arkwright Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 At the moment I am working on completing artwork for my portfolio - I have several architectural works, expressive, and many life drawings as well as paintings and all such related -- but it struck me, I`ve always been very much into digital art (and if I say so myself, pretty alright at it) ...However my last piece was a few months ago and was a gift for a friend, and also entirely unsuitable for a portfolio... So this isn`t a typical artwork request, because for one - I cannot promise I will complete the piece; and I am being really strict about what you can request. But basically, I would like to take an art request or two. In fact; I would like as many of you to throw art requests at me as possible - and I will consider them all, and attempt to create portfolio standard work of the request. This will be a 12hr+ piece of work each, airbrushed in photoshop and will not be posted until I am totally satisfied with the work. My portfolio deadline is in November, so I shall be completing them as quickly as possible. The resolutions of the pieces will be very, very high as I will be having them printed off at A2 size. Basically what I am saying is whatever you request I will put a LOT of effort into it, for my own personal gain - but once I have linked the picture; so long as you leave my full name and the date on the picture you may use as you like. WHAT DO I WANT YOU TO REQUEST? I don`t want "This is my character he is a red lupe and has no design, can you draw him" Similarly I don`t want "This is my character he is a red lupe, here is the link to his design can you draw him in this pose with this background." If you MUST request a Neopets picture; then please tell me as much as you can about the character. Give me a sense of its personality and the types of places he would be - I may ask many more questions. Also please dont ask for a specific pose / setting; because I may not be able to do this if my artistic instinct tells me otherwise. It may also be complicated for me to explain to the admissions tutors that the character within is not only a Neopets character but is not my own - I have lots of my own neopets characters if I wanted to draw them (I may well draw them anyway, but still). Ideally the kind of request I want is a idea, or maybe a song you love or a poem, or an idea for a character or an idea for a story or anything you think could be beautiful in art. I want something that will show off my skill, in brilliant colours, that I can create an amazing background for that looks simply magical. I am applying for Architecture - but the piece does not necessarily have to have architecture in it. But anyway, enough rules - hit me with your requests. To be honest; I will take anything you say and transform it into what I wish it to look like, I apologise if I do not do the picture exactly how you like it. I have to keep what I think the admissions tutors will want to see, and I will be highlighting my own skills - i.e. I am good at drawing foliage; heck your city-loving character is sitting in the middle of the jungle; deal with it. :P :D Thank you! P.S. I need your permission to use the request you request to me in my portfolio. I do not know the laws about this - but I just want it to be clear on a personal friendly level that in requesting, you are granting me permission. P.P.S I am very very good at drawing portraits. I would love to do an amazing fantasy airbrushed portrait; so if somebody particularly wants one of their character / themselves, please do request it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raichi Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Ooooh ~♥ not sure if you're familiar with drawing wings (drawing feathers is really time consuming) but I'd love it if you drew Lyle! Here's a chibi version of him Here's a character profile of him His race: He's half human half peregrine falcon. The peregrine falcon is the fastest member of the animal kingdom, and hunts by making a free fall, reaching a speed of 322 km/h His biography: Do not read if you're homophobic. Much desired as his kind are by civilization, they live in the wild and resist joining them, fighting off and escaping the many who try to capture or force them, not listening to those who wish to convince them. As a child Lyle enjoyed the night more than the day, but night was a time for sleeping. His parents forbad him to fly without supervision until he was capable of fending for himself, but his desire was too big and he flew off in the night when they were asleep. To him everything was more beautiful in the moonlight, and was attracted to the lights in the distance, the lights that belonged to the streets of civilization. He got lucky, instead of being captured a zoologist noticed him circling around town in the middle of the night/early morning, and lured him into her house using the smell of good food and hand gestures. Lyle was tired and fell asleep instantly after eating the generous woman’s food and being offered a bed to sleep. (which was a lot warmer and softer than the nest he was used to) It soon became clear to him that returning home was far too dangerous, the zoologist showing him by means of pictures in books what civilization has done to rare creatures of the wild throughout the centuries. Lyle was kept a secret, was taught how to read, write and speak, and was only allowed to be active at night. As much as he was longing to see his parents again, he became too accustomed to the luxuries of civil life. The more he was capable of taking the risk, the bigger the step became for him to take. Eventually he decided to stay in town. He learned how to defend himself through martial arts, from books the zoologist had bought him considering he needed something useful to do all those hours spent (sometimes alone) locked up inside. Curious and hormonal he started discovering town at age 16, hiding in the shadows and lying about his heritage whenever someone spotted him. He was soon to find out he was unlike most not only in race and lifestyle, but also in sexuality. Love became something he started to long for, and at 18 he managed to gather up the courage to approach a man when the moon was already lighting the sky. Lyle was sure he would be interested, as he had seen him before with other men and had fallen head over heels. Somehow he thought that with himself it would be different, that because he was beautiful, special, and had a different lifestyle he would be able to steal the player’s heart. He was wrong. He had given the man everything, love, affection, his first kiss, his virginity, but after a couple of months of being fooled he found out he was just one of his many playthings. Heartbroken he gave up on love, he was convinced there were too few homosexuals around, and that those who were weren’t able to love like his first player boyfriend. He focussed on setting up a business for himself, too long had he been living under the zoologist her wing, it was about time he left the nest. He set up a secret messenger business for himself, he had the speed and sneakiness to deliver messages and small packages without being seen. To increase his chances of getting jobs in he made himself business cards, and was soon receiving multiple sinister missions. Doing more jobs and sleeping at inns meant he saw more people, men who noticed his beauty and wondered if for a little extra he would provide a more pleasurable service. Somewhere in the back of his mind a little voice kept telling him that there would have to be a man who would love him for who he is, only him. Though he was constantly aware that the men he occasionally gave extra service to were all cruel and selfish people, who else would hire a secret expensive messenger of the night? As the years went by he became more and more like the people he did jobs for, became bitter about love, no. He couldn’t stand looking at others who did have what he wished for but knew he would never have. What he doesn’t realize is that his bitterness is what’s blinding him from those who would have good intentions as a love interest, and that his lack of compassion and cold attitude only decreases his chances of finding it. My request idea: He's in the sky at night, the scenery down below that of a small kingdom surrounded by Afrika-like nature. He flies to have a moment of relief of his inner struggles, constant heart-ache and bitterness. I made a poem he wrote which you can add if you decide to do something with my request: When the night is young, the stars come through Lift up to the skies, you will see many new The cold wind embraces your skin, the clouds moist and wet Yes the night is as our souls, bitter-sweet like anisette In the sky, I want him to show off either his bitterness (cold hearted, self-centred) in which case he would be free-falling or have a threatening pose with evil grin. Or show his heartache and weakness, expressively tumbling backwards, probably wet from having flown through clouds, small drops gravitating upwards from his hair, wings and body. Obviously struggling with his unhappiness. Possibly his messenger cards escaping his waistcoat, spreading across the scenery (I can picture it very well in my head but find it a bit hard to explain) If you suddenly came up with a different image for Lyle that's awesome too, but of course odds are you'll pick one of the other many submissions ^^; Good luck with your portfolio btw! I'm sure it'll look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkwright Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 Ooooh ~♥ not sure if you're familiar with drawing wings (drawing feathers is really time consuming) but I'd love it if you drew Lyle! Here's a chibi version of him Here's a character profile of him How exciting! I think I could work with this, and looking through your design idea, I like it a lot. I very much drawing wings, so I shall work with this and see what I can do with it. I have one idea in my head that came to me the second I saw the picture - its not exactly what you have in mind, but I could happily do both ideas - especially if I get no other requests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raichi Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Ah how super awesome :D I'm really flattered ^^ and you don't have to make my idea it was just an idea, I'm happy with whatever you make anyway ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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