[goog]

heyyyy, my name is Michael Curtiss. I am a freshman at Ringling College of art and design.

here be sketches.

[goog]

alllright, some sketches, both digital and traditional....
aaaand I forgot to bring my tablet software home from school so I will be without digital for 3 weeks .

[Black-Spot]

Can you not download it from their site? But if we have to suffer your pencil drawings, I won't be complaining. They're a mix of cookiness with flair.

[goog]

Originally Posted by Black-Spot

Can you not download it from their site? But if we have to suffer your pencil drawings, I won't be complaining. They're a mix of cookiness with flair.

wooow, I never thought of that. Thanks!

[goog]

update...second piece is bout a month old, but thought I should post it.

[MikeCorriero]

I want to see you take that third image with the male, female and crow in b&w further, that could be a great piece. I like how you handled the female figure.
Post more pencil sketches! I wanna see more quick exploratory design sketches.

Keep it up.

[vatsel]

Your anatomy knowledge is good with maybe a few odds here and there, but your work is very clean, so it's much easier to spot mistakes. The values need work though, on a few of these, the lightsources aren't clearly defined. Some more attention to the planes of the body will do you good (This is my big drawback D: )

The crow piece looks great. I want to see more of that

All the best

[MacSmith]

nice! digging the creatures especially.

[goog]

Mike: alright, will do man, thanks for stopping by.

vatsel: thanks for that crit, really opened up my eyes to a few things I've been thinking about recently...

MacSmith: Eyyyyyyy, thanks man .

so, went back to work on the earlier image, some progressss...

[MikeCorriero]

Nice to see you go back to this piece.
Some quick notes/advice: The guy's head looks a bit large, I might scale it down from 100% to about 88%. His long flowing hair tends to work against the image, it doesn't really fit the character. I think maybe you just wanted/needed something dark behind him to contrast with the skin tones. If that's the case, I would suggest giving him a shorter hair style. You can provide some contrast in values by stretching out a mid-ground element from the left side and pulling it all the way across to the right, behind the back of the guy up to his shoulders approximately. His head can stand on its own as far as contrasting the light background because of his facial hair and dark hair color.
One last note/suggestion for now: Make sure the main crow has a nice solid, strong silhouette with correct anatomy. The womans head and the crow really need to be solid in their shapes/design (the crow's wing shapes, tail feathers, feet and head need to be referenced) and how they work against each other, since they are right next to one another, both with very dark values.

I really hope this doesn't come across as one big nit pick - keep up the good work on this one.

[Black-Spot]

I thought it was a rock, not hair. His right lower arm disappears when it should appear under her leg maybe grasping it - follow the line.

[NatHall]

goooog, how was your first semester? :P

[Grafguy]

he, you were in the Chow team with lyno right?
how did that go?
the sketches are really cool, to bad you dont work out the shading completly

[goog]

Heyyy guys .

Mike: AHhhhh, thanks so much for that crit. I was getting frustrated with the piece and didn't know why, I think that crit cleared some things up for me. BTW, the update in this post is before I read your crit, so many of the issues which you raised wont be fixed.

Black Spot: yeah, I was putting that hand off. I believe I have started it in this next update. Thanks!

Nat Hall: It was good, but not great. I had to take some time-wasting courses, but thankfully those are over. I'm excited for next semseter.

Grafguy: sure was . It was fun, really learned alot. If you have time to participate in those team chows I suggest it . And yeah, shading an entire piece is a bitch...

anywayyyyss....




and some creature stuff. I did a whole lot more skeletons and random creatures, but I don't want to be here all night so here just a few.

[Arroyo]

Hey goog! That illustration is really coming along...I really like the addition of his hand on her thigh, and especially love the way you've done her face--really unique and expressive. Like a couple of people pointed out, his hair is a bit too much of a solid mass to read. Also, his left hand appears to fall quite a bit in front of his thigh, but his shoulder is set pretty far back. I just sat in his position (lol) and I think there would be more foreshortening going on if is shoulder is leaning away from us (and his hand would be raised higher), -or- his clavicle would be jutting way out and his shoulder leaning forward if you want to keep the hand in the same position in relation to his knee. Sorry if that made no sense--if you try sitting like him, you'll see what I mean. Beautiful work with your pencils, too. The linework for the Storytellers piece is gorgeous.