Revisiting old work

Spent several hours working on this piece. Main problems I had with the original was that the materials weren't defined and that the colors were getting very muddy. Alex Konstad told me at CTN to just color pick a pure color and paint it in with high opacity. Went in and rendered out the materials a bit more and thought about the color contrast between cool and warm. Will definitely go back and work on my previous stuff (probably sylvanas next) to flush it out a bit more. 

Here's the comparison: http://i.imgur.com/undJKXD.gifv

My CTN Experience

Holy cow. That's all I can say. CTN was way better than I thought it'd be! So many incredible artists gathered in one place! I had my portfolio on my surface pro and I was walking around showing my work to as many companies/artists as I could.

Got a lot of awesome critique from the artists there. A few big ones that people kept telling me:

1. Show more process in the concept work
2. Expand upon the story of the characters more
3. Use less white light. Paint color in opaquely
4. Be more loose with my sketches
5. Polish up my renders just a bit more

Other than those things, people tended to like my work a lot. I feel that next CTN, I have to present myself as a professional and not as someone seeking portfolio reviews. I think it gives the impression that I'm not ready for work yet. Cant wait until next year!

Widowmaker Illustration

Here's the finished illustration for Widowmaker! Starting to feel a lot more comfortable with this process.

WIP Widowmaker

Here's the Widowmaker piece I've been working on. Thinking about more interesting lighting and material definition. I'm gonna see how far I can take this today (Background, color, gun render, etc.) and will probably have this done before CTN \o/