My new portfolio, feedback wanted!

Hello all. just asking the community for feedback on my current portfolio. I specifically want feedback on my work by non-artists so hence I am posting here, people who appreciate game art. Please leave feedback in this thread. Tell me what you think is my best piece and worst piece. Trust me I can take all criticism as this only helps me improve in the future. All comments welcome.

My portfolio on deviant art:

http://dazzer7.daportfolio.com/

and here is my gamespot hosted portfolio. This contains sketches and more thumbnail type concept works.

http://uk.gamespot.com/users/DAZZER7/albums

Thanks guys :D

I think there are some really interesting pieces you have there. I'd say keep it up, there's always room for imporving and learning something new/different. :)

Some of those are really good. Well done. Do you hand draw them?

That could be an Iron Maiden album cover.

Yeah hand drawn either through traditional pwncil paper etc or I use a Wacom graphics tablet and draw into photoshop or painter which simulates actual drawing and painting. Basically the tablet's pen can sense 512 different levels of pressure.

My brother is an artist who covered all kinds of courses from his days in the Falmouth School of Art to Nottingham University. I believe his last course was a degree for multimedia science, which is pretty much what he does for a living now, creating the graphics and animations for simulations in use of the Royal Navy. I am bringing this up because having known my brother, I have met many of his friends and colleagues who are all artists of some sort themselves. I would say your work is up there with some of the better students that's for sure. I am happy for you actually, keep at it!

My brothers art style is very different to yours in terms of character. Yours reminds me of the concept art used in games such as Lair and Guild Wars, where my brother creates a certain stylish cartoon style very much like you would see in the game Brutal Legends. He is an animator also, and hopes to get into the games industry one day.

I wish I focused on art many years ago, but I always felt like I would be following too much in my brothers footsteps and he even said it himself one day, that he didn't want me doing that. Was one of the biggest mistakes of my life listening to that advice as i should of done what I wanted to do. Anyway, I just do freehand concept art myself but it's nowhere near professional level like some of your work is.

My brother is an artist who covered all kinds of courses from his days in the Falmouth School of Art to Nottingham University. I believe his last course was a degree for multimedia science, which is pretty much what he does for a living now, creating the graphics and animations for simulations in use of the Royal Navy. I am bringing this up because having known my brother, I have met many of his friends and colleagues who are all artists of some sort themselves. I would say your work is up there with some of the better students that's for sure. I am happy for you actually, keep at it!

My brothers art style is very different to yours in terms of character. Yours reminds me of the concept art used in games such as Lair and Guild Wars, where my brother creates a certain stylish cartoon style very much like you would see in the game Brutal Legends. He is an animator also, and hopes to get into the games industry one day.

I wish I focused on art many years ago, but I always felt like I would be following too much in my brothers footsteps and he even said it himself one day, that he didn't want me doing that. Was one of the biggest mistakes of my life listening to that advice as i should of done what I wanted to do. Anyway, I just do freehand concept art myself but it's nowhere near professional level like some of your work is.

Evil_Saluki

Thanks for the encouragement mate! I'm not very strong when it comes to animation, if im honest. The reason I posted my work was for critical feedback.