SHMECKIE'S PROFILE

If you're looking to improve your foreshortening, my best suggestion would be to look at artists who excel at it, and study their work. One of the best users of foreshortening I've seen is this guy:

http://lastscionz.deviantart.com

He's a member of UDON, and an expert at perspective.

Concerning the first set of pics: I like the surreal nature and heavy shadows, but the porportions need work. Much of the first picture's structure is hard to decipher, making me wonder what's going on with much of it. I can see you tried some foreshortening with the right arm, but you made it universally the same small size, making it just look like a tiny arm. The second picture seems to be leaning far too much. The third is hard to make out at first glace.

I can appreciate the style, though it's not my thing, personally.

Characters like them annoy me, too, actually. That's part of the excercise. Add characters of the variety I can't stand, then see how I can reshape them to make them likable, without making a mess of their personality.

As for Love and War, here's the funny part; not only did I come up with the title long before ever playing L&W, but Admiral Styles is now a net-cuaintance of mine, whom I'm doing a few designs for.

And I'm glad you're looking forward to it, Eike! And I, too, like my graphics ripped n' roco. ;)

Aside form my comics, just one project.

Money and Power
An RPG centerred around a character-driven storyline riddled with delicious plot twists. It's been a side project, and an excercise in storytelling, to work on when I'm not comicing. Trying to come up with unique bosses and dungeon puzzles for it, as well. Currently, I'm working on a big turning point in the story, which is kind of tricky... There's alot of conversations and story moments, here, so I'm trying to work in as much actual gameplay as possible, rather than sticking players in an oversized cutscene.

Any more info can be found here.

Demmit, Styles, y'done made me laugh!