New Characterdesigns.com Artwork! (Large Load)

[Creativefx]

Hi Everyone,

It has been a while since I posted here. The Artwork around here is amazing. With my recent job layoff I am now doing some shameless self promotion. I finally got some new artwork on my website. I know it has been a while. My website is still “work in progress”. All comments and suggestions are welcome.
http://www.characterdesigns.com/images/Efreet.jpg http://www.characterdesigns.com/images/Cyclops.jpg http://www.characterdesigns.com/images/02.jpg http://www.characterdesigns.com/images/Sketch_Demons.jpg http://www.characterdesigns.com/images/A_Texture_Skins.jpg http://www.characterdesigns.com/images/A_Medusa.jpg

[Redmond]

Sweet stuff! Love the colors. Recent layoff? Where's the fairness in this world?

[stalecracker]

BEAUTIFUL work, my friend. Good luck job hunting!

[AmadorL]

Hong Ly! The same Hong Ly that i going to take at Gnomon next quarter? Wow can't wait. Great work and good luck.,

Amador

[Muttonhead]

spike-a-riffic! I especially like the cyclops.

-Muttonhead

[gasmask]

God you are talented, how could you possibly get laid off?

[Creativefx]

Hey Amador
I’m the same Hong Ly teaching at Gnomon. Feng Zhu and I are teaching the Saturday production design 1 class. We’re having a fun quarter. I’m covering Character Designs while Feng will be covering Industrial Designs portion of the class. Both of us will be covering many aspects of digital media such as Photoshop, Painter and 3d programs use in production design. It gonna a lot of fun.

See yeah soon
-Hong

[Creativefx]

Hey “Gasmask”
This is the nature of the video game industry. We worked 6-7 days a week with lots of over time. Without a sudden notice out project could get cancel. I still love the video game industry and don’t mind the long hours. I just wish it was a little bit more stable.

[gasmask]

Yeah i figured as much, ever thought about doing movies? and as for your class, after i graduate from school here in seattle i was planning on going to CA to take it, i would love to work with you guys, and i figured alos, gaming idustry is a good place to start.....do you guys plan to keep doing that class for a while? it wouldnt be for at least a year until i would be able to go down there but im for sure interested!!

[zeroe]

woah, i just love everything ;D
hope your real website goes up soon ^^

[Nucleardan]

i dig the medusa the most. Nice colors and good work making those snakes from scratch. Keep it up, sorry to hear about your recent canning. :eat:

[BluePencilArtist]

Nice artworks and I like it female characters....
Keep it up good work and never stop thinking....
:chug:

[anoon]

Wow! Great work. Inspiring!

I've seen this character in a screen shot for some game that was in production a while ago.
Centaur (http://www.characterdesigns.com/pages/Texture_Wrath_Centaur.htm)

What game was it for? Is it still coming out? I was really impressed by it when I first saw the image. I never heard anymore about it. If I recall, it may have been an Xbox game.

[hed|lamb]

Great work.

[chukw]

That's some mighty swank work, fx!

[AmadorL]

Yeah Hong I tried getting into that class but they told me that the class got full the first day I think it was and when I called a week later their were 11 people on the waiting list. So I am taking the Vis Comm class right now, I figure it would set me up for the Production design1 class.

Is their anything I should be catching up on before I take your class? Material I should read or study?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Amador

[Creativefx]

Amador: Just bring a pad of white paper, gray markers, pens and pencils. I like to have my students draw with a dark marker. This way they get uses to working faster. If you have a portfolio, bring that to class. I like to see where my students are standing and their interest.

Anoon: The Centaur is used in a game developed for Lucas Arts and for the X-Box system named “Wrath Unleashed”. We posted early screen shots of this project to get some hype. The game is looking good and should be release before Christmas of this year.

http://www.lucasarts.com/products/wrath/

[thomasaurus]

Amazing, my favorite is that medusa concept!

[Loga4]

Nice concepts,my fav.is Medusa,she is
excellent,but everything else is cool,too.

[jmascho]

Your character work is great, and I really like the vibrant colors over top of the sketch. Strong stuff, and thanks for posting the In Progress shots of the third piece from the top.

[nova]

that's incredible. haven't seen something like this in a long time.

[Blackwell]

WOW - that Medusa head is freakin' UNBELIEVABLE -- this is great stuff!

[behemot5]

great work..... a lot of idea...

[GhostofMacbeth]

Really nice work

[Fisa]

dang it Hong! I hope you find something soon. you've added ALOT of great new work to your site. :)

[liquidwerx]

Nicely done. :)


~M~

[Feng]

nice work! Great new updates on your website as well.

With this impressive portfolio, i'm sure you won't run into any problems.

-feng

[Glenn K]

VERY IMPRESSIVE!

[DEVARSHY]

wHOA! I love the speed and the sheer mastery on line , form and his thought process in 3d!

[KodiaK]

just some comments..

on the top right pic, the woman's right leg seems a bit too large...although it could be perspective, i dont know.

the third block down, the monster looks somewhat 2D. The uncolored version has the 3D effect but it is lost in the coloring somehow. im not a professional artist, so i wouldnt know what to change, but i can see it..

anyways, great artwork, i could never do artwork this well to save my life :).

[Hardcore]

Doesnt seem like there is much work out there unless your a senior level maya modeler ..or an animator or an enviro artist ... :( You have a lot of skills im sure you will find somehting soon !! Great stuff

Here are some links with places were you can find game jobs !

www.gamasutra.com
www.cgtalk.com
www.gamejobs.com
www.highend3d.com

[Creativefx]

Hi Guys/Gals
This was posted weeks ago. Since that time I had couple job offers and I finally took one. Knowing 3D is very important for today’s job market. I spend more time at work texturing and modeling than concepts designs. The reality of the video game industry. Luckily am I now working concept artist once again…. Yeah! This site is a tremendous resource and I’m glad to be part of it! Thanks.

[Oblio]

uh.. welcome back to the field :D
just don't forget to post something from your game as soon as it gets off the NDA.
Your Fan,

Oblio :chug: