07-09-2024, 06:53 PM
Thank you both of you for the feedback I'm very grateful
@darktiste For the piece of armor on the foot, I get what you're saying. The character is the one I designed and posted here about a month ago and I was ok with his overall look. But I totally agree with you, in this particular scenario, it makes it hard to read. I'll try to render a bit more the foot and see if it fixes it. If not, I might make him wear leather boots, I'll see.
You're right about the light color I really don't know why it's white on the metallic poles I'll fix that. I somehow forgot to add back the cast shadow of the right pole, too, yeah.
Your observation about the pose is indeed correct. The idea is that he separated his sword from the belt to sit. Then he's in a "meditation" or "not-completely-asleep" state. The fact that his sword is kind of balanced under his arm conveys this idea of : if he falls completely asleep it'll slip and wake him up. i like the idea of knot knowing if his eyes are completely closed or looking at the fire, too. But yeah, this is the overall idea.
I'm still struggling a lot with fold. I understand how it works and I'm decent at drawing them, even from imagination, but I'm unable to paint them consistantly. I have to work on that as well.
For the bats hanging on the branch and lurking, I found that it was kind of competing with the castle/moon element (same size, type of contrast and colors, etc.). So I decided to get rid of them. But I loved the idea too. Maybe it was a mistake, but I wanted to simplify the composition.
@CBinnsIllustration Thanks! I'm glad you like it :) In general, now that I've slept on it, it strikes me that the rim light on the character is very inconsistant and that I have to tone it down in some areas. thank you for pointing it out.
I don't mind at all the paint over, I really like the little fixes here and there. I just have mixed feelings about the tree on the right and the shadow between fire light and moonlight. I do understand why, but I fear that this will bring too much attention on it. But I like the idea, I'll try to incorporate it nonetheless.
I love the fixing you did on the shadows, overall. I wasn't sure about the shadow on the tree behind the character, and went back and forth between something like I did and something like you did. Now I much prefer the dramatic look of long cast shadows.
I'll work again on it taking your PO into account, I can't thank you enough, gracias senor
@darktiste For the piece of armor on the foot, I get what you're saying. The character is the one I designed and posted here about a month ago and I was ok with his overall look. But I totally agree with you, in this particular scenario, it makes it hard to read. I'll try to render a bit more the foot and see if it fixes it. If not, I might make him wear leather boots, I'll see.
You're right about the light color I really don't know why it's white on the metallic poles I'll fix that. I somehow forgot to add back the cast shadow of the right pole, too, yeah.
Your observation about the pose is indeed correct. The idea is that he separated his sword from the belt to sit. Then he's in a "meditation" or "not-completely-asleep" state. The fact that his sword is kind of balanced under his arm conveys this idea of : if he falls completely asleep it'll slip and wake him up. i like the idea of knot knowing if his eyes are completely closed or looking at the fire, too. But yeah, this is the overall idea.
I'm still struggling a lot with fold. I understand how it works and I'm decent at drawing them, even from imagination, but I'm unable to paint them consistantly. I have to work on that as well.
For the bats hanging on the branch and lurking, I found that it was kind of competing with the castle/moon element (same size, type of contrast and colors, etc.). So I decided to get rid of them. But I loved the idea too. Maybe it was a mistake, but I wanted to simplify the composition.
@CBinnsIllustration Thanks! I'm glad you like it :) In general, now that I've slept on it, it strikes me that the rim light on the character is very inconsistant and that I have to tone it down in some areas. thank you for pointing it out.
I don't mind at all the paint over, I really like the little fixes here and there. I just have mixed feelings about the tree on the right and the shadow between fire light and moonlight. I do understand why, but I fear that this will bring too much attention on it. But I like the idea, I'll try to incorporate it nonetheless.
I love the fixing you did on the shadows, overall. I wasn't sure about the shadow on the tree behind the character, and went back and forth between something like I did and something like you did. Now I much prefer the dramatic look of long cast shadows.
I'll work again on it taking your PO into account, I can't thank you enough, gracias senor
