06-12-2014, 07:35 AM
Hi Wardy,
Monkeybread has given you some stellar feedback/critique, but you are seem to still be missing the mark. Your drawing and rendering skills are good, but your compositional arrangements still read as somewhat boring. Here is a side by side comparison of your current iteration along with two examples monkeybread posted:
You can clearly see how your image is "read" when it is reduced to grayscale. This is because the underlying value pattern is really what is creating that initial impression on the viewer. By having a variation in value and pattern, you are creating interest for the viewer. Your image reads as a single figure on a flat background. While this could be well rendered in a number of ways, it is still a very static and somewhat uninteresting idea.
My advice would be to really think about the overall mood of the image you wish to create (is this scary, peaceful, erotic, mysterious, etc.) and firmly establish this "mood" in your mind as you generate thumbnails for this image. Think, not only about the lighting situation, but also about how the light affects the overall value pattern of the piece.
It is easier to take a picture of a naked woman than it is to paint an image of one; what can you add to the idea of a nude figure in an interesting environment? This is the kind of question that you should be asking yourself as you create this image. I hope that my observations have been of some help. Good luck with this piece, and don't give up on it.
Monkeybread has given you some stellar feedback/critique, but you are seem to still be missing the mark. Your drawing and rendering skills are good, but your compositional arrangements still read as somewhat boring. Here is a side by side comparison of your current iteration along with two examples monkeybread posted:
You can clearly see how your image is "read" when it is reduced to grayscale. This is because the underlying value pattern is really what is creating that initial impression on the viewer. By having a variation in value and pattern, you are creating interest for the viewer. Your image reads as a single figure on a flat background. While this could be well rendered in a number of ways, it is still a very static and somewhat uninteresting idea.
My advice would be to really think about the overall mood of the image you wish to create (is this scary, peaceful, erotic, mysterious, etc.) and firmly establish this "mood" in your mind as you generate thumbnails for this image. Think, not only about the lighting situation, but also about how the light affects the overall value pattern of the piece.
It is easier to take a picture of a naked woman than it is to paint an image of one; what can you add to the idea of a nude figure in an interesting environment? This is the kind of question that you should be asking yourself as you create this image. I hope that my observations have been of some help. Good luck with this piece, and don't give up on it.
-Sketchbook-
"... for drawing is a thinking person's art." - Walt Stanchfield.
"... for drawing is a thinking person's art." - Walt Stanchfield.