Doug Dominicali
Doug Dominicali
I draw things
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Ned (AlbinoCroc)
Hello Jeremy, pleased to have you here! My name is Ned and I am an aspiring freelance illustrator. I would love to make images for card games such as MtG and/or make promo material (illustrations) for games like DnD or online videogames as well. My question is about getting the first art job: should I aim for the top and send my portfolio to big studios like WoTC? Or should I focus more of my energy into making an online presence and let smaller companies discover my art organically? If so, how should I market myself/ on which websites best to post artwork to cater to potential employers who might find my work specifically relevant to their project? Sorry if that was a lot of questions, I appreciate the opportunity :) Kind regards, Ned
Doug Dominicali
You don't ask me, however I will answer anyway... fuk da police! Aim to the top. Your work is really good.
Doug Dominicali
Hi Jeremy. I'm Doug Dominicali. I'm an 2D artist that love Hearthstone artwork. I draw things but I draw them bad, I want to draw them less bad so I can work with you =D Any feedback on my portfolio/artwork will be immensely appreciated... please don't take easy, I want you to hurt my feelings
Roberto C
3yr
You should show me how to draw “bad” if anything this is bad-ass 🤟🏻
Jeremy Cranford
Hi Doug, First things first. I think you draw really well but in an very stylized way. I think your saying “When I want to have more control of my drawing and be stylized I find it difficult” Well that just comes with classes and lots of practice. A good competitive runner puts in a lot of hours training each week and so must artist and musicians but let’s jump into the work. 1. The first guy with the crown has nice lighting on the face. Again face is exaggerated in a fun “editorial” way. That said if you’d like to get commercial work with a game like Hearthstone start studying how Blizzard stylizes their characters. I would love to see what you’d do if this character was a big thick dwarf. Also don’t leave the background white. I expect a background to be part of the painting. 2. The purple elf looks like it could be a character from WOW which is a good thing to do if you want to get that kind of work in the future. Always draw and paint things from universes that inspire you and are the industry you’d like to work in. The face is lacking structure and forms are looking a bit rubbery. I classic head drawing and portrait class where you study the Assael head will help you get that dialed in. HER right ear is not in he same perspective as he left ear if you draw through. I’d light the side of the head facing the viewer. The end curls of her hair is too mechanical and repetitive. Fingers are way too long for hand size. You need to develop an eye for these things in your work and then make the edits if you want more professional work. 3. Boat image is cool. Nice action. Watch your edges are figures. Right now everything is a HARD edge. Would be nice to see some softer edges on the hair. I like how the clouds point to the figures. 4. Girl with the knife has a white background again. See if you can stop that and finish the backgrounds on all your paintings. This type of stylization (which I really like) is different then the way characters are styled in Hearthstone. You should be aware of this and be doing it out of skill and not out of lack of control. 5. Skull cav doesn’t pass the squint test. Go back and add some lighter warm purple values to the middle ground and far background. Right now you have the orange glows and then everything is near black. You want to establish better value grouping. 6. Naruto image feels too distorted and broken for my taste. 7. Spider-Man is great. Reall love the exaggeration. Try rounding out parts of the rings to get past the square privative shape. 8, Band of heroes image is the most commercial work you have. It would work well in the mobile space.
Janna van Vliet
Wow! You have pushed some perspectives there! Really cool! Love the two (caricature) portraits as well!
Dan B
4yr
You definitely don't draw bad! Your drawings have a lot of personality in them :)
Ned (AlbinoCroc)
I love the dynamic shape design and exaggerations in your work. Beautiful :)
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