06-30-2013, 12:30 AM
Yo, thanks for the comment!! Finding your sketchbook was a bit of a puzzle, you should put a link to your SB in your signature to make it easier for people to visit.
From the little I'm seeing I'd say your figures lack form-revealing lighting, it looks as if everything your paintings is under super-diffused overcast light. You have to know what is in shadow and what is in light, and place your values accordingly. I suggest doing some studies from hard-lit reference or a still life, then drawing the terminator of the shadows with a line and filling in the shadow side with an even tone. Once you learn to definitively separate the lit and shadow sides of an object then you can focus on halftones and reflected light and edges and all that "fun" rendery stuff. Your forms will jump out of the canvas!
Like smrrfette said your anatomy's looking pretty good! I like how you drew the tree-girl's face a lot.
Looking forward to seeing more work, keep it up!
From the little I'm seeing I'd say your figures lack form-revealing lighting, it looks as if everything your paintings is under super-diffused overcast light. You have to know what is in shadow and what is in light, and place your values accordingly. I suggest doing some studies from hard-lit reference or a still life, then drawing the terminator of the shadows with a line and filling in the shadow side with an even tone. Once you learn to definitively separate the lit and shadow sides of an object then you can focus on halftones and reflected light and edges and all that "fun" rendery stuff. Your forms will jump out of the canvas!
Like smrrfette said your anatomy's looking pretty good! I like how you drew the tree-girl's face a lot.
Looking forward to seeing more work, keep it up!