Shieeet man. You are in FZD school ;d I am so jelly right now ;x Just work hard while you are there and you will be crazy good. BTW cool design ;)
Reviews for "Mermaid research"
As an engineering student, various design elements of the unmanned submersible bug me. As somebody who has taken many biology related lower division classes, various anatomical elements of your mermaid bug me. As somebody who barely passed english composition, various spelling and grammar related problems bug me.
Seems like the only thing I can compliment you on is your use of brushes and color gradation to give texture and depth to the concept art.
Flowers10 responds:
Haha, its a good thing this is fiction, made for film/video. not real life.
All it has to do is look cool, and communicate. I'm still very interested in what i could improve tho, so i could avoid making the same mistakes in the future. A pm with that would be awesome :D And about the spelling/grammar i already gave up on that haha
I really like the artwork and detail in this. I have to ask though, did you get inspiration for the head from Axolotls?
Flowers10 responds:
Actaully all parts of the mermaid are almost directly taken from all kinds of animals within the amphibian class. It was either this, or reptilian like(think of crocodile marine iguana inspired) or marine mammal inspired(orca, dolphin). I posted the sketches in my art thread http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1215490/24. What made me chose for Amphibian, were the details which could make the animal more humanlike in appearance:)
A philosopher whose name I cannot recall once said that we humans cannot make fantastical creatures without merging together a bunch of pieces from other things and/or creatures that are known to us. I have to say that this here "mermaid" of yours is pretty much like that, a merger of bits and pieces from different existing things, an evolutionary approach to a creature of myth that could have quite a bit of trouble if it existed in the real world. Please, think about that while I hereby praise your art style, for I have made incursions in the usage of digital techniques of painting and this serves as a great inspiration for me. Long story short, you rock at art style, but keep an eye on your concept.
Flowers10 responds:
Arent nearly all all famous monsters basically animals stitched together? werewolf, dragon, Wolpertinger, etc. This is because we won't be able to relate to the subjects, if we have no idea what they are. And most seem to be humiod even, like all aliens. if they didn't look humanoid they wouldn't look intelligent. So its necessary to do this stitching together of animals so the audience can relate, and the concept can communicate. I'm stil very interested in critique on how it could work better in the evolution tho!
No way. I basically discovered FZD today and now stumble upon your work. I watched a video in which Feng mentioned something about suggestive violence in concept art not actual violence. So unfortunately no mermaid killing today haha.
I can't advice on the technical aspect of concept art, it's not my area of expertise. I do character design in my own time but nothing like this. However i do like the visuals. The only thing i can mention is this fictional creature feeds on and gets hunted by existing creatures. Can't quite put them in the same catagory.
Good luck.