05-12-2013, 06:05 PM
To reiterate what Chantal is saying is that you haven't planned your comp in the sense of value arrangement beforehand. I've uploaded a grayscale image of your main focal points according to your value scheme so you can get a sense of the highest points of contrast. It's often useful to keep referring to grayscale because values are where you get your main read in any piece.
You can see that most of the main focal points don't actually lie on any of the characters, which for a character-centric piece is where you would expect them to be, so I think you should focus the light on the main lady, the guy below the rock and whatever else is happening to link them together. I agree with what she said in that, you probably need to figure out all the elements that will end up in your piece before you get to as high a render level as you are currently at; especially so for a narrative piece.
I also agree with her in that you should probably have a good indication of where you want to go with the piece before you offer it up for crit, or we'll just have to ask it of you in the end. In general, think about layering your values,,dark - mid - light overall and highest contrast at focal areas.
Hope this is useful.
You can see that most of the main focal points don't actually lie on any of the characters, which for a character-centric piece is where you would expect them to be, so I think you should focus the light on the main lady, the guy below the rock and whatever else is happening to link them together. I agree with what she said in that, you probably need to figure out all the elements that will end up in your piece before you get to as high a render level as you are currently at; especially so for a narrative piece.
I also agree with her in that you should probably have a good indication of where you want to go with the piece before you offer it up for crit, or we'll just have to ask it of you in the end. In general, think about layering your values,,dark - mid - light overall and highest contrast at focal areas.
Hope this is useful.