11-21-2013, 06:33 PM
Hey dude. This is quite an improvement. You're getting the light like a pro and your detail level is amazing ;)
For the constructive criticism I recommend doing some more anatomy life studies. After doing these you will instantly get much better. By observation you'll start to see diferent details that make things more realistic. By this I don't mean the details you already mastered but the little abstract things like IRREGULARITIES. Life is full of it.
So when your doing art try imagine how it would look like in the real life. For example: the dragon on the first painting is very detailed but it also has hair like it just came from the barber shop. It looks all combed out and all the hair is going in the same direction. It would look more fierce, convincing and even with more character if you messed up his hair. He's probably fighting all the time and doesn't care about his good looks.
One other example would be the plates on the guys armor. They all look paralel. I understand it's designed like that but they don't need to be like this. There's a difference between those plates on stomach which are fixed and can stay paralel but those plates on the legs are probably attached diferently and don't need to be so rigid, so you can slightly turn each plate to a different angle. It will totally ad to the dinamic of the piece because the skeleton guy looks very dinamic but the armor on him looks like its peacefully resting on him like in the museum.
I didn't want to scribble on your painting cuz I don't have the time at the moment but you can check out my latest sketch in the sketchbook and you'll see what I mean by irregularities.
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3...l#pid50725
I'm working on a piece right now dealing with the same problems as you and it's still WIP but you can clearly see on the top left how the staff looks weird. That's because I just started designing it and it doesn't look 3dimensional. But because I'm looking it from the front all the spikes look paralel and boring. But the minute I'll turn it around and put it in the right perspective some of the spikes will become smaller some bigger and in different angles like on the arm guards. It will instantly look more interesting.
So anyways I hope this helps. Keep up the good work. Cheers.
For the constructive criticism I recommend doing some more anatomy life studies. After doing these you will instantly get much better. By observation you'll start to see diferent details that make things more realistic. By this I don't mean the details you already mastered but the little abstract things like IRREGULARITIES. Life is full of it.
So when your doing art try imagine how it would look like in the real life. For example: the dragon on the first painting is very detailed but it also has hair like it just came from the barber shop. It looks all combed out and all the hair is going in the same direction. It would look more fierce, convincing and even with more character if you messed up his hair. He's probably fighting all the time and doesn't care about his good looks.
One other example would be the plates on the guys armor. They all look paralel. I understand it's designed like that but they don't need to be like this. There's a difference between those plates on stomach which are fixed and can stay paralel but those plates on the legs are probably attached diferently and don't need to be so rigid, so you can slightly turn each plate to a different angle. It will totally ad to the dinamic of the piece because the skeleton guy looks very dinamic but the armor on him looks like its peacefully resting on him like in the museum.
I didn't want to scribble on your painting cuz I don't have the time at the moment but you can check out my latest sketch in the sketchbook and you'll see what I mean by irregularities.
http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-3...l#pid50725
I'm working on a piece right now dealing with the same problems as you and it's still WIP but you can clearly see on the top left how the staff looks weird. That's because I just started designing it and it doesn't look 3dimensional. But because I'm looking it from the front all the spikes look paralel and boring. But the minute I'll turn it around and put it in the right perspective some of the spikes will become smaller some bigger and in different angles like on the arm guards. It will instantly look more interesting.
So anyways I hope this helps. Keep up the good work. Cheers.