help wanted need crits to make me a better artist :curious:

[ReinS]

I like the skull and the cat :) the two bags are a bit.. wel.. not exciting :) not badly drawn or something, but just the concept ain't thrilling, and for the nightwatcher: it is good, in a way.. in a cartooney way :D

keep it up,
you're able to draw, that's clear.. :) :thumbsup:

[puddlefish]

i actually quite like the bags. remove the text so it's just the foot stamp though. i think the roughness of the print works nicely with the brown bag material.

as regards your drawing, do i see an edward gorey influence on the night walker one? if so i'd suggest that a lot more time and care (mainly painstaking care) is needed to pull this technique off. it's not as simple as it might appear at first.

the cat is very nicely rendered, particularly the parts that aren't rendered. by this i mean the parts you choose to leave out actually add a lot to the drawing.

the skull is nicely drawn, but it's lost in the background. tone down the background or sharpen up the skull and give it some heavy lines and some contrast.

the work shows a fairly good general drawing skill, but you need to read more about techniques regarding composition, weight colour, and depth. put this into practice and the quality of your pieces will increase tenfold.

hope this helps.

[Kananga]

the night watcher suggests a strong style developing.
Keep at it!:thumbsup:

[Kirt]

I'm not really sure what the bags are about, but I never studied package design so I'll leave comments about those to someone else. The nightwatchman has a good style, something definately worth continued exploration and development of technique. The skull, although rendered well is lost in the background. You could paint the skull to bring it back out or put the image in photoshop to remove or desaturate the background.

I think your best piece here is the cat though. I like the linework and the creative use of negative space which helps define the shape of the cat even though there are no lines there. It's quite interesting and has a great graphic feel to it. I think you could have continued a bit more at the top of the head so you see the ears, though. Right now it appears as though the cat is looking under a table or something that cuts off the top of his head.

Keep posting! :thumbsup:

[facial]

Hey, killercrystal.
I love your works here, just keep post up :beer:

[killercrystal]

it really helps me out w/ all these crits & replys. i needed them! i just wanted to let u guys know that for another one of my classes i have to design a book, meaning i have to make everything about it even stitching the spine together. so when im done i will post it & whatever else i have done. one last thing, if u guys need me to go into more detail about my work or anything let me know & i will. thanks again for the help:thumbsup: :wavey: :D

[killercrystal]

yes puddlefish that is a part of gorey's work u r good! i left the ears off the cat because i wanted it to have the look of it looking like it was hiding under something. on the bag i had to do for class, i had to have the company logo, it was a requierment of the assignment. maybe u can help me with my next assignment i have to draw thesius & the menataur (i know horrible spelling) in the style of edward gorey, my teacher wants to put it on her website, if anyone has any ideas for that i would be greatful to u. last but not least i will try & fix the skull to see how to bring him out of the backgroung more. once again thanks guys!:p :D

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