02-15-2012, 02:39 PM
That knife in the front is the most kickass part of this whole piece! Whatever method you are using for that (small cast shadow and lasso/soft brush) is working.
I would caution you about two things:
First, be wary about some parts of the concept - does Belial's chief virologist need to use modern scientific equipment? Could the plague be created magically? What, other than the pentagram, can be made more "hellish" about his tools? From a design standpoint a lot of this looks like throwaway stuff, and I know that you can do better.
Second, I'd like to bring up the idea of what I call "saturation tiering" - everything in your image is SO RED that none of it really stands out and it begins to look much more monochromatic than it actually is. Be very selective about where the most saturated parts of your image are and you'll find that the brighter areas will jump out at you much more. For an interesting exercise, take a piece and actually plan out which parts, in order from most to least, will have what level of saturation.
I would caution you about two things:
First, be wary about some parts of the concept - does Belial's chief virologist need to use modern scientific equipment? Could the plague be created magically? What, other than the pentagram, can be made more "hellish" about his tools? From a design standpoint a lot of this looks like throwaway stuff, and I know that you can do better.
Second, I'd like to bring up the idea of what I call "saturation tiering" - everything in your image is SO RED that none of it really stands out and it begins to look much more monochromatic than it actually is. Be very selective about where the most saturated parts of your image are and you'll find that the brighter areas will jump out at you much more. For an interesting exercise, take a piece and actually plan out which parts, in order from most to least, will have what level of saturation.