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carlydraws on August 2, 2018 at 6:54 pmHi Dan, I really like the way the figure it rendered here. Some shadows on the grass (especially around the back foot) might help make the figure look part of the environment more, as at the moment it seems to be sort of floating above it.
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DanHowardArt on August 3, 2018 at 7:00 pm
ohhh, good point. I didn’t even notice that. THank you!!
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carlydraws on August 7, 2018 at 7:15 pm
Happy to help!
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dan howard
illustrator, game artist in Los Angeles
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I am quietly frustrated in my style as of late. I feel like something needs to really change to stay focused on my work.
Hi Dan! Lovely work. It is hard to give feedback about alternate directions what you personally aren’t liking about your style without more information. Did you like your art more at an earlier point in your career? Or are there certain masters who’s work has been appealing to you lately?
This is a long, drawn out frustration that i won’t bother you with. In short I feel like the style is a conflict of hyper stylized meets overly rendered “concept” look…and in general (not just this picture) it’s not working out judging by the downturn in work this year and lack of interest, it feels like. I feel like something’s got to change to keep up with current art directions or just, perhaps, something new to keep my interested. I dunno.
Hi Dan! I really enjoy this image, it captures a wonderful style. I don’t have much of a critic for this images, it reads very well. The only technical recommendation that I could see it that the character is a bit disconnected from the ground. Adding a bit more ambient occlusion and shadowing around here feet would fix that in no time.
It’s a bummer that you are having some self-doubt surrounding your personal progress. Maybe its time to dive deep into some master studies are done by an artist working on hyper-realist approaches, or some other style that feels totally disconnected from what you are producing. I always find that doing these types of studies open my mind up to an alternate way of accomplishing a process that I had unknowingly stagnated on. I find that when I’m filled with the most self-doubt, it’s often when I have plateaued in one way or another. Try learning something new, it helps me to keep kicking the can down the road. To me, it feels like you are more than adequate at making a beautiful image. It might be time to ask yourself WHY you’re making beautiful art. The beginning of Richard Schmits book, Alla Prima, he considers the questions of WHY you paint is as important as WHAT you paint.
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar
Hope this helps, keep on keeping on. Your work really is lovely, I hope to be able to produce pieces as well rendered and composed.
Yknow, the bathing quote really hits hard, though. THank you very much for your time!
I have no idea where styles for this kind of digital art are going, so I could be all wet… but I do notice that you handle the background with a bit more of a brushy style, where the marks are apparent. I don’t see this in the figure. Perhaps if you brought a little of that approach to the main figure, it would tie it better to the environment and give you a fresher look?