Zombie's Book of Sketches

[pnate]

Hey Chinchilla!  Sweet updates :)  A couple of crits on that potions piece.  The first of which is that the perspective of the table doesn't match the objects that are on it.  I did a quick little drawover to show what I mean.  Something that would help with that is to set up a perspective grid on another layer and turn it on/off as you put in the objects so you can check it as you go along.  Another thing I noticed is that the value range of the light hitting his face is the same value range as the light hitting his sweater. So something that is helpful when you are implying materials with your painting is that different materials will have a different range of value and react differently to light.  So for instance, a sweater is made of cloth, which isn't a very reflective material.  It also appears that it's actual local color is relatively dark compared to his face, so it would probably wouldn't hit as bright of a value as his skin does in comparison.  I did a quick value adjustment to show what I mean but you could probably go even a bit darker; I think it helps to separate his face from what he's wearing by doing it this way.  Hope that helps!