09-19-2014, 11:21 PM
The biggest issue here is with lighting. The character doesn't seem to be lit with the same light source as the dragon- the dragon is set in contre-jour but the figure seems to be lit fom the front. You need to be more rigorous with your values to get the figure to intergrate into the picture.
Also, if your idea was to make the sword glow, its value will have to be lighter than the surrounding, otherwise it won't read as glowing/shining. Right now its value is much too dark, making it look like it is "colouring" the sky.
When it comes to composition/design, I'm not so sure about the dragon' horn overlapping the figure. Makes the character's pose a bit too ambivalent. ANother reason for that is that I don't get how the character sits on the dragon; it seems way to wide for her to be straddling it without some sort of specific harness.
Also, if your idea was to make the sword glow, its value will have to be lighter than the surrounding, otherwise it won't read as glowing/shining. Right now its value is much too dark, making it look like it is "colouring" the sky.
When it comes to composition/design, I'm not so sure about the dragon' horn overlapping the figure. Makes the character's pose a bit too ambivalent. ANother reason for that is that I don't get how the character sits on the dragon; it seems way to wide for her to be straddling it without some sort of specific harness.
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