03-18-2023, 11:21 AM
darktiste: Yep, got some really amazing feedback from the community for the Helen image, really helped bring it to the next level so I'm really appreciative of that!
Lydo: Glad to hear it! The lighting was very tricky for the face but I got great feedback from here to help me refine it further so I'm glad it's to your liking. As for finishing things, I actually have a ton of sketches already done that I'm planning on painting, but I make sure to concentrate on only painting one at a time so things don't get out of hand.... otherwise I'd never be able to finish anything, haha!
Love your points you made regarding reference material. In general I find it much easier and faster to stick closely to them particularly for the poses themselves, while taking a lot of liberties for the character designs. I do love the technique you described for the portraits, drawing them in new angles (and your sketch looks incredible btw!) which should be a fun practice - I'll definitely apply it to my next portrait piece which I have planned already, should be fun trying your technique! Thanks again for the help and advice, very much appreciate it!
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And time for a new illustration! I started on this sketch a while ago, was going for an 'Assassin's Creed' vibe with this one. This particular character doesn't exist within the universe, but I wanted the character design to feel like it fits in that series if that makes sense. The general pose was referenced from a stock photo I found here, I felt it was very dynamic so I tried my best to recreate it while coming up with a character design for the figure. Any feedback before I begin on some color tests would be most appreciated as always!
Lydo: Glad to hear it! The lighting was very tricky for the face but I got great feedback from here to help me refine it further so I'm glad it's to your liking. As for finishing things, I actually have a ton of sketches already done that I'm planning on painting, but I make sure to concentrate on only painting one at a time so things don't get out of hand.... otherwise I'd never be able to finish anything, haha!
Love your points you made regarding reference material. In general I find it much easier and faster to stick closely to them particularly for the poses themselves, while taking a lot of liberties for the character designs. I do love the technique you described for the portraits, drawing them in new angles (and your sketch looks incredible btw!) which should be a fun practice - I'll definitely apply it to my next portrait piece which I have planned already, should be fun trying your technique! Thanks again for the help and advice, very much appreciate it!
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And time for a new illustration! I started on this sketch a while ago, was going for an 'Assassin's Creed' vibe with this one. This particular character doesn't exist within the universe, but I wanted the character design to feel like it fits in that series if that makes sense. The general pose was referenced from a stock photo I found here, I felt it was very dynamic so I tried my best to recreate it while coming up with a character design for the figure. Any feedback before I begin on some color tests would be most appreciated as always!