Rognoll's Sketchbook

[Rognoll]

wow! thanks guys for the suggestions!

Your lineart is just awesome--never underestimate that skill. (I paint to hide my lines!)

One thing your paintings might miss is the darker end of the value scale. You can get away with it with lineart because of the black lines. Just try out amping the contrast and see what it does. Not that your paintings have to be dark. But even high key images have small dark areas.

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Here is an example of what I mean by increasing contrast. It was basically a levels adjustment layer, with a tiny color tweak. Hope it helps, and that you don't mind my messing with your artwork.

You can see on the histogram the flatline where the blacks are missing.

Holy crap, Tygerson! That lifted that work up a lot! it changes the whole thing! Thanks a lot for the advice!

Metal is tricky man!
Good attempt though :) Have you tried painting from life? It really helps understanding the random colors/values on it. Try something simple, like a spoon or a kettle. It's a real learning experience.

The colour of the metal wouldn't be a problem if it didn't also have the same texture, it looks as if it is made of the same non-reflective material as the cloth. It's a good idea to do a metal study, but as a general guideline, reflective materials tend to have not only very strong value differences, but also very abrupt ones. And they do pick up surrounding colours, so if there is a lot of blue in the background, you'd expect metal to look somewhat bluish.

You're definitely right guys, I must paint from life, study metal a lot more. Thank you!

Now, after studying metal and some other surfaces, I've come up with a WIP, lemme know what you think