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Just uploading oldish works to fill in my inactiveness gap
This was a painting I created for EB Game's (GameStop Australia) cover design contest for their pre-owned games. I entered the Adventure/RPG category. I'd appreciate some critique please! I know my rendering especially for the armour, is far from perfect, but I just have no idea DX
I tried to mix both styles in Adventure games and RPG since they're both very different games, so hoping it's general enough to be able to represent for games like both Super Mario or Final Fantasy? lol idk.
But thanks to all my friends I managed to win the contest so now they're using it
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I do like this piece, but when I critique I go all out and look to how it could be better, this is actually the first critique I've done here I think.
Along the bottom it seems very plain to me. It might be the clechet "One knight stands alone against the impending dragon of doom in the sky" or it's just my nitpicking about how nothing keeps my eyes to the piece. My eye is lead directly downwards and off the piece, There's a distinct X mark that leads to the knight and off the piece, and the sword and cape lead it furthur downwards, nothing brings it back towards the Dragon or the castle to keep the eyes locked on the piece. Perhaps a fix could be foreground elements pointed upwards, like spears of the dead soldiers whom have tried to best the dragon before this brave knight, or render some middleground mountain pieces that point towards the dragon.
It's not very original mind you, but it does do it's job for the contest that it's been submitted to. It's a standard idea, knight against dragon. People have seen it a thousand times and it totally screams Fantasy and RPG to people. Well done.
Your Technique is what I love seeing from you the most, it's an inspiration to me and to many others. Your color pallet works harmoniously and the flash of red in the cape immediately centers on the subject. The armor is especially nice too, this knight has clearly been through quite a bit of fights, well done!
I wouldn't say it has very much Impact, but to me Impact and Originality work together in a way, the only difference is the composition supports the Impact.
I notice that this particular piece is very different than many others of yours, it's very desaturated and stands out in your gallery. A very interesting rout to go, and it leaves me to say I'm excited to see more from you! e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/sā¦ " width="15" height="15" alt="
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Hey cam! Thanks for the critique, I really appreciate it
(computer refreshed so I have to write this again, so hence the slow reply >.<; )
But yeah you're right about the composition, like the other critique, I definitely wouldn't have noticed that since I guess I've been looking at it for a while XD I agree there needs to be something that points up. Thanks for the tip!
Yeah honestly couldnt think of any other concept to successfully represent both genres, in a way that could represent both Mario and Assassin's Creed lol.
And thanks for the compliment! I wanted to try do more concept art style. And I do hope to create more pieces using this technique ^_^
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I love the loose quality of your strokes and how the blue-orange color palette is working on the background. You can add more details to the cape and armor to contrast more in terms of focus with the background e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/sā¦ " width="15" height="15" alt="
Overall I think you achieved a nice piece here, I would only advise you to watch your composition and try to avoid putting things on dead center of the picture. This will make your piece look rather flat instead of tridimensional. Also, if you want to push the depth of your piece, you can add some more silhouettes of figures to help push the send of scale in this piece.
Last but not least, it`s very successful, congratulations!!
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I love this painting, you really get a feeling he a really crazy strong hero and he's about to fight a dragon which is crazy!
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Thank you!! I actually got a picture of the cover printed out and stuff today and i really like how it looks
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so was it a gift card comp... or something else?
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Yes i also got a gift card, $200
Just wondering, u work at EB right? Have they gotten the cover design yet? Because i know theyve already downloaded my design files though
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the answer is yes lol
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Still cant find it in perth stores tho! I'm looking forward to seeing it, it looks damn nicely printed
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i see it all the time now! d:
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Thanks for the critique! A couple of things u pointed out that I didnt notice, like you are right about the composition so im very grateful you pointed that out to me
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No problem at all! I love giving critiques ^^
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very universal I think it is, so you did a great job.
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Wow, this looks like professional concept art!
Great job!
I love Fantasy RPGs
Pikachu approves!
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Thank you so much! getting that concept art style was what I was going for
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oo belated congratulations!Ā
It looks a little more concept art like to me but I can still tell there's a fantasy/rpg thing going on so it's still cool :3Ā
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Thank you so much! I was going for the concept art style ^_^
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This is what came to my head when I saw your artwork attachments-blog.tut.by/56807/ā¦
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woah! damn that looks so similar even the armory! Pose is too similar too DX I swear I've never seen this image or even heard of game(?)
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Ahhhh~ i'm glad you won i was rooting for you~
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Thank you so much!!
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It used to be Electronics Boutique
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