03-15-2024, 07:57 PM
darktiste: Yes the placement could have been made more natural; Initially I had the figures surrounding her in the concept stage, but the client requested I align all of them in front of her which was quite challenging due to the tight composition. Great point regarding some of the flat shapes on the image, I'll keep this in mind on something to avoid when sketching in future illustrations. And yeah, the image was fairly challenging as I'm used to keeping the light sources limited - this having so many was tricky to pull off!
Porcini: Thanks, glad you enjoy the refinement of my illustrations. I'm open to a collaboration, but I due have my hands full at the moment with freelance work and studies, so it would have to take a backseat to my current WIP. I'll let you know as soon as I'm available, however. Thanks for the reference photo as well, it helped me incorporate more dynamic and natural lighting which you can see below!
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I revised the lighting further, made the flames brighter and added some bounced light coming to the figures from the torches. Hopefully things look more natural now!
Porcini: Thanks, glad you enjoy the refinement of my illustrations. I'm open to a collaboration, but I due have my hands full at the moment with freelance work and studies, so it would have to take a backseat to my current WIP. I'll let you know as soon as I'm available, however. Thanks for the reference photo as well, it helped me incorporate more dynamic and natural lighting which you can see below!
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I revised the lighting further, made the flames brighter and added some bounced light coming to the figures from the torches. Hopefully things look more natural now!