Leftyjoe: the portfolio, the unoficial reveiw, and the crit.

[leftyJoe]

Hey all, I would love to share my art with you all. Also, please share your thoughts and criticisms of my works. Here we go, I'll start by posting my current portfolio.
Please tear it down, build it up, all that jazz.
Enjoy,











































feel free to see what I'm up to....
http://leftyart.blogspot.com/

[Randaethyr]

Wow, I wish I could put together a portfolio like this.


I am working on it and hope to have as good and varied a portfolio as this one.




I really like the figure drawings and the first set of character designs for the character with the high cuffs on his pants, a lot of different and dramatic expressions.

[leftyJoe]

Wow, I wish I could put together a portfolio like this.


I am working on it and hope to have as good and varied a portfolio as this one.




I really like the figure drawings and the first set of character designs for the character with the high cuffs on his pants, a lot of different and dramatic expressions.

Thank's Rand',

thanks for popping my thread cherry too, and thank you for the kudos. Yo, show mw you stuff when your done too, I'd love to help. I actaully had way butt tons fo help from a friend in recruiting . She guieded me a lot!!!!
I hope i can someday give back.

Peace Rand'. see you on the boards.

[Randaethyr]

Some of my older stuff is up on the Sketchbook subforum actually.

[messioddt]

Solid portfolio. Very diverse illustrations, but all done well. I enjoy the cartoon style and like the lineweight involved. Great job

[leftyJoe]

Looking to check out the contemporary pop art scene in Los Angeles, well come check out a group show featuring various artists from Los Angeles and a few from nearby cities.
The art show is something cool to do for the saturday of july 18th,09.
Please come show your support to all of our LA based artists.

http://mawnstirrsandrowboughts.blogspot.com/

[DantheMan]

If you're trying to sell yourself, well, then I'm sold! You got a very cool style. Not all subjects posted I like, but all the drawings I do like.

[warhole]

you`re a busy painter! very nice figure drawings!

[leftyJoe]

thank you warhole!!!

[SilentStranger]

Wow, VERY impressive. I love how you can switch between a toony style and a serious style like that

[treedonkey]

I'm not sure EXACTLY what Art Directors look for when hiring a character designer, but it looks like you're definitely on the right track for that. It's a good thing you've confined it nearly 100% to original characters. I think, for the purposes of getting hired, the first drawings... the ones that are just sketches without a lot of digital or traditional paint work on them... are the strongest. So add more if possible. You should probably remove something for everything added, as it might already be pushing the limit as far as length. Be sure that every piece introduces or emphasis a particular skill that you possess.

One more thing...

I saw the father from 'The Family Guy' in there... DID YOU DESIGN THAT CHARACTER FOR THE SHOW?. If so, GREAT, be sure to make it clear that that is your own design that we all recognize. That alone could get yo hired, so if you have more like it, include it. If not, PLEASE remove it ASAP. A hiring director will ask you the same thing, and if you reply that you copied it, for whatever reason, you credibility will be shattered and he will immediately wonder how many others in there are copies. The main qualities that a character designer must possess is creativity and originality (that's not to say that you can't 'borrow' ideas, since nothing is truly original, but ripoffs will destroy you)

[leftyJoe]

thanks for the comments guys,

as far as the peter griffin, it was work i did for fox, and most art directors in cartoon network and nickelodeon liked the fact that i put those in there to show that i could stay on model. if anyone were to ask, i would tell them that. most at directors know pretty well who the character designers are on most of the big shows anyway. one never knows what anyone would say. i just go with my gut and put in what i feel are strong drawings. thanks for the crit.

please check out the newest stuff i'm doing on

http://leftyart.blogspot.com/
http://modern-toon-impressionist.blogspot.com/
http://apparel-design-leftyjoe.blogspot.com/

[leftyJoe]

[leftyJoe]

here's a illo from today.

[sinj]

damn! i love your work.