CGMythology's Sketchbook

[Jephyr]

Hi CG,

That new piece is BRILLIANT!!   I LOVE the lighting, composition, character design — it is crazy well balanced and just plain cool.

You are always making huge leaps with everything!  Thank you for accepting my late suggestions too.

I'm 100% Team George — and am excited about your progress — so I'll dare to make some more suggestions on this one.

I did a fast and crumby paint-over to try and show some of my ideas:

There seems to be missing stripes through the woman's arm to our left. 

I feel the tiger's stripes are a bit too black and hard edged.  I used a softer edged brush and blended them a bit on the hind quarters in my quick and sloppy paint-over.  But think you could do that on other areas as well.  I'd leave the face as it is because it's a focal point.

I'd also advise looking for some tiger references to make those stripes seem a little more natural.  The front is ok but the hind quarters and tail area seem a little less realistically done.  edit:  I found an ok image and added it below.

I'll share a composite of tiger paws and did a quick paint over on yours as well.  IMHO Tigers (and all cats) paws flatten out a bit when they are standing on them — (especially as seen in that chubby zoo cat's paws to the right in the composite).  Also their claws are retractable and so I suggest shortening and softening those up a little too.

I didn't do anything with it on my paint-over — but the small planet could also be softened and a little less saturated — unless you intend for it to appear on a near plane to the tiger and woman.

The computer I'm working on unintentionally changed the tint over-all on your entire image — sorry about that:




Some images of tiger paws I found after a rushed search:




Tiger stripes





Anyway — I think you've been crushing it with everything.  It's been cool to watch you taking off like a rocket ship!!