First Art Post

[TJ Maxwell]

Wow... That's exciting... My first post on a new forum!

Ok, anyway... Thought I'd share some of my recent art, get some feedback:

Spiderman vs Vemon, for the Back in Black Draw-off over at Digital Webbing


Spiderman


Scarlett Witch study


Red Sonja

[Affinity]

I like the first one a lot. Peter being swallowed up like that against the black is gorgeous.

[Aggie]

i get what you were trying to do w/ the first piece, but it's a bit disconcerting composition wise...but it's very elegant

the other 3 pieces are very strong in conveyance, although the scarlet witch looks high...which is pretty funny...but her body language is strong... and that's good.

[ubergeekette]

My two faves are:

The first sketch is a great great idea, I probably would've drew the hands showing more of a struggle (hands mean alot IMO).

The second sketch is pretty good too, although I would've drawn the left eye even if it was covered by a shadow. Peter looks reaally cute too, almost up to Greg Land's Namor level cute. Excellent pencils which would make it easy to ink.

[howyadoin]

Really nice job on the hands. Not an easy thing to draw for a lot of people.

[Kara Zor El]

These are great. Good poses, action, emotion, hands. But I think you need to work on the female faces a bit. Their noses seem to big to me and quite unatractive. Now this may be what you want. Break the conventions. But if you were aiming for beautiful or even pretty you need to use smaller less detailed features on women.
That's my only problem.

[Aggie]

Really nice job on the hands. Not an easy thing to draw for a lot of people.

word...and they really stand out too, almost a 3-D effect...just really good form.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

Hey TJ. Just wanted to say that your stuff is simply incredible. My fav so far is the Spider-Man vs Venom drawing.

[TJ Maxwell]

I like the first one a lot. Peter being swallowed up like that against the black is gorgeous.

Thanks alot :) It was a lot of fun to draw, not so fun to ink, lol.

[TJ Maxwell]

i get what you were trying to do w/ the first piece, but it's a bit disconcerting composition wise...but it's very elegant

the other 3 pieces are very strong in conveyance, although the scarlet witch looks high...which is pretty funny...but her body language is strong... and that's good.

Thanks. The composition of the piece was the most important element to me when I drew this. I'm glad you like it :).

My two faves are:

The first sketch is a great great idea, I probably would've drew the hands showing more of a struggle (hands mean alot IMO).

The second sketch is pretty good too, although I would've drawn the left eye even if it was covered by a shadow. Peter looks reaally cute too, almost up to Greg Land's Namor level cute. Excellent pencils which would make it easy to ink.

Score! I might try to draw that eye, but it's given me nothing but grief so far.

I think I just got lazy by the time it came to draw spidey's hands.... I might try again, with hands.

Really nice job on the hands. Not an easy thing to draw for a lot of people.

Thanks :)

These are great. Good poses, action, emotion, hands. But I think you need to work on the female faces a bit. Their noses seem to big to me and quite unatractive. Now this may be what you want. Break the conventions. But if you were aiming for beautiful or even pretty you need to use smaller less detailed features on women.
That's my only problem.

I definitly agree. I drew their noses HUGE. Biggest noses I've ever drawn. I see what you're saying about smaller features, though. Might have to do some studies or something.

word...and they really stand out too, almost a 3-D effect...just really good form.

*Blush* Thanks. Really. I've struggled with hands for a long time, so that means a lot.

Hey TJ. Just wanted to say that your stuff is simply incredible. My fav so far is the Spider-Man vs Venom drawing.

Thanks!

[howyadoin]

I definitly agree. I drew their noses HUGE. Biggest noses I've ever drawn.

I don't see that as a problem, myself. Yes, it's a bit out of the ordinary as far as comicbook art goes, but they look pretty realistic to me.

[666MasterOfPuppets]

I hadn't even noticed that until Kara pointed it out. My mind was boggled with the remaining parts of the drawings.

[Kara Zor El]

I definitly agree. I drew their noses HUGE. Biggest noses I've ever drawn. I see what you're saying about smaller features, though. Might have to do some studies or something.

As has been noted they look real. You haven't done anything wrong on an artistic level. women can and do look like that. But if you want to be a successful comic artist and be hired by the the big companies then I think you'll have to play the game a little.
More comic book fans will buy your work if you pretty your females up a bit.

Do some studies. See what you think. If you prefer smaller features then go with it and if not stick to what you are already doing. No harm in trying things out.

I think you have the makings of a very successful comic book artist.

The hair on Sonja is top notch by the way.

Have you done any pages?

[ubergeekette]

If you can get a really talented color artist to color the Scarlet Witch sketch it can come out beautiful.

[TJ Maxwell]

As has been noted they look real. You haven't done anything wrong on an artistic level. women can and do look like that. But if you want to be a successful comic artist and be hired by the the big companies then I think you'll have to play the game a little.
More comic book fans will buy your work if you pretty your females up a bit.

Do some studies. See what you think. If you prefer smaller features then go with it and if not stick to what you are already doing. No harm in trying things out.

I think you have the makings of a very successful comic book artist.

The hair on Sonja is top notch by the way.

Have you done any pages?

Thanks :) *blush*

I think the nose thing is just a really bad habit that I need to break myself of. You can't see it here, but I do it on male faces too. Studies are probably the best route.

I've done a few pages, but they were just for an independent project. I've entered Small Press Idol 07, though, and hopefully we'll get to the sequential stage of the competition.