08-15-2016, 12:13 PM
I'd agree with Tristan...keying and setting the value range is very important to get your entire hierarchy to read.
I actually quite liked your lower contrast version. I think you managed your hierarchy quite well. It has a somewhat less digital feel to it because it is subtle. I like Tristan's PO; after a certain point it becomes personal preference what key you choose depending on what feeling you want to achieve with your piece but he brought the lower values into submission to work overall and the stronger lightsource makes her pop out a lot more.
For me though, the worst thing, isn't the value structure....it's a "minor" thing; the hands of the main character. There is so much great stuff going on, but when I see those long skinny sausage fingers it brings down the level of the whole painting imo. AD's will tend to see things like that and ask themselves "well can they just not draw hands or were they too lazy to get it right?" Given how most of the figure is pretty well done, I decided it was laziness. Great piece in general though :)
I actually quite liked your lower contrast version. I think you managed your hierarchy quite well. It has a somewhat less digital feel to it because it is subtle. I like Tristan's PO; after a certain point it becomes personal preference what key you choose depending on what feeling you want to achieve with your piece but he brought the lower values into submission to work overall and the stronger lightsource makes her pop out a lot more.
For me though, the worst thing, isn't the value structure....it's a "minor" thing; the hands of the main character. There is so much great stuff going on, but when I see those long skinny sausage fingers it brings down the level of the whole painting imo. AD's will tend to see things like that and ask themselves "well can they just not draw hands or were they too lazy to get it right?" Given how most of the figure is pretty well done, I decided it was laziness. Great piece in general though :)