Concept: Skateboarder

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Work in progress

Oh well Sumea results are in and I'm feeling pretty sh*t about that

Anyways life goes on, here is Something I just finished off. Probably do a few more bit of detail... but you get the idea..

Only really starting to get more into concepting so any of you L337 concept artists out there give me some comments/crits on what I should be doing better..

Submitted by arcane on Sat, 25/11/06 - 5:46 AMPermalink

Looks fairly good to me - proportions look quite good, although the female torso might be a little undersized.

Off-topic: A long shot, but you don't know Shannon from BTE (and possibly work there yourself) by any chance?

Submitted by Johnn on Sat, 25/11/06 - 7:39 AMPermalink

At least you completed the competition task, and it was quite a demanding task at that. I think that is something to be proud of in its self. I also recommend that you don't just dismiss the project as a failure and move on. Review all the comments that the judges made (for all entries) and try to make sense of them. These people may well be part of the team that chooses who does/does not get hired in their companies, so understanding their point of view would obviously be very advantageous.

onto this piece - concept looks good in general.

The girl's pose is a little awkward, would be good to see them both 'striking a pose' with a little more attitude in general(they look a bit like they are posing for a photo that their mum is taking!).

Technically the line work could be working harder. Try using two distinct line weights, thicker for general shapes and thinner for describing details. I find photoshop and painter not so great for very clean, bold linework and have had very pleasing results using the brush tool in illustrator, might be worth your while doing some experimenting with a vector program for linework too.

Subtle psychological detail - if they were looking at us they would be more engaging.

hope that helps.

Submitted by UniqueSnowFlake on Sat, 25/11/06 - 4:56 PMPermalink

Thanks for the feed back

John I found it amusing with this comment:

"they look a bit like they are posing for a photo that their mum is taking!)"

because when I was doing it I was thinking about them being at a photoshoot.

But all your comments were very helpful thanks. I'll have to see about getting illustrator. All I've played around with is Photoshop.

arcane: Yes, how did you put that together you clever person you :)

Submitted by Johnn on Sun, 26/11/06 - 7:34 AMPermalink

no sweat.

If you have access to some other vector program (freehand or flash or something)they probably also have features that will be good for creating strong, clean linework too.

Forum
Work in progress

Oh well Sumea results are in and I'm feeling pretty sh*t about that

Anyways life goes on, here is Something I just finished off. Probably do a few more bit of detail... but you get the idea..

Only really starting to get more into concepting so any of you L337 concept artists out there give me some comments/crits on what I should be doing better..

Submitted by arcane on Sat, 25/11/06 - 5:46 AMPermalink

Looks fairly good to me - proportions look quite good, although the female torso might be a little undersized.

Off-topic: A long shot, but you don't know Shannon from BTE (and possibly work there yourself) by any chance?

Submitted by Johnn on Sat, 25/11/06 - 7:39 AMPermalink

At least you completed the competition task, and it was quite a demanding task at that. I think that is something to be proud of in its self. I also recommend that you don't just dismiss the project as a failure and move on. Review all the comments that the judges made (for all entries) and try to make sense of them. These people may well be part of the team that chooses who does/does not get hired in their companies, so understanding their point of view would obviously be very advantageous.

onto this piece - concept looks good in general.

The girl's pose is a little awkward, would be good to see them both 'striking a pose' with a little more attitude in general(they look a bit like they are posing for a photo that their mum is taking!).

Technically the line work could be working harder. Try using two distinct line weights, thicker for general shapes and thinner for describing details. I find photoshop and painter not so great for very clean, bold linework and have had very pleasing results using the brush tool in illustrator, might be worth your while doing some experimenting with a vector program for linework too.

Subtle psychological detail - if they were looking at us they would be more engaging.

hope that helps.

Submitted by UniqueSnowFlake on Sat, 25/11/06 - 4:56 PMPermalink

Thanks for the feed back

John I found it amusing with this comment:

"they look a bit like they are posing for a photo that their mum is taking!)"

because when I was doing it I was thinking about them being at a photoshoot.

But all your comments were very helpful thanks. I'll have to see about getting illustrator. All I've played around with is Photoshop.

arcane: Yes, how did you put that together you clever person you :)

Submitted by Johnn on Sun, 26/11/06 - 7:34 AMPermalink

no sweat.

If you have access to some other vector program (freehand or flash or something)they probably also have features that will be good for creating strong, clean linework too.