03-08-2016, 05:13 PM
@neo: Sorry for the late crit! The inn, has some perspective issues between the bg and the inn, so I left it alone. The market was fine, but I thought the the toad temple idea was more interesting and could be more epic.
I tweaked the first one a little in comp. I also used dynamic lighting to try and make the scene a bit more interesting and drive the comp. Light coming in between some tall buildings behind us? I thought there was a bit of empty space at the bottom, which while not bad, made the enviro feel a bit sparse. You can think about adding some other things going into the foreground...a little bridge, a pond, a garden? Maybe you could put a long line of people snaking up to the steps to show there is some festival or something where worshippers are leaving offerings.
The second one was cool, but felt cropping it a bit could make it a bit more focused. I think there are some scale issues with the foreground figures cleaning vs the ones on the ground, so watch your measurement.
In terms of design overall, the toad is cool, but maybe bringing more "toad related" shapes and designs could help make it feel like a world where the toad is a huge part of the culture. We all know frogs like sitting on lilies, so perhaps there are lily shaped things around. Maybe the people are sitting on lily shaped prayer mats. Maybe inscriptions on the steps related to the frog world. Any thing frog/toad related, that kind of thing.
In generalyou can really start to think about how you can use 3pt perspective from angles looking more up/down to get a sense of epicness to the scenes. Check out concept artists who do enviros a lot and you will see that the ones with architecture that have an epic feel use 3pt a lot! You have done it slightly, and it's all good, but start to push it more and change things up.
@jirayu: Great work! Honestly, I have no crits. You nailed the comps. The extra values ones have some nice subtle stuff going on. The notans are great. Keep it up!
I tweaked the first one a little in comp. I also used dynamic lighting to try and make the scene a bit more interesting and drive the comp. Light coming in between some tall buildings behind us? I thought there was a bit of empty space at the bottom, which while not bad, made the enviro feel a bit sparse. You can think about adding some other things going into the foreground...a little bridge, a pond, a garden? Maybe you could put a long line of people snaking up to the steps to show there is some festival or something where worshippers are leaving offerings.
The second one was cool, but felt cropping it a bit could make it a bit more focused. I think there are some scale issues with the foreground figures cleaning vs the ones on the ground, so watch your measurement.
In terms of design overall, the toad is cool, but maybe bringing more "toad related" shapes and designs could help make it feel like a world where the toad is a huge part of the culture. We all know frogs like sitting on lilies, so perhaps there are lily shaped things around. Maybe the people are sitting on lily shaped prayer mats. Maybe inscriptions on the steps related to the frog world. Any thing frog/toad related, that kind of thing.
In generalyou can really start to think about how you can use 3pt perspective from angles looking more up/down to get a sense of epicness to the scenes. Check out concept artists who do enviros a lot and you will see that the ones with architecture that have an epic feel use 3pt a lot! You have done it slightly, and it's all good, but start to push it more and change things up.
@jirayu: Great work! Honestly, I have no crits. You nailed the comps. The extra values ones have some nice subtle stuff going on. The notans are great. Keep it up!