Frozen's "greatest hits" (smirk!!!) - critiques welcome!!!

[Frozen]

Hello one and all!

Boy, things are really hectic right now here at work. We have a big deadline coming up soon, and everybody is under a lot of pressure. Still, it's a lot of fun, and I've always liked a challenge!!!

Anyway, please allow me to relive past glories as I introduce a collection of images I've jokingly called Frozen's Greatest Hits!

http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/preview/mr/mrlazell/Ways1.JPG

This is one of my very first professional peices - a production illustration for a film. it's meant to be a market street in an underground city, but I'm not sure it's all that clear...

http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/preview/mr/mrlazell/Flowers1.JPG

I did this one for a magazine called Valkyrie - but it was never published - which I thought was a shame, because it was tons better than the version they DID print!!!

http://imagehost.auctionwatch.com/preview/mr/mrlazell/MiGo.jpg

Valkyrie DID print this though - a creature from Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu mythos called the Mi-go. I always thought it looked a little flat - what do you guys think?

That's it for now - PLEASE feel free to crtique any of the drawings here!

I was thinking of up-dating this thread whenever I have some new pieces to post. Good idea?

[JustJack]

wow, you are really good, Frozen. You do comics now, or what? I'd love to do comics, but I clearly have more of an animated style, I guess...?? anyway. I'd post some of my work, but it's just to bad my scanner works as good as two pieces of cardboard stuck together by snot, with a wire taped to it.
Anyway, very nice stuff.

[Frozen]

I gave up comics about this time last year, when I got half way through a test script for a comic company and realsied I didn't actually like drawing comics... Now I just do illustrations and character designs - it's a lot more fun!

[Nass]

Wow, thats some really cool stuff Frozen!

[Bic]

Okay first up (and to get this out of the way) these are really great. And you got paid for two of them!? Too cool.

Did you use Sakura pens for these or Technical pens? 'Cause I can't spot the telltale signs of a brush or a dip pen.

Market Street:
My fav of the three. The BG is awesome, and yes it does look underground. The amount of detail is incredible, far more than I would attempt to do.

My crit is the focal point of the image. If this is a setting than it works great. If not than I would assume that the gentleman with the large shoulder pads facing the reader is the focal point, but it is difficult to tell, because the focal point could be the guy with the shoulder pads watching an argument down the street. (I'm coming from a comic background so my crit is geared more towards that medium.)

BTW isn't showing midriff on fat people out of style these days? :D

Valkrie:

Very clean, very stylized, and for an android very personable. She has character in this sketch.

Mi-go:

Cool creature. Would definately not want to meet it in a dark alley, or even an open field in the brightest daylight. Good texture and line work.

To make it pop out, or not so flat, I would suggest a tad bit more spotted blacks, like the shadow on the ground with a dry brush for example.

[Nightflower]

The third one is scary O_O

I said this many times, but I'll say it again- you've got major talent! I hope I'm as talented as you when I'm your age! (Doesn't that make you feel old? It wasn't supposed to! :p)

[The Mad Hatter]

In the middle of wrapping up a major, unnamed project, eh? :) Keep those home fires burning!

Anyway, GREAT pictures, they do indeed look polished and professional.

The crowd scene: you're right, it's not really that clear that it's an open-air market. Maybe if there was just a little more focus on the storefronts and wares. But the characters themselves look great, and there's a lot of bustle going on.

The androidess: I like it a lot, though I find myself wondering if the "hair" is fiberous or sculpted metal. For some reason, I get the feeling that she's the polar opposite of my conception of Marvin the Paranoid Android from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...

Mi-go: Wow. That's really all I can say... I'm getting lost in all its detail!