12-09-2019, 02:49 PM
Rotohail: I see what you mean regarding the eyes. It's been a while that I've 'finished' the piece so I'm reluctant to go back to it I admit. Don't like reworking things too much once I finalize them, but we'll see!!
Great points regarding values for the Cap piece, I lightened the background a bit as well as the environment a bit to help give Cap more 'pop', hopefully that helped!
For the Pirate Girl I reworked her hand as suggested, tried to make it more natural looking. Hope it's an improvement! As for how I chose Illustration topics, it's very random I admit. I try to go with whatever inspires me at the moment. One thing I'm trying to do more often nowadays is to always sketch the idea asap, this is to help keep me inspired and not forget what I had in mind. But generally speaking inspiration can come from anywhere, from Greek Mythology to a movie that I watched. But altogether it's extremely random I admit! Thanks for your input as always,you're always on point so I appreciate it!
Fedodika: Some great input, thank you! I just worked on the environment a great deal to really bring it to life using your suggestions, and I feel it improved dramatically, so thank you!
I reworked the Pirate Girl a bit with your suggestions implemented as well. As for the complexity of the scene, that was intentional on my part as I wanted to paint something that put a lot of emphasis on the environment, not just the character. In the future I'll be more careful not to overdo this as I understand it might take too much away from the figure as you stated. Thanks again for your input and advice!
chubby cat: Great input, thank you! I'll try to focus on the treasure chest a bit during the painting process, I admit I didn't put as much emphasis on it on the sketch as I would have liked!
darktiste: Great point, that effect would be very easily achievable during the painting process, so I'll keep that in mind for the next update!
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Received some great input and reworked the Cap environment significantly, I think it's a huge improvement! Not sure what else I can do to it at the moment, but any suggestions are welcome!
Next up is the Pirate Girl, made some changes to the line art and began the painting process. I spent a great deal of time on it so far so it has come quite a long way. Environment needs a lot of work but I'm pretty pleased with the progress so far:
.... and that'll be all for now. Any input is always appreciated!
Great points regarding values for the Cap piece, I lightened the background a bit as well as the environment a bit to help give Cap more 'pop', hopefully that helped!
For the Pirate Girl I reworked her hand as suggested, tried to make it more natural looking. Hope it's an improvement! As for how I chose Illustration topics, it's very random I admit. I try to go with whatever inspires me at the moment. One thing I'm trying to do more often nowadays is to always sketch the idea asap, this is to help keep me inspired and not forget what I had in mind. But generally speaking inspiration can come from anywhere, from Greek Mythology to a movie that I watched. But altogether it's extremely random I admit! Thanks for your input as always,you're always on point so I appreciate it!
Fedodika: Some great input, thank you! I just worked on the environment a great deal to really bring it to life using your suggestions, and I feel it improved dramatically, so thank you!
I reworked the Pirate Girl a bit with your suggestions implemented as well. As for the complexity of the scene, that was intentional on my part as I wanted to paint something that put a lot of emphasis on the environment, not just the character. In the future I'll be more careful not to overdo this as I understand it might take too much away from the figure as you stated. Thanks again for your input and advice!
chubby cat: Great input, thank you! I'll try to focus on the treasure chest a bit during the painting process, I admit I didn't put as much emphasis on it on the sketch as I would have liked!
darktiste: Great point, that effect would be very easily achievable during the painting process, so I'll keep that in mind for the next update!
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Received some great input and reworked the Cap environment significantly, I think it's a huge improvement! Not sure what else I can do to it at the moment, but any suggestions are welcome!
Next up is the Pirate Girl, made some changes to the line art and began the painting process. I spent a great deal of time on it so far so it has come quite a long way. Environment needs a lot of work but I'm pretty pleased with the progress so far:
.... and that'll be all for now. Any input is always appreciated!