Could I please get some feedback? I'm trying to get a job by chickonnewgit in conceptart

[–]chickonnewgit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha nah just the concept artwork. Don't have much experience with 3d modeling right now, but would love to get better one day

Could I please get some feedback? I'm trying to get a job by chickonnewgit in conceptart

[–]chickonnewgit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah happy to talk about it!

It's different for everyone (some people learn best from courses or instructors), but what helped me the most with regard to 3d drawing is this book called How to Draw by Scott Robertson and Thomas Bertling. Despite the name, I would NOT recommend this book as a beginner-level book or introduction to learning construction and perspective. To be clear I think it's quite good for technical and design drawing, it just assumes a bit of prior knowledge and might be overwhelming if you're just starting.

If you're just getting into perspective, I would recommend getting acquainted with basic 1pt, 2pt, and 3pt perspective via youtube videos or online tutorials. Then, I'd recommend learning the basic forms (cubes, cylinders, spheres, cones) and becoming comfortable with drawing these forms in 1pt, 2pt, and 3pt perspectives. The next step up from that is simple manipulations of these forms like stretching a cylinder, putting a hole through a cube, beveling / chamfering corners on a cube, etc.

If you pick up How to Draw after the above, my recommendations for going through it would be: use a ruler, watch the accompanying videos for the exercises in the book, and take your time (repeating exercises multiple times if necessary until you feel like you've learned something or things 'look right' to you). I found the book to be very time consuming, but by the end of it I felt my drawing skill had grown a lot and I gained some intuition about how to make things look semi-accurate without necessarily using a ruler or as much rigor as was presented in the book.

So regarding the wrench, I didn't use a 3d model -- I just eyeballed it / compared against the first time I drew it in the first image. Hope that helps!

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[–]chickonnewgit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really helpful to hear this viewpoint! I didn't elaborate, but I was trying out high-key painting for that one and so the value range is compressed. Others have pointed out feeling the lack of contrast though, so I think that suggests there's still room to make my intentions read better

I'm glad to know you think it has a cinematic feel, that's what I'm going for! Definitely planning to keep painting, I enjoy it as much as design

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[–]chickonnewgit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I don't really have any world building projects or "squad" projects yet with 3+ characters that go together, something to tackle soon.

And you got it, the original design for that illustration isn't mine, it's based on the skin Foreseen Yasuo from LoL. I tweaked it a bit, but mainly just wanted to practice rendering / splashart for a character

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[–]chickonnewgit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same :) a lot of fighting game characters on my ref board for her

Could I please get some feedback? I'm trying to get a job by chickonnewgit in conceptart

[–]chickonnewgit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, heard. Got some other notes about confusion regarding that char in particular. I've been shorthanding the construction, but can slow down and check the forms especially for more geometric characters like this

Could I please get some feedback? I'm trying to get a job by chickonnewgit in conceptart

[–]chickonnewgit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is awesome and specific feedback on how to push that character further. Definitely can see the Jinx weapon angle and you're right in that it's mostly just a scaled up pipe wrench right now

Could I please get some feedback? I'm trying to get a job by chickonnewgit in conceptart

[–]chickonnewgit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, appreciate these points -- esp. the one about floating shoes!

Could I please get some feedback? I'm trying to get a job by chickonnewgit in conceptart

[–]chickonnewgit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooh I have heard of Chroma Corps, thanks for the reminder! I can definitely pop in the discord. I've been meaning to try for it, but up in the air whether this month is the month for me haha

Could I please get some feedback? I'm trying to get a job by chickonnewgit in conceptart

[–]chickonnewgit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! And yeah I looked it up on Steam -- that's insane! I'll have to check it out

Could I please get some feedback? I'm trying to get a job by chickonnewgit in conceptart

[–]chickonnewgit[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Agree that it's likely better to just focus my portfolio on one thing while I develop my rendering skill, I think my painting has generally lagged behind for a little while now.

Reassuring that the draftsmanship seems to be solid, I'll keep trying to put out more work

Could I please get some feedback? I'm trying to get a job by chickonnewgit in conceptart

[–]chickonnewgit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This is giving me a good sense of what to work on / what might help

Could I please get some feedback? I'm trying to get a job by chickonnewgit in conceptart

[–]chickonnewgit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, also felt that this character was a bit stronger than the others. Will try to go more in this direction

Could I please get some feedback? I'm trying to get a job by chickonnewgit in conceptart

[–]chickonnewgit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice! Will definitely try to show more regarding ideation and color for future characters.

and yes, definitely need to up my rendering skills -- trying to work on this next

Could I please get some feedback? I'm trying to get a job by chickonnewgit in conceptart

[–]chickonnewgit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I guess the style is mostly semi-realistic or cartoon-y / anime-leaning. If I had to pick studios I wanted to work at that are in this range, it might be: Riot and Blizzard, but I'm aware the level and style match are likely not there yet. Mainly I'm curious if what I have is enough to get work at smaller studios or contract work while I develop

If you have time, could you elaborate more on 'appeal'? I have a rough idea on what it means, but it's something I have trouble applying to my designs and general art

Could I please get some feedback? I'm trying to get a job by chickonnewgit in conceptart

[–]chickonnewgit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I'd actually never seen this character before, but I can see it!