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RobertLaszloKiss — DAC 2011 january II Viking
Published: 2011-01-29 13:07:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 1543; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 36
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Here is my entry for January's 2nd character "A heavy, grumpy viking who doesn't care much for combing his/her hair, has a smoking and drinking habit, loves to get into fights". I really had fun with this one. sadly i'm painting on a laptop and I also have a secondary screen, but my laptops screen is all desaturated and my 2ndray screen is a bit over saturated and i suck at calibrating so i hope this looks alright on other peoples screens.Check out some early head sketches here: [link]
Steps here: [link]
Also I'm open for commissions if anyone is interested in my style of art, and the money goes to a good friend who has some health issues. If you are interested please check out for more info. lets help out a friend and great artist.
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Hehe thanks Maja, i was hiding it from you, since i know how you do not like Vikings and such stuff
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Not a bad design, but I think you could have done a lot more with it. On the whole it's a good solid drawing, I like the proportions, but I think the story of the character is not well explored. By that I mean I don't get the sense that he's what the description says. The most important part of character design is telling a story, you have the beginnings of it here but I think you could have pushed it more.
For example the pose; while it is dynamic it just doesn't tell the story of the viking. It kind of looks like he's posing for the camera, especially with him looking at us. I can almost imagine him saying "this beer is great, buy this brand!" The description says he's "heavy" and "grumpy" so why not have him in a more aggressive pose? Say with his shoulders hunched and leaning forward instead of backwards. Also as far as details go, he looks far too clean to be someone who gets into fights all the time. You added some nice touches like the eye scar, but everything just looks too clean and neat. Also his shirt, is that chain mail? I can see what you were going for with the shading but I don't think you pulled it off because he just looks like he's wearing a light blue shirt. For the edges of his sleeves and what not make it bumpy instead of smooth to represent the links in the chain, or even have tears to show how much he fights.
This is a good start but I think you can go back to this and really make it pop. Remember not to settle on the first idea you put on paper, always explore as many poses as possible to help tell the story of that character.
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Woah that is some great critique!
To be honest i got quite a different image when i started. I had him hurling a chair and spilling beer all over the place. I do not know what i did wrong and where i lost my initial vision but I have to agree you are completely right. I have this problem of loosing my focus.
Your points are very good, and i thank you very much for them. Sadly my free time is almost non existent. And i have to battle between personal drawings like these and studies so i don't have the time to redo the whole thing but i did do some minor cosmetic improvements. I would appreciate it if you could give it maybe another looks.
Thanks again for your awesome crit.
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Yeah those extra little details really make a difference. Even the beer stain on his vest adds a lot, I'm glad you didn't get upset with the crit. I can't tell you how many people get offended when I try to give them advice. Your work is really solid, you can draw very well. I understand the whole time thing. I've been wanting to attack the viking pic all month but due to my schedule I only got to it recently. This version looks great, I look forward to the next challenge.
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I totally love this viking here Robi! Great style!
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Really great man! I like his expression and the colors!
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Thank you very much
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Great design man! I like the texture on his outfit.
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Thank you very much
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Muchas grazias mate
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