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Artist // Professional // Digital Art
- United States
- Deviant for 15 years
- www.artstation.com/artist/jeanluke
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New Blog, "Valtyr | Tri it!" : valtyrtriit.blogspot.com/
I don't always post all my stuff to deviantArt so if your curious what you are missing out on you can head on over to my blog; Or wait until I remember to post it here.
www.artstation.com/jeanluke
www.pinterest.com/valthalin/
www.instagram.com/jlukeparshal…
valthalin.tumblr.com/
sketchfab.com/Valthalin
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/valthalin
twitter.com/jLukeParshall
valtyrtriit.blogspot.com/
PolyCount: polycount.com/profile/discussi…
IndiDB: www.indiedb.com/members/valtyr
About me:
Artistically I have been a modeler for most of my life. Modeling was always fairly "easy" for me. However, there came a point when I felt that my lack of traditional artistic experience was holding me back from being as good as I can be. I feel building up that bassist intuition of what will make a piece look good is more important to being a good modeler than understanding how a normal map works or what good topology feels like. So I've started training myself in the mystical "fundamentals." As I slowly get better with one pillar I broaden my reach to another and another. One day I'll be solid enough to whip out stuff that gets an idea across likitysplit! But for now I draw, and try to keep drawing, and when I don't feel like drawing, I draw some more until my fingers have the imprint of my drawing utensil. Then I go have cheese cake.
Current Residence: Oregon
Current Employment Status: Unknown
I don't always post all my stuff to deviantArt so if your curious what you are missing out on you can head on over to my blog; Or wait until I remember to post it here.
www.artstation.com/jeanluke
www.pinterest.com/valthalin/
www.instagram.com/jlukeparshal…
valthalin.tumblr.com/
sketchfab.com/Valthalin
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/valthalin
twitter.com/jLukeParshall
valtyrtriit.blogspot.com/
PolyCount: polycount.com/profile/discussi…
IndiDB: www.indiedb.com/members/valtyr
About me:
Artistically I have been a modeler for most of my life. Modeling was always fairly "easy" for me. However, there came a point when I felt that my lack of traditional artistic experience was holding me back from being as good as I can be. I feel building up that bassist intuition of what will make a piece look good is more important to being a good modeler than understanding how a normal map works or what good topology feels like. So I've started training myself in the mystical "fundamentals." As I slowly get better with one pillar I broaden my reach to another and another. One day I'll be solid enough to whip out stuff that gets an idea across likitysplit! But for now I draw, and try to keep drawing, and when I don't feel like drawing, I draw some more until my fingers have the imprint of my drawing utensil. Then I go have cheese cake.
Current Residence: Oregon
Current Employment Status: Unknown
Favourite Visual Artist
Slipgatecentral, Feng zu, jason chan, Todd Lockwood, frank frazetta
Favourite Movies
Gladiator, Grandma's Boy, Tekken, Hunt for red October, how to lose a guy in 10 days
Favourite TV Shows
Day(9), Totalbiscuit, egoraptor, The Gnomon Workshop, Eat3D, digital tutors, day[9], TED Talks
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
WOODKID - Iron, Rammstein - Feuer Frei, Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus, Auto Pilot Off - The 12th Day, Evanescence - My Immortal
Favourite Books
The Dragon and the George, Dragon Lance Soulforge, Spirit gate, Dune the Butlerian Jihad
Favourite Writers
Gordon R. Dickson, Margaret Weis, Kate Elliott, brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
Favourite Games
Secret of mana, Chrono trigger, ME 1-2, AC 1-Nexus Front Mission 4, SWG'ED (RIP), WoW
Favourite Gaming Platform
PC, 360, PS3, DS, PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PS1, 64, SNES, NES, DOS
Tools of the Trade
Maya, Max, Zbrush, Mudbox, Marmoset , UDK, Unity, Photoshop
Other Interests
Art, games, reading, talking, walking, listening to the rain, helping people too be happy...
Commissions: The Real Deal
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Before you ask an artist for a commission consider the following.
-What am I asking for?
-Is it cheaper to do it myself or pay to have it done?
-What is the actual cost of what I'm asking for?
-How much am I willing to pay?
You want an Artist to do a custom character; modeled, textured, and rigged at the quality level of vindictus ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9_ydtlg2LU ) as that seems to be a common desired quality. That's cool! But you want it for $80. That is not so cool.
So here is a way to look at this request from the eyes of an artist. What do you do for a living? Lets say you are a doctor, a brain surgeon. Someone comes up
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Thx for watch !
Welcome, now put out some cool stuff for me hah.^^
your art is really good and especially your 3d stuff too, awesome 
If you wouldn't mind could you look at my art work and tell me what you think?
If you wouldn't mind could you look at my art work and tell me what you think?
Thank you very much!^.^
I don't mind looking at your work at all. I think your work is fun, lots of cute wolfies. I like that you mix up your designs here and there.
If you are trying to improve, You might give a look at a book called 'Animals Real and Imagined' by Terryl Whitlatch.
Also maybe take one of your designs and put it in a full body 3 quarters view with a clear light source effecting it?
I don't mind looking at your work at all. I think your work is fun, lots of cute wolfies. I like that you mix up your designs here and there.
If you are trying to improve, You might give a look at a book called 'Animals Real and Imagined' by Terryl Whitlatch.
Also maybe take one of your designs and put it in a full body 3 quarters view with a clear light source effecting it?
thank you for looking at my work and the feedback is REALLY appreciated, I think you've noticed but nobody comments on my work which is fine but I would at least like some comments on how to improve n stuff like what you said about that book which I am gonna have a look at as for the full body thing I'll give it a try Thanks again, much appreciated
Thanks again, much appreciated You are most welcome. I find encouragement to be good artistic fuel. Keep at it! 
I am not well versed in deviant art culture or services but I do not believe this is the kind of site where critical feedback is given as a norm. 'conceptart.org', 'gameartisans.org', 'polycount.com', 'cgsociety.org', and the like would be better for crits and advice from more skilled peers I should think.
I am not well versed in deviant art culture or services but I do not believe this is the kind of site where critical feedback is given as a norm. 'conceptart.org', 'gameartisans.org', 'polycount.com', 'cgsociety.org', and the like would be better for crits and advice from more skilled peers I should think.
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Thanks for the fav/collection add on my Amber model