10-22-2019, 04:04 AM
(10-18-2019, 08:00 PM)chubby_cat Wrote: Gotta join the bandwagon and say I love those skulls!
I think your use of colour is interesting, but I also think it could be done a touch more effectively where you make certain portions of the image pop with colour, and leave some places where the eye can relax. What is interesting is if you colour pick your latest image (the one with the red and purple skulls/demons) it's very saturated, but the value read itself isn't actually strong. Proof Colors if your using PS, zoom out and have a look at it in greyscale. Does it read clearly? Can you still see what's going on?
I adore your images because they are a lot of fun to look at, but my main advice is just experiment with colour (or lack of saturation, in this case) and see how far you can push things while still maintaining the essence of you.
I know the style is far from realistic, but don't forget to carry the intense lighting to all reflective surfaces. She's got a red titty but what about the other one? Considering how purple and bright her hands are, she should probably have a purple titty too :)
I did a grayscale check and the white&red one, the white value could be lower, so thanks for pointing that out! I rarely do that, I should do it more often. I also could lower the saturation by 10% and get the same read I have, but lower and it starts to lose appeal, to me at least.
Ha! I actually thought about adding purple and yellow reflection on the armor but ended up leaving it aside, reflections sometimes scare me, I don't want to over-complicate something. But it would tie everything together better. I just need to get better at understanding reflections.
Many thanks again!
(10-18-2019, 09:29 PM)darktiste Wrote: Not sure if i am adding to chubby_cat comment or if i am just repeating what she meant but try to catch the eye with strong saturation on the point of interest and desaturated toward area of rest.I am not even sure if this would work since i didn't experimented with the concept so far.
Well the issue I had with that one is having those 2 opposing things which are actually the main reads of the picture, then her as a 3rd read? Like I wanted to show that tug of war, but first read should be those two energies jumping out, pulling out, but being reeled in. So it's a hard composition but I tried to go with my gut lol. I don't have a clue how to do something like that. Like it's easy when you do a portrait or a single thing, you want that thing above all else, but when you have a scene with many things you want to show, man, that is troubling. It would probably work better on a sequence or animation since you can change the order/timming of what to show. Or change focus.
Thanks for your comment!
(10-19-2019, 01:20 PM)Leo Ki Wrote: OK I understand what you're saying about the profile's pose. I think the expression on her face looked a bit scared to me and contradicted the feeling of self-assurance, hence my hesitation.
Magical effects in day light are somewhat difficult indeed, I had this problem at some points - and I think I cheated by darkening the overall atmosphere. There must be a better way and you will find it.
The liveliness of the skulls is actually a skill that you have been applying all along, I believe, in all your cartoon or semi-cartoon drawings. Does it make sense or am I off base?
I think at first I had sort of frowned stare? But went after a more blank one. I really didn't want any emotion to it. Does it read now like that? Good point though, if it read as fear to you turning the torso makes sense, also lower her center of mass, bending the legs, stuff like that.
Well honestly everyone does that! Darken the surrounding, my issue was how much before you change the setting. That's the kind of stuff I want to try. I think Marvel movies as of late have done that pretty well overall so I probably will have to study them.
Hmm, I'm not sure, I feel like I need to exaggerate and improve at design and gesture way more, to control it better. Like it's not something you get once and you are done. You can always push more or change something to get a better read, depending on your goal, so I'm always left uneasy. It's fun though! So I'm good with the uncertainty.
Thanks for your comments!
Leaving a WIP for my next page. Need to work on the main one, and make changes overall. Not sure where I want to go with some of the things I have as of now. Hope I can fix it tomorrow or next 2-days and start coloring. Crows and one chair are from photos/reference.
Quickfix Edit: Hoping this makes more a bit more sense now.