dennal Floss]

Well this is a swift kick in the crapper :upset: .
Saw a few a yer "older" works and quite frankly, I didn't know you were made of this stuff !!! I'm so impressed that I feel guilty not having any crits, work like this deserves more attention !!
Oh well, maybe next time. Great stuffffff!

[insane visions]

very cool

[JoshuaTheJames]

cuzzo, stalsby, jdinx- Thanks a bunch guys!

Rusty- THE MAN! Hey Bro thanks..and I'll make sure to level up those faces ;)

Dennal Floss- Thanks dude! What "older" works did you see?

insane visions- Thanks Bro..love your work!


-Joshua James

[Chermilla]

Wow!! Josh, never even had a clue you could draw like that! I've always seen you giving critic and stuff on these forums but havn't really seen any of your artwork-It's amazing! You put a huge smile on my face, thankyou for sharing your work-it's really fucking great!!! :bashful: :confident

[Pavel Sokov]

evry single thread i click in this forum makes me feel bad about my art lol :\

[Dennal Floss]

Just to be thorough, I doubled checked to see what "older" works I was talking about. So I stalked some of your previous posts ( and stumbled upon some pretty cool threads lemme tellya ) and I'm really sorry but I gotcha mixed up with another artist.......I guess this is what happens when I "sponge-in" too much new stuff :\ .
So to be clear on the subject : your shit is crap kicking quality and I'm gona pay attention to this thread 'cuz I have so much to learn and this is a really great thread to get juiced up and running. I'm paying close attention to this thread.

[theincredibleandy]

You know you got nice stuff, bro. You still gotta make that site, though. (I got no room to talk. No update in 7 months)

Are we gonna get to see the new stuff you're doing for Decipher, or is it a secret?

Don't forget us little people!

[Scott W]

really nice work. I love the colors on the 2004 pics. beautiful.

[alex_86]

FAK dude what a shit load of stuff!

I LOVE IT SO MUCH, I'M CRAPPING MY PANTS RIGHT NOW!

:drool: :drool: :drool:

[morgandesigns]

Un....Believable Dude....
Phenominal work, The thing I like is that you have a wide range of subject, and style. Mechanical vs Organic - Beutiful vs ugly - Loose vs tight.You should be proud of your work, and show us your stuff as much as possible, it is Tasty. And congrats on your first Concept art Job. The result has turned out truly professional...Ok I'm done kissing your ass, now get the hell out of here and go draw some more stunning pieces for us.

[savii]

Oh man, now this was a treat. The first thing that struck me was how varied your art is. It's good to see such a fresh imagination and the skills to present it in such an amazing way. Truely awesome and inspiring.

Thanks man, you made my day!

[brkofdon]

your designs are all very rich/organic/ and imaginative! the Stomax are my favorite, the environment you drew em in is so creative and full of life. great color usage, and everything else is very nice as usual, it sure did take a long time for you to pop up again. keep wowin us. :tihi:

[zionk]

wow.wow.wow.
I like you are image.
gooood~ best of best <3

[Art_Addict]

Wow!! Great work man! Your work shows a lot of creativity and variety in design as wel as technique. Truly inspiring! Thanks a lot for sharing :)

[Pavel Sokov]

yo y did u take of the glasses on the mechanical builder guy?? they were good, he looked more kind in them

[Chris J. Anderson!]

bump.....




Lets see some more.

[Raptor]

Wow, very nicely done. If had one criteque is thet when you painted the mechanic/invernter working on that robot you lost something, he looks verymuch unfinished, i think spending a some more time on his flesh makeing it look more believable it will greatly strengthan the rest of the piece. very good work thoguh, and i really like your maverick robot.

[character]

wow, great stuff. can't really say anything else at the moment, heh. stuffs great

[talmir]

god dang, boyah!

Really amazing art here. You are worthy...

Maybe we could bother you for some step by step scans of one of your pictures?

damn nice man.... Really.. I'm at loss for words.

[acid]

you know you have like 5 pieces in the CCAD 2005 catalog...
also, when CCAD visited my school, they showed some of your stuff too

[klinesmoker]

You are just insane, and definitely an "inspiration" to me and my work. Would love to get some crits from you!

[JeroArt]

i realy like this kinda style! so dope! :}
you have DA skills! hehe
You realy motivate me 2 draw more.
Couse damn i have 2 :S when i see thiz...
I feel like nothing ;)

Keep it up!

[dt.]

your work is amazing! wish i had a little slice of your skills... :donk:

[Beelow]

I love your concepts indeed. I need to get to work and get some stuff done and show my stuff. I am also a student at the Art Institute of Las Vegas. Hope to meet up one day and just share sketchbooks and stuff like that. Right now, I have some drawings and digital paintings to do and a demo reel to do.

[3bleadpencil]

...been watching since your early days here I believe....such growth in your work...and very happy for you.

Cheers
3B

[Forge]

please call him "mister" now... amazing progression, formidable skills now...

great work joshua !

[Jaymz]

Sup Josh,

You've come a long way since being the 'Rocklord' at LEC. hahaha. Keep up the good work.

-JZ

[Sanby]

Man, this stuf rocks. I am so glad you posted, it truly is motivational and inspirational.

Sanby

[MarkTeare]

I love that monkeyman with the long neck looking up. Greatpainting on you pieces. And you live in VA sweet, ma roo. Richmond but I grew up near Fairfax. Illkeep my eye out for more work.

[Darkchalupa]

DAmn! Good design! Im a big fan of your mechanical stuff, detailed and such.

[willpaxton]

Wow your inkings are craaazy please tell me who you do that!

[CaptainInsano]

:bounce: :bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::b ounce:

[Meren]

Great work! You're designing realy original characters and clothes for them. I love to see you do more of those complete paintings like the first one with everything on it. Keep designing the stuff You like, you've got great ideas!

[BLADES]

Just wanted to say 'Inspired'!

I love your work Josh, and I look forward to more of your work in the coming days.

[DernierCri]

first I would like to apologize for my untrained eye... I c&c as I see things.
great stuff.. ok i'll try to be more specific. altough you probably don't care... here we go:

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/S01c314JoshuaTheJames.jpg
a robot in a bar.. the atmosphere screams "intergalaxy bar for head hunters."
crit: table suface under the left arm can be darker; the glass feels just tiny bit too much outlined; if we see detail on the left leg, shouldn't we see some on the right?

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/JulesLineArt.jpg
http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/JulesPaint.jpg
this is the piece I absolutely adore... a workshop for your broken time travel machine. open even on Saturdays /general time line/. oh I see the book now.. nevermind it's underwater sphere.
crit: right foot... since I am a dancer I would have to say this must be uncomfortable. maybe have the ball of the foot on the floor suface instead of the top of the toes. probably at this point he feels like someone is pulling his right knee down towards the floor. a concept question would be what is he looking at, especialy if he is trying to fix something with his hands. oh and just for fun: who cooked the meal for him? it's still hot, so it's probably not him.

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/Con2004-3.jpg
I can really respond only to the middle one. Feels like a counselor/diplomat from star wars. or royal blood creature.
crit: i don't know if the thing between his eyes is flesh or armor. but if it's armor, maybe it should be narrower. as it is it probably cuts his angle of vision quite a lot. put your hand over your nose and you'll know what I mean.
the one on the right is definetely out of this world. the face is bit monkey-like. i love it.

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/SWairship.jpg
reminds me of a kid's book I read once.. in which a bunch of creatures go thru some adventures trying to find the fountain of happiness or something. They travelled in something like that. question: the rod underneath. you showed it pulls back. does this tilt the main one on top forward, helping the ship to go down?
crit: well it is not really critique. the thing on the very top that is used for observing /I dunno the word in English?/ looks too big or out of proportion. maybe show us how big is a crew member, so we have a point of reference. Would really like to see a sliced version, in which you can see the diff. compartments inside the ship.

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/Ganon.jpg
wow. this is major. i can always imagine the world with fighting races when I look at it. I really dig the detail with his ear fliped over his head. that puts him not only into environment but in a climate as well. great.
crit: the eyes make him a bit hollow. try them black. his belt-thing looks too much turned towards the viwer - his shoulders look on 3/4, when his belt shows his hips almost facing us. does this make sense? At the end I have to say I haven't seen that proud pig in my life.. lol it's awesome.

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/Con2004-13.jpg
I guess this is watercolor. looks like a project of a city.
I have to see it as one piece to come up with something worthy. Bottom one feels more complete, because of the distant buildings. gives it depth.

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/Con2004-14.jpg
great details on this one. he travels thru the land, exploring the world, all alone, discovering species and cultures. and you can see that on his armor plates and in the book in his back pack. very detailed. conceptually /is this a word?/ that is great, so the only thing I am missing is the boots/shoes. very important if you going to walk around for years... lol just a suggestion.
crit: the dancer in me is screaming again. i don't think someone can walk/take step with both his feet pointing the same direction. unless the one makes himself do it. right foot toes turned out will feel more natural. the image on the plate on his abs would make more sense if it's some kind of coat of arms. showing where he comes from/ that he remebers his roots.

on the side note... jeez this is getting longer... sorry.

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/5stomaxs.jpg
this totaly kicks ass. I love the brown stomax!
crit: would like to see the stomachs a bit shinier /more shiny/. that will pull the out as main characteristic. Maybe give them names to highlight a specific feature for everyone. put the pumpkin basket further away on the hill. kinda distracts right next to his foot.

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/1ship.jpg
i am not very fond of vehicle design anyway... it's not really something we haven't seen.
crit: the colored one looks somewhat weight unbalanced with the huge cannon just on one side.. i dunno.

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/4shipsca.jpg
just a question here: are these hover over the ground kinda ships or space ones?

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/3chca.jpg
it's getting better and better. the one on the right is perfect I think. everything makes sense and it is well delivered. looks like he's from the planet E.T. comes from. sorry I always compare things. The white haired prince: crit: if we can't see the left eye, maybe that area should be darker. The warrior: man that puts me on the battle field right away. crit: I am not really sure how's he ging to turned his head with his beard stuck in his armor.. ouch
that hurts. but anyway great feel of movement on that one.

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/arggscifi.jpg
obviously it's not finished, but the only thing that pops out is some movement restrictions, due to the costume. oh and the way the visor on his helmet is mounted I doubt it if it will ever come down. sorry I see it's not really completed.

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/fchsca.jpg
lol.. I love how you wrote "cliche" on that top middle one. it cracks me up. The bottom right one is your hit here. I dig how she is bit bow-legged, makes her more real. Great look for a dumb-supporting-role-princess-sister or something like that. would love to see her in color.

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/fspca.jpg
this is superb. crit: I would think he'll interact with the creature while it's on its leg, but that's me. .. man you don't like shoes do you? lol. I guess I am getting on your nerves by now.
anyway the only other thing is the plain blue spot behind his head. looks like it needs something to be finished. clouds maybe. just a hint of them.

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/8chca.jpg
they all have Scandinavian, ice age, Warcraft II look. I love them. and I can see which one is your favorite. *points at avatar* What were they designed for?

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/Monstersca.jpg
look at the belly! top right is the winner here. the composition of the legs, and the fact it's balanced the way it stands, shows a completely diff. way of walking/hoping, which brings originlity to the character. awesome.. and then: Look at the belly! I am really getting silly now... crit: the bottom ones look too much like koalas, not quite interesting.

two more to go!

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/get-dat.jpg
This has to be my second favorite one. Reminds me of the same world like the bow-legged princess I was talking about earlier. crit: the only thing that pulls me back from the whole atmosphere is the smily face on his hat. I guess it's joke, but it kinda takes away from the first impression.

yay! last one...

http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/ConBot2004.jpg
It's R2-D2 advanced brother! awesome old white painted metal look. crit: left shoulder /if there is one..lol/ maybe should be higher; left foot turned out a bit more; would like to see more details on the front of the thing that sticks out of his back pack; eyes being plain white make it a bit hollow.

Final notes: I am sorry for my English, sometimes it is quite explanatory, when I don't know the exact word I am looking for. I apologize again for my rookie comments and crits. I only hope they trigger something...

well that's it for now. I am off to your website... :)

EDIT: LOL and that's my first real post as well.. funny...

[TheGhostOfGilgamesh]

I've seen your stuff all over the walls here at CCAD (i'm a freshman this year), and I must say...Awesome!!!!! You make the rest of us look bad man (and that's not very hard to do). Keep it up, definitely!!!!

[BOON]

woohoo... found u! damn dude your so amazin like always.

[Fuish]

Wow, I met you once while you were still at CCAD when that artist, I think he was Thai, came to our school. I can't seem to remember what you look like, but I remember your art. And it's still amazing, I'm so jealous! lol ;) Great stuff here, I got to get practicing so I can be good like you one day.

[killing.people]

love your work.

[Fl3wk]

This (http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/3chca.jpg) and this (http://www.joshuathejames.com/Posting/Ganon.jpg) I have seen before.... I just cannot remember where. Plus your name rings a bell.... maybe I went to your website once. Anyway, fantastic work.

[MandyCS3]

Awesome work, I love the hardlines! :D

[Cique]

OMG, all amazing.....
why don't I just shoot myself now :P

[fooxoo]

Really great stuff!!! Really gorgeous! Thumbs up!!