[NDHill]

Hi everyone

My name is Noel. I'm a freelance illustrator and concept artist currently based out of Portland, Maine.

This is my work. Critique and feedback is welcome and very much appreciated.
Enjoy

I'll start by posting some choice pieces from my portfolio. Updating as I go.

My latest.


Some designs for a Graphic Novel I've been working on. Tentatively titled 'Verge.'





Cthulhu interpretation.



A couple of older pieces inspired by Beowulf.





BFA show piece



Book Cover for 'After Twilight' published by Permuted Press



Conceptart.org LMS piece.

[kovah]

nice images here I think you have what you are trying to portray down pretty well but alot of the pieces could do with some more contrast.

For example, i did a quick paintover of the zombies its literally just an overlay/soft light layer with some darker and lighter colours on it to really bring out the awesome detail you put into some of the characters. That said less is sometimes more and its alot more scary when you cant quite see everything - like just pairs of eyes in the background hinting at unknown numbers I think is scarier than seeing every zombie.

Almost all the images suffer a little from too much ambient lighting, there is no contrast in them and when you are trying to create tension knowing where and how to use light can really help. Roughly the lightest part of your picture should be the focal point and create a starting point for your eye to then travel around the image and end up back at the focal point.

[NDHill]

New stuff.



A couple of concept pieces for an unnamed personal world-building project.





A couple of quick self portraits.

[NDHill]

kovah: Sorry I missed your comment. I totally undestand what you mean about contrast. That's been a lot of the feedback I've been getting. I think it really all comes down to planning and considering value and saturation just as much as content in regards to composition. Definitely something for me to work on.

Here's some graphite work. Newer work appears at the bottom.

A study of Jusepe Ribera's St Onuphrius hanging at the MFA in Boston.


Some sketches.

[NDHill]

This digital study was done from a photo that can be found at posespace.com. Posespace is a great resource if you decide you'd like to drop 15 bucks to get a variety of hi-res pictures of models in various poses. What makes it unique is that you often get shots from a full orbit around the model to get a better sense of volume and three demonsionality. I still prefer a live model but I feel like this turned out to be a decent exercise during a light work day.

[NDHill]

This is a master study painted from a John Singer Sargent self sortrait. I've never really done a master study before and I admit I got a little frustrated with this one and felt that it had plateaued a bit after having reached the point where it is now. I thought I'd throw it up here for some crits. One thing I've already noticed is that the face is tilted down a bit more in mine. My drawing is off.


The original.