CGMythology's Sketchbook

[cgmythology]

TrashPanda:  Thank you, and thanks for taking the time to do that paintover, very useful and constructive!  Sometimes I go overboard with the detail work even on a sketch, and the result will be that the image might appear to be too cluttered.  Your example shows a simplified composition that is much more improved, so I went ahead and implemented and the image looks all that better for it.  

Thanks for the book recommendation as well - it's actually crazy expensive though, but I did buy some books on composition that I will be studying in the near future so hopefully they will be just as useful.  Thanks again for taking the time to do the draw over and suggestions as well, very much appreciate it!

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I went ahead and painted the image in.  I pretty much accomplished what I set out to do with the image, which is to study dynamic lighting and I feel the illustration works well in that regard.  There's still time for some fine tuning if needed, so if something looks off kindly let me know!  Here is the current preview followed by the steps for those interested:








Next up I started a new sketch featuring Athena from Greek Mythology.  This is my third attempt at the character and I feel the sketch is the strongest of all the ones I've done so far.  General pose for the figure was referenced from Satine Zillah's recent Greek stock pack as well.  Pretty happy with the sketch but I wanted to hear any input before I proceed to paint it in, so any feedback would be highly appreciated!  Here is the current sketch: