Vehicule wannabe

[Mamoth]

Well, that's it, my first post. I firstly want to say thank you to anybody viewing this post. I'm a 15 years old guy still going in highschool that is willing to become a concept artist... the question is am I good anoff to become one. So here is my first submission. I would love to receive any critique and to know if wheter I am or not talented anoff to turn profesional one day.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b362/Grotho/ClearSky0001.jpg

Anxiously Mamoth...

[veedubb]

pretty cool although i'm not sure how practical the design is. a little to bubbly.

[Mike Frank]

Hey man this is pretty solid perspective-wise. The rendering I think could use some work, not sure if the surface is supposed to be matte or reflective. Overall, I think the design needs a little more contrast. This is really good though for your age, but I think the answer to your question is to keep working and improving. You got a few more years of high school left, if you use all your free time to learn and study art, you'd probably be getting somewhere awesome by the time you're out of there.

[RocknOats]

Good work! Yeah, in your position you have tons of time and room to improve by the time you're ready to hit the market. Man, you still have college too! The future is bright if this is what you're doing at 15.

[Mamoth]

Wow thank for the crit.:teeth: I see what you mean... it wouldn't fly in normal atmosphere... for what is of the light, contrast and reflexions, thank a lot, i justed dropped at an artstore and buy some books on lights an shades hope it is going to give results. well thanks for all the encouragments and critiques.:teeth:

[look]

There are a few perspective errors. I drew a few red line across the tip of the wing to show it. Unless the vehicle is designed to turn and twist, I think the red lines should be parrallel to each other. I also drew a red line to approximate the center, and it seems some of the wings on left side is too short.
http://lookie.org/misc/mamoth.jpg

As for shading it, it seems you are using markers. It might be easier to cel-shading instead of blend the color smoothly with marker.

Is there any drafting class offered in your high school? Those classes will help you in the long run if you want to become a concept artist. (especially with environmental and mechanical designs)

[nakirush]

Pretty cool. :) Something that hasn't been mentioned yet is line width. I would highly recommend varying the width of your lines to give it a little more "pop." This is something you'll here alot through the Feng Zhu DVD's. Have you ever watched those? If not, you may want to pick them up.

[Mamoth]

well that make things evident, i have to work on perspective... an for the zhu feng dvds i did whatch the free sample but im kida money short... higschool founding. For what is of the line width variation it seem your right, I forgot to work whit lower size pen on this one... thank you for mentioning it.

[Bai Fan]

Talk to your school library about ordering the dvds. I did and my school bought the whole analog bundle. Sometimes they are good like that. What I would NOT recommend is watching the dvds and copying that style. It is great to see how an artist does something, but it is awful to see all of the imitators attempting to copy that style directly. Learn how to do it, THEN DON'T.

Maybe that doesn't make sence to anyone else, but it does to me.
NOw about your picture.

Decide on your light source(s)
Add core shadows to make it feel more believable.
Varry your line width.
Draw more.

Have fun :)