06-09-2013, 06:06 AM
hey man, great to see your doing loads of work as usually, it's always a pleasure to drop by here and see your progress. It's great to see your line work has come along too, which is awesome.
In regards to wanting a crit for your environment, i would have to agree with ici. Try studying abit of perspective, that should help alot with getting things more realistic. It's a drag to study but it's super important too so i would recommend learning the fundermentals. Isra did a mentorship for it and all the vids are still there i think so you could always use them for help.
Also keep studying those forms. I see you've already done that with this latest bee which looks great but having better understanding of forms will help alot with your values. In regards to values too, i noticed on your master study you've got a black background where as the master painting is a reddish grey background. It'll probabaly help to get that background a similar colour if your trying to duplicate the master painting because the black is going to fuck with your perception of values and the colours. Bear in mind that the skin tones and values are painted that way BECAUSE the surrounding space is a reddish grey. Everything is deliberate. For example, notice how the eyes are actually darker than the background, so that they draw focal attention, and that colour and values shift from left to right with the values of the face.
Anyway, i dropped an essay in your sketchbook again -_- i'm sorry dude lol, i hope this helps anyways my friend, your work ethic is really inspiring and i always love seeing your updates.
keep it up mate.
In regards to wanting a crit for your environment, i would have to agree with ici. Try studying abit of perspective, that should help alot with getting things more realistic. It's a drag to study but it's super important too so i would recommend learning the fundermentals. Isra did a mentorship for it and all the vids are still there i think so you could always use them for help.
Also keep studying those forms. I see you've already done that with this latest bee which looks great but having better understanding of forms will help alot with your values. In regards to values too, i noticed on your master study you've got a black background where as the master painting is a reddish grey background. It'll probabaly help to get that background a similar colour if your trying to duplicate the master painting because the black is going to fuck with your perception of values and the colours. Bear in mind that the skin tones and values are painted that way BECAUSE the surrounding space is a reddish grey. Everything is deliberate. For example, notice how the eyes are actually darker than the background, so that they draw focal attention, and that colour and values shift from left to right with the values of the face.
Anyway, i dropped an essay in your sketchbook again -_- i'm sorry dude lol, i hope this helps anyways my friend, your work ethic is really inspiring and i always love seeing your updates.
keep it up mate.