[fiendion]

hey their, i would like to see what people think of my art work so take a look.

http://www.sffworld.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&si=&page=1&sort=1&perpage=12&password=2fe76acbdb36d0e0190b74ddf2c93abc&ppuser=3225&what=&name

[SubZero61992]

Nice work.
Have you ever heard of the make-up artist for movies named Dick Smith?
Your art reminds me of his quality.

[Kirby]

Okay!
I would place these in the realm of photographic manipulation.
Naked Alien and Sweet Girl show the most use of it, whilst the others are more what I would call filter effects.
You seem to be pretty good with the cloning/blending technique, which I think requires more work to achieve successfully than twiddling around with filters does. (even though some of the filter ones have a nice "look".)

There are arguments about whether or not art and graphic design should be regarded as the same thing, but then, sometimes art and illustration are not see as being equal either! (IMO, they all belong under the same umbrella, and they can all be just as good or bad regardless.) These, I would put more into a "graphic compositions" field.

While I am inclined more toward painted or drawn pictures, at the same time I can appreciate good graphics too. (Heck, that's my degree, afterall.. ;) )

Just as a tip - I think with the Naked Alien one, you might have done it more service by just uploading one image of it. The second one has the effect of making the first one look like something you left unfinished - the same goes for for glair (where the second one looks better than the first) (glare, btw ;) ), and colourful sky - where I think the red one is far more striking.
As a photograph, Arch Grey looks better than Arch blue (IMO), but whilst the composition is nice photographically, it doesn't seem particularly special.

Overall, if this were a portfolio of your work (and in a way, for viewers here, it is), I think you could benefit yourself better in by selecting only the very best of your favourites. There are some good ones in there, and they would benefit more for it.

Cheers ~ Kirby.

[Kirby]

Article on Dick Smith (http://www.tabula-rasa.info/Horror/DickSmith.html)
No pictures in the article, but interesting nonetheless.