04-06-2022, 01:20 PM
cicakkia: Thank you, glad you enjoy it!
darktiste: I agree, I go a bit too crazy with some of the lighting effects towards the final stage. Excellent point regarding my rendering of the skin, it does look a bit metallic likely due to the values of the halftones and highlights, they're much too bright. I reworked Yoda's skin and toned down that aspect, and I will keep this in mind for my future pieces in regards to shading the skin.
Also regarding the strong lighting, it's simply a personal preference as I want the picture to pop, and having strong highlights against a dark background helps do this. I might be overdoing it though so it might look a bit unnatural, I guess I need to find a better balance overall. Thanks again for your input, very constructive as always!
RottenPocket: I haven't watch the show neither (I don't have DisneyPlus in my region!) but I love the character design for Baby Yoda! Great input as well, I removed the blurry glow from behind baby yoda (I was trying to give it the impression of movement but I guess it didn't work too well). Made some final adjustments to the image, hopefully it works better now!
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I tweaked Yoda a bit more based on the input I received, should work a bit better now! Below is the update:
Next up I started work on a new image featuring a female Orc. The figure's general pose was referenced from here as well, tried my best to capture it and I think I was fairly successful in that regard. I think it's about ready to paint but any feedback before I do would be most welcome! Here is the sketch:
darktiste: I agree, I go a bit too crazy with some of the lighting effects towards the final stage. Excellent point regarding my rendering of the skin, it does look a bit metallic likely due to the values of the halftones and highlights, they're much too bright. I reworked Yoda's skin and toned down that aspect, and I will keep this in mind for my future pieces in regards to shading the skin.
Also regarding the strong lighting, it's simply a personal preference as I want the picture to pop, and having strong highlights against a dark background helps do this. I might be overdoing it though so it might look a bit unnatural, I guess I need to find a better balance overall. Thanks again for your input, very constructive as always!
RottenPocket: I haven't watch the show neither (I don't have DisneyPlus in my region!) but I love the character design for Baby Yoda! Great input as well, I removed the blurry glow from behind baby yoda (I was trying to give it the impression of movement but I guess it didn't work too well). Made some final adjustments to the image, hopefully it works better now!
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I tweaked Yoda a bit more based on the input I received, should work a bit better now! Below is the update:
Next up I started work on a new image featuring a female Orc. The figure's general pose was referenced from here as well, tried my best to capture it and I think I was fairly successful in that regard. I think it's about ready to paint but any feedback before I do would be most welcome! Here is the sketch: