(12-02-2015, 02:24 PM)meat Wrote: The bright background is taking attention away from the woman, who's stuck between seemingly back-lit, but front-lit at the same time, so things feel flat. I'm not sure what the blurry artifacts are in some random places, so maybe you can clarify that. I like the way you render her face and hands, and using a darker brown for both shape of shade as well as outline for her arm.

(12-03-2015, 08:10 AM)Admbrns Wrote: Unfortunately, you can tell what was copied from a reference and what was designed by you. The face and hands have a higher grade of rendering than the hair/robe/crown. The latter being about 80% of the illustration, its a big deal.

The shadows of the crown spikes all lie in an inconsistent/unrealistic way.

The only places you can see the flying snow pieces is when they are over the figure. If you hadn't mentioned that they were snow, i probably would not have picked up on them in front of the light blue background. I would rethink your color choices for the background. They work okay together, but in no way convey "cold" or "snow". Think of the emotion you're trying to get across.

(12-03-2015, 10:35 PM)Bookend Wrote: Hmm, the only thing that sticks out to me are the lines in the hands-- I think they could be softened/lightened.  They look too dark and bold, and thus are taking away from the elegance of the overall look.

(12-04-2015, 05:28 AM)Alberto Wrote: Hey dude:
1. the hair has 3 types of brown color I think you should simplify it.
2. Also if you are going to outline the whole illustration should be outlined or otherwise don't use outline for the final render.
3. the crown lack core shadow.
4. to much negative space in the bottom part. maybe you should crop the image or resize the girl and the circle to occupy more space.