ABANDONED HIDEOUT

[Amit Dutta]

Thanks guys.
@Jeso: Thanks for the crits. You definitely picked up on things unfinished. Gonna have to leave it at that for now. About the rocks, well there may be little point in me doing a tutorial for this, because it's not 100% from scratch. The general process is:

• Value sketch of form. Only local, core shadow, and highlights
  
• Overlay photo texture. I use lighten/screen/overlay depending on situation.
  
• Do a brightness/contrast filter to get the value matching
  
• Do a colour balance and/or HSV filter to get the colours matching
  
• That gives me a good level of detail and "Tooth" to paint on.
  
• Then overpaint. Depending on how much integration or re-design is required I overpaint what is needed, using the values and colours there already.
  

This is my process for any photobash integration. If your values or forms aren't right to start, more painting is needed. Oh I also get it right on one rock, and if I need more I just copy paste stretch skew and overpaint to create the other ones and value/colour adjust depending on the lighting situation. That way you get a consistent design feel over everything and saves a heck of time.

About your piece. Nice work man. Besides what others picked up, I found the lower leg posing really awkward. Almost broken/rubber leg stylee. Did a lineover for your pose. The stomach/pelvic area is pretty off as well, so redid them in red. The blue is the hidden leg, but I think it helps to draw the whole figure even if some of it will be obscured in the final. In terms of that spear, the blade does appear questionable as to it's material. Is it hot and glowing, or just magic? Material is important for narrative too.