05-28-2016, 05:17 AM
(05-27-2016, 02:32 PM)ZandraDragon Wrote: Welcome to crimson daggers!
Your studies look great so far.
One critique I have is that her pose is really weird. her legs make her not look like she is not lying down. I will admit I am not the best at color theory but I would suggest adding some green and purple to balance out the dominant yellow and red. Her hair is blending into the grass because of the dominant yellow. I also prefer the one where you see the dirt or the cliff. I have no idea what to call it. I feel it gives the image more depth.
If your focal point is the necklace I would highly suggest making it the only thing that is red in order to draw the eye to it. The fly is a little big and her necklace looks like it is levitating. I would have the insect near the necklace. I would suggest doing studies of flies or even create your own creature to steal the necklace . Overall the rendering is good and you effectively apply your studies. Have you done any lighting or color studies? They are tedious but it helps with figuring the hard stuff early on.
I hope that helps. Keep up the good work I can't wait to see more
Thanks for the suggestions! Based on the feedback I've had here and on the crit forum, I'll be reworking her leg pose. I'll also try to bring a greater hue variety in.
Not sure I can bring back the cliff thing...the reason I moved it was to bring her closer to the bottom of the canvas, because the comp was looking rubbish when I added the necklace. The focal point ended up dead on the centre horizontally, so I was trying to bring that necklace focal point closer to the 2/3 sweet spot. I 'ummed' and 'ahhed' over it for a while, so... I don't know. We'll see!
Will definitely be doing fly studies. Will keep the fly big though because its a supernatural fly (a god in disguise) and I want it to have enough focal weight. The necklace *is* levitating - I'll hopefully make the intentionality of that clearer when I properly paint it in.
As for lighting and colour studies...depends really, do you mean for this painting or in general? I do them in general, but I didn't do any with this piece in mind.
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