250 box challenge and now this. it's like you enjoy boxes or something you sadist!
That aside, this seems very interesting and I've enjoyed drawing treasure chest before, gotta give this a try. I might lose my sanity before 10 chests tho.
I realized after recording myself saying '100' on the video that this was asking a hell of a lot. But I can't admit weakness in front of you lot or you'll eat me alive (that's a thing!) so 100 chests it is! AHAHAHA.
Took a challenge of drawing 100 heads from different angles then also this. I think my new year resolution will be keeping my sanity. Will get back to this one day, you better not show your weakness when you have to look at 100 chests!
100 chests and still making mistakes. often when i draw an open chest, can't get the lit right, don't know for sure with which VP I shall construct it, and it somehow looks twisted.
You really accomplished something special here. You started off okay - your basic constructions were generally pretty good, although I found many of your more detailed chests were lacking in solidity and felt somewhat cartoony at times. Not entirely, but bits here and there felt off. I feel like this was primarily because you were trying to hide the construction lines (drawing them in grey marker, and then going back over them with slower marks, focusing on creating a clean, pretty drawing. This sacrificed a lot of solidity, since those 'cleaner' marks weren't as confident as they could have been.
As you continued to push through, you made little steps forwards, and eventually started making leaps. Near the end of the first half, you really started to get a sense of what you were doing, and managed to work with your original construction lines and apply weight in a much more confident fashion. Even your "clean-up" drawings were looking more solid.
That last 50 chests was a delight to look through, as you can see from the decreasing amount of helpful advice.
Through the entire set, you're playing with a lot of interesting designs. You're not afraid to veer away from traditional forms, and are more than happy to carve into those boxes and cylinders and end up with a great variety. There were points where it felt like you were very resourceful in finding good reference (which is fantastic on its own), but after a point I started to feel like you were really exhibiting exceptional design sense as well.
I feel that if I were looking at this work while considering whether or not to hire you as a concept artist, I'd be leaning strongly towards a yes. There would certainly be plenty more room to develop and grow, as treasure chests are only 95% of what we do, but what you've demonstrated goes well beyond just the subject of the challenge. You've dedicated an enormous amount of time, a great deal of patience, and best of all have shown the flexibility to learn and grow along the way.
Absolutely phenomenal work. Sadly I don't have a badge for this challenge (reddit's current system is ridiculously difficult to work with), and to be entirely honest I didn't expect people to actually finish this one (you're the second I've seen in the nearly 3 months it's been up), the first of which I've had to critique. Reddit's currently beta testing their new subreddit styling system, which should make badges a lot easier. You'll be awarded one then.
AmoryVain
2017-12-04 01:51
A new Challenger approaches!
JeffersonSales
2017-12-04 03:46
Yummy.
imageoverload
2017-12-04 04:57
Take my upvote
kancolle_nigga
2017-12-04 09:11
This incredible
dizzydizzy
2017-12-04 11:09
Please god no.
Thankfully I'm not eligible.
dencontrol
2017-12-09 06:15
250 box challenge and now this. it's like you enjoy boxes or something you sadist!
That aside, this seems very interesting and I've enjoyed drawing treasure chest before, gotta give this a try. I might lose my sanity before 10 chests tho.
Uncomfortable
2017-12-09 17:03
I realized after recording myself saying '100' on the video that this was asking a hell of a lot. But I can't admit weakness in front of you lot or you'll eat me alive (that's a thing!) so 100 chests it is! AHAHAHA.
dencontrol
2017-12-10 16:03
Took a challenge of drawing 100 heads from different angles then also this. I think my new year resolution will be keeping my sanity. Will get back to this one day, you better not show your weakness when you have to look at 100 chests!
kangoroopaw
2018-02-28 08:37
this took me quite some week ends!
100 chests and still making mistakes. often when i draw an open chest, can't get the lit right, don't know for sure with which VP I shall construct it, and it somehow looks twisted.
anyhow here we go:
https://imgur.com/a/MOdDu
Uncomfortable
2018-02-28 21:33
Here's my critique.
You really accomplished something special here. You started off okay - your basic constructions were generally pretty good, although I found many of your more detailed chests were lacking in solidity and felt somewhat cartoony at times. Not entirely, but bits here and there felt off. I feel like this was primarily because you were trying to hide the construction lines (drawing them in grey marker, and then going back over them with slower marks, focusing on creating a clean, pretty drawing. This sacrificed a lot of solidity, since those 'cleaner' marks weren't as confident as they could have been.
As you continued to push through, you made little steps forwards, and eventually started making leaps. Near the end of the first half, you really started to get a sense of what you were doing, and managed to work with your original construction lines and apply weight in a much more confident fashion. Even your "clean-up" drawings were looking more solid.
That last 50 chests was a delight to look through, as you can see from the decreasing amount of helpful advice.
Through the entire set, you're playing with a lot of interesting designs. You're not afraid to veer away from traditional forms, and are more than happy to carve into those boxes and cylinders and end up with a great variety. There were points where it felt like you were very resourceful in finding good reference (which is fantastic on its own), but after a point I started to feel like you were really exhibiting exceptional design sense as well.
I feel that if I were looking at this work while considering whether or not to hire you as a concept artist, I'd be leaning strongly towards a yes. There would certainly be plenty more room to develop and grow, as treasure chests are only 95% of what we do, but what you've demonstrated goes well beyond just the subject of the challenge. You've dedicated an enormous amount of time, a great deal of patience, and best of all have shown the flexibility to learn and grow along the way.
Absolutely phenomenal work. Sadly I don't have a badge for this challenge (reddit's current system is ridiculously difficult to work with), and to be entirely honest I didn't expect people to actually finish this one (you're the second I've seen in the nearly 3 months it's been up), the first of which I've had to critique. Reddit's currently beta testing their new subreddit styling system, which should make badges a lot easier. You'll be awarded one then.
kangoroopaw
2018-03-01 11:52
thank you so much for the nice and helpful feedback!
yes, definitely felt like learning something from this challenge that goes beyond drawing chests. thanks again and looking forward to that badge:)