Malcom Art Blog

malcom 2016-10-23 06:59:30 UTC #21

@nickkhoo Thank you for you comment.

Here's my latest wip at the moment. Was going to submit for weekly but I won't finish in time. So I've decided to work on the character more as well as give her a back story an stuff. She's still in a rough stage. C&C welcomed as always

malcom 2016-10-27 09:14:19 UTC #22

Here is my latest piece I posted for the weekly. I might go back an re-work the rim light as well as the hair. Those are the biggest areas I notice at the moment that really matter for the piece. C&C always welcomed.

joycew-art 2016-10-28 12:10:39 UTC #23

That looks really good! The values are beautiful in this one!
Tho, I think you'd have a more overall look if you just use a hard brush, instead of a combination of hard and soft. The image feels a bit blurry in certain places. A good example is the hair, I love the hair of the girl on the right more, since you've used more sharp shading and edges, while the one on the left had more gradient shadows.

malcom 2016-10-28 23:20:31 UTC #24

I believe your right. I could use more hard edges. Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep that in mind for my next piece.

malcom 2016-11-08 05:18:11 UTC #25

Newest piece that was done for weekly. I believe I went in a different direction than what I though everyone else going to do. Maybe I over thought the idea. Let me know guys. Will post more stuff later.

mar_cynwer 2016-11-08 05:34:49 UTC #26

Did you use a photo as a background base? I think it looks really great, especially the clouds

The character itself looks good, with the exception that her shirt seems to become muddled with her torso. I guess it is because there are no sharp edges between the shirt and her skin. Also, her right arm seems to be shorter than her left. With that pose, I would think her head should be a little lower, since she is leaning on her right arm. This would cause the shoulder line to be slightly tilted, which would make the arms look better.

Anyway, that's just random thoughts that occured to me while looking at it, it is a really good interpretation of the weekly challenge

malcom 2016-11-08 06:13:29 UTC #27

Thank you for the feedback.
Lets go in order.
background was done using multiple photos(photo manipulation) and then painted over top of to get the look I wanted. I manully painted other things such as the clouds, mountains and sand. Really needed the photos for colors but I up'ed the saturation and painted over everything to make it more of what I wanted.

Yeah the shirt can blend in areas with the skin but the focus wasn't in that area so hopefully it wasn't something you noticed at first glance. I can always go back and fix that if its an major problem.

The right arm feeling shorter to the left is something I thought about as well. The Bicep looks small. Luckily that's not an hard change to make.

The head any lower an it looked off. I used a reference to double check it. Maybe its because of the collar it appears the way it does. I don't know.

Glad you liked my interpretation of it. Again thanks a lot for the feedback. Really appreciate it.

joycew-art 2016-11-08 23:27:47 UTC #28

This really reminds me of Marc Brunet's art! Great job with the scenery!

malcom 2016-11-10 22:42:13 UTC #29

Thank you! It is kinda similar. I love painterly stuff and he does it well. Glad you like the scenery. I was very scared because I had no idea what I was doing really. Don't normally do backgrounds like ever. So i'm happy it came out looking decent.

Now onto new characters. Here are some early wips. Same character different skins/costumes. C&C always welcome

malcom 2016-11-17 13:20:56 UTC #30

Going to call this finished for now so I can move on to other things.
Next character will be better. I stopped having fun with this one and I believe it shows.

malcom 2016-11-24 09:53:06 UTC #31

Well before family come over and we start eating, Here's an quick 1 hour wip. Lot more that I can do and anatomy stuff I could fix but hey, won't be able to do anything for a while and wanted to do something creative. Looking back at my last character, I want to go back to it.

cedricgo 2016-11-25 15:56:28 UTC #32

It's crazy to see how far you've came since I first saw your work on the old forums. I really like those last two character designs. The last one as a lot of potential I feel.

Keep it up!

malcom 2016-11-28 13:59:54 UTC #33

Thank you man!! Glad you like the characters. Still working on the one you said has potential. Changing things that don't work while keep the things that do. Should hopefully be done in a few days. This character is for my Personal Project. She's in the same world as other character of mine.

malcom 2016-12-05 07:22:13 UTC #34

I'll call it finish for the weekly but its still in a wip state. CC always welcomed. I feel like somethings are over bored. Its still a concept that I like to push forward though.

andrewnimble 2016-12-05 17:09:26 UTC #35

Hey Malcom. I think it is a really nice concept with interesting composition. I really like the style in which you have done this.
Looking forward to where you're going to push it! Hope it's going to be colorized ^^

malcom 2016-12-06 04:01:34 UTC #36

Thanks a lot I really appreciate it Yes I will be adding color to this.

cedricgo 2016-12-06 14:38:57 UTC #37

I definitely agree with @andrewnimble. It's a really cool illustration. I love the character, the lighting and the style. The only very minor thing I've noticed is that I feel like the feet may be a bit too small. But otherwise, It looks pretty awesome to me so far!

malcom 2016-12-06 14:56:25 UTC #38

Ahh man when I noticed that I was like "Ohh nooo...look at those baby feet!" I will fix that. Thanks for the feedback. Glad you like the character.

kigerneko 2016-12-06 18:52:21 UTC #39

Hey Malcom, as feedback I'd like to say that the feet are too small, the torso and head placement need fixing. Good luck

joycew-art 2016-12-11 09:08:07 UTC #40

Woah, the lighting and values on that one are really well done!