CGMythology's Sketchbook

[Crowbit]

oooooooo love this wee comp!! The wolfs are done hella nice

[calebartist]

Seeing your recent work, all I can say is it's powerful, and clean.

Strong linework, with compositions that really draw your eyes to the subject matter. Excellent lighting and paintings in a process that really works for you. The sense of light and color on the illustration of the woman on the horse is breathtaking, and somehow all the detail doesn't really distract from the focal points.  Personally, I'd add a bit more areas of rest, like some foliage could be a bit more loose with focus on the larger shapes with the edges of them showing more details of the leaves instead of every individual one, but I'm really not qualified to give you advice.

Very beautiful stuff, with storytelling and a level of drawing skill that's inspiring, to say the least.

[darktiste]

Can i see the wolf reference i feel like you squash the right one in the foreground so as to fit him in the frame. Also there spacial problem related to the left wolf and the throne which i suspect would use the same space which is not possible and will result in a flattening of the spacial distance. What ever she sitting is not necessary stable due it weight distribution and the shape the base that carry it weight on the ground... it as somewhat of an egg shape wish is not a stable form .Also depending on the type of ground (soft/hard) i would probably try to have the ground plane interact with the shape of the throne so that the weight of that thing feel more anchored and sitting ''in the ground''

Hopefully this message find you and you don't skip over it. Such attention to detail really do add up to elevate the realism.

[cgmythology]

Crowbit:  Thank you!  I don't have much experience drawing wolves so I'm really glad to hear that!

calebartist:  Thank you, really appreciate your kind words and support.  I agree about adding more areas of rest, I'll try to be more conscious of this in the future.  I'm also trying to keep my brushwork a bit looser now, as I feel that can be a bit more interesting then refining everything in the painting.  Still experimenting with technique but I really like your suggestions, so thank sagain!

darktiste:  I had a bunch of different references for the poses, muscle groups, and different types of wolves so what you're seeing is a combination of my interpretation of all the material.  Great input as always, hopefully the image works better now that it's painted with the lighting implemented, I feel it looks a bit more natural now with the planes established than flat lines, but please feel free to let me know!


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I went ahead and finished the painting process.  I got the colors and values pretty much how I wanted them fairly early, so everything went quite smooth.  I'm pretty satisfied with how the image turned out, but there's still time to implement any feedback if necessary, so if something looks off please let me know.

Below is the current preview followed by the steps for those interested:

[cgmythology]

Started work on a new illustration.  This is Thor from Norse Mythology.  For the general pose I referenced one of Satine Zillah's reference pack while coming up with a unique character design with the look of a viking.  I worked on the sketch for a while so I might have become immune to some of it's mistakes, so I would be very grateful for any feedback on it!  Below is the current sketch:




Edit: Fixed some issues I noticed, mainly in regards to the angle of the axe.

[JosephCow]

It looks cool! I feel like the chest on the right where it's turning away from us feels a bit flat in space. I also imagine the left pec would be more raised up with the arm as well? I guess if you share the reference I could see what's going on there but that's my impression just from the drawing. I think you could push a little more flow and depth into this pose!

I think the costume looks pretty good, is the ring or circle motif that's repeated something you took from something Norse related or is it just an element you came up with? I'm not that familiar with Viking/Norse stuff so I'm just curious if it's significant.