01-23-2023, 08:39 AM
(01-22-2023, 10:42 AM)Leo Ki Wrote: Wow you were so fast with the crocolancer! Monochrome looks fine, the thumbnail actually evoked a comic panel to me so I wasn't expecting a grandiose tapestry with a zillion secondary focus points. The tribe sent her to scout where an intruder from the Shark tribe was spied last moon, and she suddenly hears something unusual on the left, all clear to me!
And talking about focus points, reading your entire sketchbook I noticed that you initially tended to introduce too many focus points by detailing the texture of all the surfaces. You gradually grew out of it and this is a good thing.
You have a great sense of composition but once in a while you get some postures a bit stiff, and the characters' gazes absent-minded. I can point them out more specifically if you wish, but you may already know what i'm talking about.
Out of your latest thumbnails, Thin Ice (number 4) is an interesting composition and setting, with many challenges if the sun is low on either side. I also like vertical 3 for the dramatic mood (and horizontal 2 to a lesser extent).
Thanks dude! I really appreciate all the feedback, yeah I totally agree with some the growth I see in my own work in regards to fighting the urge to render everything. Things like you pointed out about character gazes is certainly one of those elements I look back on and cringe, hard to see at the time but in retrospect stick out like a sore thumb. I try to be more conscious of it these days but sometimes my impatient gets the better of me.
I agree with thumb #4 as well and will be pushing this one further also as its one of my faves too. For this morning however I needed to flesh out this bad-ass abominable gorilla-kitty :) as I woke up thinking about it ha! stayed pretty zoomed out on this one just have a little fun with brush strokes snd let the contrast and composition drive this one, I’m pretty happy with the progress so far, I know the characters may be reading as a little dark but nothing a little photoshop can’t help with later on.
I’m gonna focus on my dragon piece now
