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[Metroido]

Here’s another example of the airbrush/acrylic emulation technique:

Good grief.
The anatomy's terrible, the perspective's terrible, the edges are horrible, the lighting doesn't make any any sense (neither does the reflected color, lol).

There's ZERO atmospheric perspective, which with the bad lighting makes the whole thing formless. In fact, some of the forms reverse. That's not a convincing 3 dimensional space.

There's no point in fixing any of that though because the design is boring as hell. It's like polishing a turd.

 

[ezo]

Good grief.
The anatomy's terrible, the perspective's terrible, the edges are horrible, the lighting doesn't make any any sense (neither does the reflected color, lol).

There's ZERO atmospheric perspective, which with the bad lighting makes the whole thing formless. In fact, some of the forms reverse. That's not a convincing 3 dimensional space.

There's no point in fixing any of that though because the design is boring as hell. It's like polishing a turd.

I'd love to see an example of something you actually consider good and why... because frankly you sound like you're blowing smoke out your back end.

 

[M.T. Black]

The anatomy's terrible...

I can't comment on the other, more technical, critiques you made. But the anatomy looked ok to me - in that it looks like a woman holding a sword. What is it about the anatomy that is bad?

 

[Metroido]

I'd love to see an example of something you actually consider good and why... because frankly you sound like you're blowing smoke out your back end.

In terms of the "why," I don't have the time or the energy to try to go in depth in an internet forum, but serious art instruction can be found in many places online. In terms of examples of things I actually consider good, well:

Frank Frazetta
NC Wyeth
John Singer Sargent
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Dean Cornwell
Moebius
Jeffrey Catherine Jones
John Everett Millais
Gregory Manchess
John Harris
Justin Sweet
James Gurney
Brom
Martin Grip
Dave Palumbo
Anthony Palumbo
Winona Nelson
Tyler Jacobson
Donato Giancola

That's just the first bunch off the top of my head. I could go on and on. There's plenty. Are you really not familiar with genuinely good art and illustration?

 

[M.T. Black]

In terms of the "why," I don't have the time or the energy to try to go in depth in an internet forum, but serious art instruction can be found in many places online. In terms of examples of things I actually consider good, well:

Frank Frazetta
NC Wyeth
John Singer Sargent
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Dean Cornwell
Moebius
Jeffrey Catherine Jones
John Everett Millais
Gregory Manchess
John Harris
Justin Sweet
James Gurney
Brom
Martin Grip
Dave Palumbo
Anthony Palumbo
Winona Nelson
Tyler Jacobson
Donato Giancola

That's just the first bunch off the top of my head. I could go on and on. There's plenty. Are you really not familiar with genuinely good art and illustration?

Thanks for the list, and I will look up some of those.

I notice you didn't mention TSR's "Fab Four" from the 80s - Elmore, Easley, Parkinson, Caldwell. What's your opinion of their work?

 

[Metroido]

I can't comment on the other, more technical, critiques you made. But the anatomy looked ok to me - in that it looks like a woman holding a sword. What is it about the anatomy that is bad?

The head and neck aren't connected to the torso properly. It's completely broken. Her pelvis and hip area also aren't connected to her spine properly. Also, her left leg is longer than her right leg.

 

[Scribe]

Frank Frazetta

 

[Metroido]

Thanks for the list, and I will look up some of those.

I notice you didn't mention TSR's "Fab Four" from the 80s - Elmore, Easley, Parkinson, Caldwell. What's your opinion of their work?

I like Jeff Easley and Keith Parkinson. I think Easley is easily the best of the bunch. Elmore and and Caldwell are both fine craftsmen, but Elmore's figures are stiff and boring and Caldwell's design aesthetics are ugly.

Easley's stuff is dynamic and action packed. He's the closest to Frazetta that anybody at TSR ever got.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

…which shows how little you actually know.

What you are is a charlatan.

Mod Note:

You’re currently showing yourself to be quite impolite. Civility in discussions is like Rule Zero here.

If you’re incapable or unwilling to behave better towards your fellow ENWorlder, you won’t be a member of this community for much longer.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Actually, if you went to any of the related industry conventions for fantasy illustration, such as Spectrum or IX (IlluXCon), you'd hear all the professionals that work on products like D&D, Magic, and the like refer to themselves interchangeably as being artists and illustrators. They aren't that pedantic about it. The fact you are shows that you are in no way close to being an actual artist, or an illustrator. What you are is a charlatan.

Mod Note:

Just realized I had already talked to you about your confrontational rhetoric in this thread yesterday. Clearly, the message didn’t sink in, did it: more of your posts got reported today, for similarly abrasive commentary.

So, say sayonara for a week so you can re-evaluate your contact here.