03-26-2013, 10:06 PM
Did a thing that shows you what I did...rather than ramble on about stuff so ask questions if what I did isn't clear.
Basically besides using too much of black and white pure, what you had suffered from inconsistent light source and no thought applied to shadow cast by volume and forms.
The values still aren't right in mine, but that is mostly because I used what was already in yours and lightened or darkened areas using dodge and burn just to quickly demonstrate as I didn't want to paint too much. You would need to go back in and paint the transitions properly wrt the light source so things look better. You can also use selections and a soft brush at low opacity to achieve smoother broad transitions easily and then go in and paint any details...I did it for the chest for example. Hope it helps
Basically besides using too much of black and white pure, what you had suffered from inconsistent light source and no thought applied to shadow cast by volume and forms.
The values still aren't right in mine, but that is mostly because I used what was already in yours and lightened or darkened areas using dodge and burn just to quickly demonstrate as I didn't want to paint too much. You would need to go back in and paint the transitions properly wrt the light source so things look better. You can also use selections and a soft brush at low opacity to achieve smoother broad transitions easily and then go in and paint any details...I did it for the chest for example. Hope it helps