Pheonix561's General Art Thread

[pheonix561 2080]

Unfinished design I haven't been able to nail down. I thought I might as well upload it here.

I wanted a cannonball helmet so he could be shot headfirst into action out of cannons into tanks and shit, but I think that might be too ridiculous.

[Vio Milanor 28]

Hey man, if a design works, who cares how ridiculous it is?

[pheonix561 2080]

Oh I absolutely agree, I just haven't been able to get it to work the way I want it to. It's definitely something to come back to.

[pheonix561 2080]

Another in progress sketch, faces continue to be something I have not substantially studied or learned to work into my art flow. I'll have more of this guy later.

[Sayubie 405]

pheo, I don't mean to offend you but have you finished any of your concept sketches and are just being shy about them or did I just miss those

[pheonix561 2080]

Pretty much never post the finished ones lolololololol

[Vio Milanor 28]

Why? Why would you do that, pheo?

I'm going to die.

[Sayubie 405]

Pretty much never post the finished ones lolololololol

I will end you

[Cascade 741]

pheo post the finished versions of your art immediately for me to judge them and subsequently you as a person 

 

Just what the puppy am I working on?!

 

How are we supposed to know the answer to this, when you never post the finished versions... /tear

[pheonix561 2080]

No that final was trash I will never post it.

[pheonix561 2080]

Actually, maybe you guys can help me out with this one:



I need to find a better way of signing/writing on/arranging my finished images when I go to put them on my portfolio, but I'm not sure what the best way to do it is. I see lots of different artists do it differently, signing their works either by writing their names with the brush tool, using the text tool, or even coming up with their own symbol to use as a signature. I need to find one that works for me, so I can make my portfolio site that much better. I need them to have my signature, my portfolio site's address, and anything specific to the image like a basic title or something. "Bot Variants" is all that's really needed in this example. I don't think I like the placing of the text in the top right either, "Bot Variants." Might be too big, might not be bright enough, maybe my handwriting isn't as clean as it should be, and so on and so forth. And I think maybe the big black bar at the bottom for writing on might be overkill. I don't want to draw attention away from the design. I only ever see a big black bar like that in submissions for contests and things, I think it's pretty unnecessary in a portfolio site. I should probably go review how a bunch of other professionals do it.

I don't know if any of you know much about this, but if any of you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them.

[Sayubie 405]

I am of the "just sign it" opinion. Though, if you ever do get some form of logo, you should totes watermark your stuff.

[pheonix561 2080]

Definitely. Most artists just come up with some quick little thing they can stick in the corner of their pieces somewhere, but most of the freelancers and workers I've spoken with all highly recommend adding your contact information to your work. Members of the industry might come across a piece of yours floating around on the internet somewhere, and someone might want to find your portfolio and see if you're worth hiring, but if you don't have any information on there then you're screwed. So I should probably stick something in there.

[Sayubie 405]

Well, if you have a website, you can stick your name and a url on your stuff.

[pheonix561 2080]

Yeah. I'm just thinking about things like font, color, placement on the page, etc right now. Not really sure what I want to do here.