Some work from a first time poster
 

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Runaway Reptar - Blood Drive on Thursday


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Two unattractive people kiss for the first time to the sound of Billie Holiday



Comments/criticisms are welcomed, even if it's negative - i'm used to hearing the opinions of artists, so it's interesting to see what other people think, even if it's just that they don't like it.

If you'd like to see more, you can visit my website, although it's still under construction.

finally, work i think is EXCELLENT, i really enjoy the second pic you posted...to me the first pic doesn't seem very stable, looks like it's near completion but not quite, don't get me wrong, i really like it, i just feel it's missing something...i also like alot of your work on your website! even though the website itself is mind numbingly boring and some of the links don't work, but that obviously isn't your focus...but in the end, spectacular work!!1

I like #2 a lot. How big is it in real life?

Dude, how the hell did you do that

i like how demented it looks, its not real demented but i can see a lil bit of it in there!

Nice work! I see nothiong wrong with it at all

The second one is fantastic! The mix of colors, the lines, the composition - everything! Can I have it? :crazy:

Excellent pieces, the second one does have a more complete feel to it - tell us how have you created them

Thanks for the comments guys.

These 2 pictures (and all those on my website) are collages of paintings i've done, photos i've taken and found objects/textures, all layered together on Photoshop. A typical image has around 60-100 layers, although I tend to flatten them off and start working into them again at various points. I've started using a tablet quite recently, but I still tend to prefer scanning/photographing physical drawings a lot of the time as I prefer the quality of the lines you get. Tablets produce very clean lines, and I prefer them slightly random in terms of shape/colour sometimes.

I'm finding a tablet feels more natural for combining elements together than a mouse. One of the things I worry about with my work is having the "this bit's a drawing, this bit's a photo" effect. That works for some people's artwork, but I prefer to blend things together as much as possible as I feel it gives me more control over the composition/artistic side of things.

I've done a BA Hons. in Illustration, and after I finsihed I did quite a few bits of minor work/exhibitions. I wasn't really happy with the work I was doing, so for the past year or so I've just been trying to focus on improving my work. At the moment, i'm looking to do an MA in either Fine Art or Painting, ideally in America (I'm from England).

When I'm exhibiting work, it usually gets printed up around 120cm x 80cm. That's the size it's designed for, and the size I feel happiest at when I'm just doing straight paintings on to canvas.

thanks for that, didn't have them pegged as photoshop files but there we go.

I wouldn't have guessed they were Photoshop files either. Great work! Personally, I really enjoyed the first image. It has a real sense of motion that really helps to pull you through the image.

very nice work! It is good to see something fresh.

On your website I really like "A girl playing with birds" & "A beach in 2003" -it makes me feel like I am in another world.
I would really like a print of these...

cool but creepy. nice technique

That's very different --- and I like it. The coloring screams for attention.

Really excellent stuff. Are you sure that's Photoshop!!??

nice job. looks very cool.