04-13-2022, 04:38 AM
I think you should try to fix you shape and scale.Also you seem to have deliberately made the mountain end at the same height which make what should look a bit more naturalistic like intelligent design remember that when you lead the eye you want to avoid making it to obvious.I don't think for example that you really need the wood plank in the foreground not only are they flat the eye of the viewer already generally enter the picture going from top left.
Now for the problem of giving scale cue to the viewer there is not a single character standing which make scale a little harder to establish.But sometime scale can be fix with atmospheric perspective so it kinda hard to determine scale of thing when you are on high ground because one second you are in the foreground and the second later the midground is 1km away due to a cliff it hard to tell what the distance is if you don't put tree along the way here since it a mountain i suggest putting vegetation and rock as scale cue .The spear is pretty much your only indication of perspective cue after that it very hard to determine the scale.If you could put a character standing somewhere it might help to.
I hope i already gave you enough that you can figure the solution by yourself.
Also one question why do we never seem to see a thumbnail stage you make it hard on yourself to fix any issue if you don't try a few idea before you get the bad one out of the way.I know it very tempting to go all with no hesitation and try to make it work regardless but i think that if you focus more on the thumbnailling stage you definitevely get better at composition and you be more flexible which you certainly don't leak but maybe at a stage where it alot easier to actually be fixing thing.
Oh and i shouldn't be reminding you to check your tangente there one with the mountain and the flag.
Ignore this part if you don't intend to work professionally for a living.
Also shouldn't you be trying to do more than one piece at a time?I don't know if your looking to be pro but i think it would be a skill necessary to have because some work might need to be review before they get the green light and having an other work on stand by is necessary to avoid down time.But working on multiple project isn't just to get yourself busy it also refreshing i would argue and might help work for longer period of time without fatigue.
Now for the problem of giving scale cue to the viewer there is not a single character standing which make scale a little harder to establish.But sometime scale can be fix with atmospheric perspective so it kinda hard to determine scale of thing when you are on high ground because one second you are in the foreground and the second later the midground is 1km away due to a cliff it hard to tell what the distance is if you don't put tree along the way here since it a mountain i suggest putting vegetation and rock as scale cue .The spear is pretty much your only indication of perspective cue after that it very hard to determine the scale.If you could put a character standing somewhere it might help to.
I hope i already gave you enough that you can figure the solution by yourself.
Also one question why do we never seem to see a thumbnail stage you make it hard on yourself to fix any issue if you don't try a few idea before you get the bad one out of the way.I know it very tempting to go all with no hesitation and try to make it work regardless but i think that if you focus more on the thumbnailling stage you definitevely get better at composition and you be more flexible which you certainly don't leak but maybe at a stage where it alot easier to actually be fixing thing.
Oh and i shouldn't be reminding you to check your tangente there one with the mountain and the flag.
Ignore this part if you don't intend to work professionally for a living.
Also shouldn't you be trying to do more than one piece at a time?I don't know if your looking to be pro but i think it would be a skill necessary to have because some work might need to be review before they get the green light and having an other work on stand by is necessary to avoid down time.But working on multiple project isn't just to get yourself busy it also refreshing i would argue and might help work for longer period of time without fatigue.