Shadow Stream: Personal Art Thread
Introduction
Hello, ShadowStalker here. I've been drawing for most of my life, though I've only recently begun to look at art as a way to make money. I've been painting digitally for only about a year or so, but my normal medium is pencil and paper. I am considering going to school for art, but in the meantime I busy myself with studies of anatomy and character art. I've really only ever drawn characters, but I'd like to get into environments and creature design.
Purpose
The purpose of this thread is to have one location where I can "showcase" my sketches and open them up for comments and critique. All of these images are original works of art either from imagination or observation. Some of the photo-refs used were taken by myself or my wife. For those of you who are artists, technical critique is welcomed. For those of you who are not, I'd like to hear your thoughts on the image (composition, weakness, strengths, mood, etc.). What I do not want to hear, is pointless criticism and/or harassment about my work.
Equipment
Digital
Bamboo Fun Wacom Tablet 3.7 x 5.8
Intuos 4 Large Wacom Tablet
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Traditional
Mechanical pencil 0.5
Black Hard-Covered Moleskine Sketchbook 3 ½” x 5 ½”
Kneaded eraser
Favorite Artists
Adam Rex
Alan Lee
Collywobbles
Donato Giancola
Eva Wildermann
John Howe
Justin Sweet
Kieran Yanner
Marko Djurdjevic
Todd Lockwood
Wesley Burt
Zach Graves
Sketches / Work In Progress / Finished
Maps