11-19-2013, 07:31 PM
Hi!
Pretty nice design.
What I think you could improve are:
- Value planning (start with blocking in some basic grayscale shapes, plan values on them, make them read, then add color - look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6BlTEytocc, see the paintover).
- The flovers at the bottom takes attention from character - you could try doing them less saturated and less contrasting.
- Balance colors, use less of them, if you need to use so many, don't treat them localy. What I mean by that is don't shade with black and white only. Thnik of the color of light source and reflected fill light color in the shadows. This might me helpful:
![[Image: w640.jpg]](http://img.readitlater.com/i/media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f0/bf/8e/f0bf8ee0014faa208fdfe394f79ebc72/RS/w640.jpg)
And this too: HOW TO COLOR
- What helped me with colors is searching for a reference photo with light conditions which I want to use and trying to add the same conditions to my painting (just like you would paint a study, but you have your own forms). This is a great place for neat quality reference: http://500px.com/
Hope it helped. I'm in my learning phase too and I had the same problems (or maybe still have), so don't worry and keep it up! Hopefully, somebody more advanced than me will add something to the feedback to make it better. :)
Pretty nice design.
What I think you could improve are:
- Value planning (start with blocking in some basic grayscale shapes, plan values on them, make them read, then add color - look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6BlTEytocc, see the paintover).
- The flovers at the bottom takes attention from character - you could try doing them less saturated and less contrasting.
- Balance colors, use less of them, if you need to use so many, don't treat them localy. What I mean by that is don't shade with black and white only. Thnik of the color of light source and reflected fill light color in the shadows. This might me helpful:
And this too: HOW TO COLOR
- What helped me with colors is searching for a reference photo with light conditions which I want to use and trying to add the same conditions to my painting (just like you would paint a study, but you have your own forms). This is a great place for neat quality reference: http://500px.com/
Hope it helped. I'm in my learning phase too and I had the same problems (or maybe still have), so don't worry and keep it up! Hopefully, somebody more advanced than me will add something to the feedback to make it better. :)
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My Sketchbook (critique welcome)
My Sketchbook (critique welcome)