Malcom Art Blog

[splicer]

These are really nice works Malcom! I like the material definition spheres, great job!

[malcom]

@MusclePaint Thanks
@splicer Thanks. Doing the materials were fun as well.

I think for the moment I will be done with this character for now. I feel like I might need a break for a few months maybe. Will see. Feedback always welcomed.

[Mormadillus]

Really beautiful work! I love your style - it reminds me a bit of Marc Brunet's (I may see some reference to his concept art career guide series?) - Very refined and well kept! I also really adore your choice of color

Keep up the lovely work

[malcom]

Thank you very much, I will try. Yeah I love Marc's work among some others as well. I loved the rendering style of the character he did in that tutorial but I did somethings differently to get a look I would like. Glad you like to colors as well. This is something I work on a lot. Good to see it paying off somewhat.

[cedricgo]

Man I love that character design! Right now I'd say that the texture pattern on the tail looks a bit wonky to me. It's like it was just slapped on without following the forms. But I think it shouldn't be to hard to correct if you ever go back to it. Otherwise, you really did an awesome job!

[malcom]

Thank you. I'll keep that in mind for next time.

[haith92]

Ah man havent been on this site for a while :P. damn dude you are leveling up keep up the good work XD

[malcom]

@haith92 thanks a lot. Glad to hear. Sorry for late reply
Feels like forever since I posted some art so heres a new character. Trying something different style wise and design wise.

Left out my critiques on myself. Would love to here some feedback on this early wip.

[Mocart]

looks quite nice to this point. her hair is really awesome.
but some things i noticed are, that the right shoulder sticks out very much ( in this perspective it has to hide more behind the torso and the breasts), the right arm is also way thicker and longer than the left. and the jacket and the shoulder armor doesn't look like its wrapping around the body, so it lacks form.generally speaking the armor has to wrap more around the body, so it looks more 3d.
i know its an early WIP and i don't know if you already know it but thats at least what i noticed

[malcom]

Thanks a lot for the feedback. Now that you mention it I feel dumb for not realizing and fixing the right arm. Such a simple thing but those can be the things you miss. This was all good feedback. I was struggling to get the shoulder armor to look good. I think after a step back and coming back with fresh eyes I can fix it. I will aim to fix those things in the next update.

[malcom]

Sorry its been a while. Been busy with other things. Heres an update for the lines. Not happy with the face but I feel as if I can fix that in the painting stage so no worries there. Feedback always welcomed.

[malcom]

Mecha sketch. Been studying mecha stuff.

Started in zbrush and did some clean up in photoshop. Not sure where else to add details on the head. Gonna do some more studies.

[haith92]

lol same sorry for the late reply nice design btw it seems you are having trouble with the face as u stated why not try just drawing faces. what i mean by that just grab any image and try to figure out the planes and where everything goes a great place to get more understanding is michael hamptons analyitical figure drawing some awesome anatomy tips there

[malcom]

Thanks a lot. I actually have Hamptons book. Placing of things isn't the problem i'm having. Its a problem with her beauty you can say. I'm using reference and changing things over and over again and I'm not satisfied. I can't capture this "cuteness" that I feel I was able to capture in previous characters of mine. Hopefully that makes more sense. I personally believe everything will come together in the painting stage so thats why I said no worries. But maybe I just need to study more and draw more faces like you recommended. More than likely will do that.

[haith92]

I can relate I do the same all the time but for me its usually I get something I like in the initial sketch asthectics and expression and i always lose it when i render and it drives me crazy!!! >.< female faces have such subtleties that a brushstroke changes everything. And problem is I always make the focus of the piece the face.....

[malcom]

Oh man that is so true. I do the same. Having the face as the main focal point is something I do all the time when I design characters. In the line art part, this is something I rather have looking awesome so rendering is easier.

[haith92]

lol im actually rendering the face on my mercy piece and its such a pain will be posting a wip soon XD

[malcom]

Look forward to it

[malcom]

Here's a quick face study before bed as well as the 3d base I used for me mech sketch earlier

Anime girl name used as reference is Nene Sakura from New Game

[malcom]

latest sketch. Going to try and apply this stuff to the model.