SciFi & Fantasy Artwork by Vlad N. Dayvof

I took the liberty of checking out your gallery, and again, I admire your anatomy skills, esp for Lord of Hatred and Au’Kin.

Hope to see more from you as well!

Hey, thank’s for the comments.
I’ll be posting some new stuff right away.

Taking a look on your gallery I can say this: If you want to continue with the more comic style like "Pan" and "Mr. Wizard..." I’d say your’e on your way, you’ve got the grasp of the distorted prportions and sparse shading required. If you want to improve the rest I’ve got a a couple of advice. Firstly, remember that between black and white there are oodles of shades of grey, and even when you work with great contrasts you can still fit in numerous hues. "Au-Kin" is a good example of that (a very impressive piece indeed) Therefore a piece like "The fiend dragon" could do with a lot more work. Second... For a more realistic touch... try studying anatomy of all sorts of animals - mammals, reptiles, birds... in order to get the proportions sorted. The more "plausible" a thing looks the more realistic it gets.

(Continued from previous comment) Even fantasy has one of its roots in real animals. And not only that... study textures... anything and everything from fabric, stone and metal to scales, skin and hair. All their surfaces and shadings... How do things really look? What happens if the light comes from another direction? Details, texture, plausible proportions... All these things never subtracts from an image, just adds. The less you add to an image (unless you work with comics) the flatter and, frankly, the more boring it will look. Also... never rush a drawing, no matter how minute or big it is. Patience is a huge virtue. An example: Pieces like "Au-Kin" and "Lord of hatred" shows you’ve put time and effort in them, while "Horse of the abyss" looks like it’s rustled up without much care. And lastly... There are no magic pills, it all comes down to practice, practice and more practice.
You have a couple of really good pieces in your gallery and good potential. So I hope I’ve said at least something useful. Keep on drawing!

Wow u hv beautiful dragons n monsters here!! i especially loved d undead dragon!

your welcome..and im not yur friend im your worshiper hahahaha
and i should have some writings uploaded by next week

Vlad N. Dayvof replies: "Haha, awesome!"

As for spreading the word about your art. It’s not easy at times, I know. You have take time and get out there, surf the woods leave comments and write good stuff in other people’s guestbooks. (By good I don’t mean just praise but interesting and/or maybe unusual stuff that stands out a bit so you get noticed) It’s time consuming to say the least but it’s a social site after all, you never know who you might run in to.

Wow... from the last time I was here, you really improved your skills to a professional level! Great new style.

Vlad N. Dayvof replies: "Yeah, I wanna bring back a little more cartoon into it though. The way I’ve been doing this, I can’t make it look happy and cheerful."

hey man. thanks for comments on my artwork. it really made my day today. cause I’ve been kinda lonly and such. thank you sooo much

Vlad N. Dayvof replies: "Hey no problema your stuff brought a smile to my face anyways. Good sense of humor man."

Awesome gallery.

Vlad N. Dayvof replies: "Thank you! care to add more?"