08-07-2022, 05:52 PM
Hi CG,
Your new soldier piece is looking very cool. I'm on a computer right now that I don't trust color-wise — so I'll have to bow out on offering my opinion about that.
I must say though — I do love the scene, pose — and as always you are a master of expression. The details you put into those weapons is fantastic!
I'll make one suggestion that his right leg seems a bit short. I used the red lines which are the same length (duplicated layers) to scope it out and did a quick paint over by just using the lasso tool and a quick fix to missing background lines.
Otherwise everything looks very good — can't wait to see what you do with it.
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Your self portrait turned out truly AH-MAZING! I think in many ways it's your best piece so far. I'm gonna go to school on the way you painted the eyes! The colors POP — and I love the way you added the texture to the background.
If you've moved on from this one I understand — you did make an improvement to the chest muscles for sure — but I'm still not convinced by your stylized take. Your original sketch has a more convincing collar bone and shows more muscle definition.
As I thought about it I had an idea — and I'll share my ROUGH paint-over and some pics to illustrate what I'm on about.
I was thinking — since you kinda went stylized in that area — to combine your sketch with the final painting and make a kind of 'Roman portrait bust':
I think your portrait is so strong and will make an excellent portfolio piece — and maybe I'm just being nit picky — but I think some additional attention to that area will pay off for any art directors or folks looking to commission you.
Either way — I hope you understand I'm just meaning to help if I can.
You are continuing to amaze with each new piece!! Keep up the GREAT work!
Your new soldier piece is looking very cool. I'm on a computer right now that I don't trust color-wise — so I'll have to bow out on offering my opinion about that.
I must say though — I do love the scene, pose — and as always you are a master of expression. The details you put into those weapons is fantastic!
I'll make one suggestion that his right leg seems a bit short. I used the red lines which are the same length (duplicated layers) to scope it out and did a quick paint over by just using the lasso tool and a quick fix to missing background lines.
Otherwise everything looks very good — can't wait to see what you do with it.
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Your self portrait turned out truly AH-MAZING! I think in many ways it's your best piece so far. I'm gonna go to school on the way you painted the eyes! The colors POP — and I love the way you added the texture to the background.
If you've moved on from this one I understand — you did make an improvement to the chest muscles for sure — but I'm still not convinced by your stylized take. Your original sketch has a more convincing collar bone and shows more muscle definition.
As I thought about it I had an idea — and I'll share my ROUGH paint-over and some pics to illustrate what I'm on about.
I was thinking — since you kinda went stylized in that area — to combine your sketch with the final painting and make a kind of 'Roman portrait bust':
I think your portrait is so strong and will make an excellent portfolio piece — and maybe I'm just being nit picky — but I think some additional attention to that area will pay off for any art directors or folks looking to commission you.
Either way — I hope you understand I'm just meaning to help if I can.
You are continuing to amaze with each new piece!! Keep up the GREAT work!