02-26-2014, 01:17 AM
Whoa, that's one deep and thorough crit there, Flo :D Very much appreciated!
As it is with these kind of things, some observations you've made in your paintover are things that I think are a clear improvement over my WiP. Like the cropping (mentioned that I might have another character there, but I won't xD, so cropping it is!), the ears of the orc/bugbear/whatever and the varmer tones in the lighting.
Otherwise I guess it boils down to taste and what the image is trying to depict (where I've F'ed up if my idea doesn't read that well).
What I'm aiming to depict is a warrior in his last moments, he's mortally struck and the bugbear, void of any human emotions, brings the hammer down on him. The warrior is bleeding out, bearly strength enough to lift his own arm. Then it comes. The coup de grace.
Right now I'm trying to make the bugbear seem a bit less human actually, but I've added a bit more cloth to improve the silhouette and that the hammer is made from the rocks in the area is really nice ofc (I hadn't thought of that, or the hammers design at all yet. Probably wouldn't have thought of it so nice to point it out to me ^^)
Other than all that, you've made me really think about the piece and the idea I have, do I like that idea well enough to see it through? I like yours aswell, that there might be a moment of hesitation and a bargain between the two. Always inspiration for another piece ;D
Well, this was a long reply, but then again I love having discussions about arty things.
Feels a bit empty with just text so here's a sorcerer guy sketch. My gf thought it looked like some old Avatar the last aribender guy, so I added that downwards-pointing arrow haha.
Tried to give him less bright and saturated skintones than I usually do, looks kinda weird tho.
As it is with these kind of things, some observations you've made in your paintover are things that I think are a clear improvement over my WiP. Like the cropping (mentioned that I might have another character there, but I won't xD, so cropping it is!), the ears of the orc/bugbear/whatever and the varmer tones in the lighting.
Otherwise I guess it boils down to taste and what the image is trying to depict (where I've F'ed up if my idea doesn't read that well).
What I'm aiming to depict is a warrior in his last moments, he's mortally struck and the bugbear, void of any human emotions, brings the hammer down on him. The warrior is bleeding out, bearly strength enough to lift his own arm. Then it comes. The coup de grace.
Right now I'm trying to make the bugbear seem a bit less human actually, but I've added a bit more cloth to improve the silhouette and that the hammer is made from the rocks in the area is really nice ofc (I hadn't thought of that, or the hammers design at all yet. Probably wouldn't have thought of it so nice to point it out to me ^^)
Other than all that, you've made me really think about the piece and the idea I have, do I like that idea well enough to see it through? I like yours aswell, that there might be a moment of hesitation and a bargain between the two. Always inspiration for another piece ;D
Well, this was a long reply, but then again I love having discussions about arty things.
Feels a bit empty with just text so here's a sorcerer guy sketch. My gf thought it looked like some old Avatar the last aribender guy, so I added that downwards-pointing arrow haha.
Tried to give him less bright and saturated skintones than I usually do, looks kinda weird tho.