05-01-2015, 06:05 AM
Some teachers just don't give a shit, or don't have the skills. A good one though.....will save your life! Just work with what you have man. Luckily you have the abandoned hideout :)
About the light, yeah I guess it isn't too far off, as long as it sells in the image. I am nitpicky about light myself so I am like a light nazi. Just make the shadows conform to whatever source is your key light And you should be fine.
In terms of focal point and comp, I feel it is all too centered up and down the center of the image. I would be tempted to move the guy to the right so his sword is hidden partially and there is a diagonal move down to the girl, and you could move the palace to the left between the tree and his back. This would create a more dynamic zig zaggy path, but yeah this stuff should have been ironed out in sketch phase so you don't have to do this stuff now! For school or whatever, fine, but when it comes to client work, you will really see you can't afford not to nail down as much as you can in the sketch phase. If you are not nailing it, you must keep going until you do, otherwise it all adds to more time down the line, and time is money. Most things freelance are paid for on a flat rate, so you can't afford to muck around.
The form of his cape is really stiff and awkward looking. Google "flowing cape" and use the reference to do the forms. And it is just a big block in the comp, you might want to try enhance the flow of the shape as a dynamic enhancer, like many of the applibot pieces do (just perhaps not to the ridiculous amounts they do it). Also why is his cape moving if he looks like he is standing absolutely still like a statue? If there is wind, maybe show more of that in the environment too, everything is incredibly static.
For the future I would try and shoot some of your own reference for your pieces, actually doing the movement you are trying to capture. You can't easily make up the nuances of weight and gesture in movement even if you nail a pose down from your mind.
Anyways carry on!!
About the light, yeah I guess it isn't too far off, as long as it sells in the image. I am nitpicky about light myself so I am like a light nazi. Just make the shadows conform to whatever source is your key light And you should be fine.
In terms of focal point and comp, I feel it is all too centered up and down the center of the image. I would be tempted to move the guy to the right so his sword is hidden partially and there is a diagonal move down to the girl, and you could move the palace to the left between the tree and his back. This would create a more dynamic zig zaggy path, but yeah this stuff should have been ironed out in sketch phase so you don't have to do this stuff now! For school or whatever, fine, but when it comes to client work, you will really see you can't afford not to nail down as much as you can in the sketch phase. If you are not nailing it, you must keep going until you do, otherwise it all adds to more time down the line, and time is money. Most things freelance are paid for on a flat rate, so you can't afford to muck around.
The form of his cape is really stiff and awkward looking. Google "flowing cape" and use the reference to do the forms. And it is just a big block in the comp, you might want to try enhance the flow of the shape as a dynamic enhancer, like many of the applibot pieces do (just perhaps not to the ridiculous amounts they do it). Also why is his cape moving if he looks like he is standing absolutely still like a statue? If there is wind, maybe show more of that in the environment too, everything is incredibly static.
For the future I would try and shoot some of your own reference for your pieces, actually doing the movement you are trying to capture. You can't easily make up the nuances of weight and gesture in movement even if you nail a pose down from your mind.
Anyways carry on!!