05-04-2013, 07:04 PM
I did a value re-sketch because I think as the others said the colours are nice enough (though perhaps a little bit too saturated overall) but I thought the perspective, values, composition and narrative could do with some work.
I rearranged the perspective a bit and used rule of thirds to arrange the focal points so they were a little stronger in the piece. I emphasized the silhouette and size of the castle thing. I made it clear that the dude was doing something to open gates with the power of burrito farts or whatever. I used your ideas of a little boat and a jetty to add some narrative to the piece.
I also readjusted values to bring more foreground in and generally add more layers into the piece. While you should think in terms of fore-mid-background you will get better results if you have transitions from one to the other rather than keeping them very distinct from each other as it is more realistic this way. I also used overlap to add depth between layers. Also added more detail in the focal points for the eye to go to.
If you nail your fundamentals first you can easily take it on to colour and refining after that without worrying too much. Value sketches are a great way of doing that. Hope it helps.
I rearranged the perspective a bit and used rule of thirds to arrange the focal points so they were a little stronger in the piece. I emphasized the silhouette and size of the castle thing. I made it clear that the dude was doing something to open gates with the power of burrito farts or whatever. I used your ideas of a little boat and a jetty to add some narrative to the piece.
I also readjusted values to bring more foreground in and generally add more layers into the piece. While you should think in terms of fore-mid-background you will get better results if you have transitions from one to the other rather than keeping them very distinct from each other as it is more realistic this way. I also used overlap to add depth between layers. Also added more detail in the focal points for the eye to go to.
If you nail your fundamentals first you can easily take it on to colour and refining after that without worrying too much. Value sketches are a great way of doing that. Hope it helps.