03-16-2016, 01:28 PM
BlackDelphin - thank you for the critique, I tried to fix it. As for the wider stance pose I took that pose and it felt kinda uncomfortable. Thus I concluded that a more natural pose is the one I tried to go for. I think a lot of poses that have 1 foot in front view and the other in side view are also good for showing off the design, but I kinda want to focus more on the illustrative aspect and making the character come to life.
Amit - Hey man, I am very grateful for your in depth critique. I did what you asked and observed the parts I struggled with, then tried to apply them to my sketch. Unfortunately the mirror was small so I couldnt see the feet positions lol.
Next part to make it fit more would be the color stuff, but I wanna have a solid base first, Ive had a few hard lessons in that regard.
Liberty - Im glad you like the wolf, it was challenging and I had to do it over a couple of times. Simple compositions can do wonders. I made some advanced compositional decisions aswell, for example the diagonal created by the spear, the flow from the bird to the character to the wolf, also the top down lighting(which will become apparent later). Composition is pretty much everything, every shape, value and color must be arranged to create the best composition and thus the best painting. It goes past the rule of thirds or golden ratio, its everything.
Try to see awesome shapes and setups of composition in real life and in the paintings of masters, it will be very helpful.
Update on the sketch, still got fixes to do. And then the background too-
Amit - Hey man, I am very grateful for your in depth critique. I did what you asked and observed the parts I struggled with, then tried to apply them to my sketch. Unfortunately the mirror was small so I couldnt see the feet positions lol.
Next part to make it fit more would be the color stuff, but I wanna have a solid base first, Ive had a few hard lessons in that regard.
Liberty - Im glad you like the wolf, it was challenging and I had to do it over a couple of times. Simple compositions can do wonders. I made some advanced compositional decisions aswell, for example the diagonal created by the spear, the flow from the bird to the character to the wolf, also the top down lighting(which will become apparent later). Composition is pretty much everything, every shape, value and color must be arranged to create the best composition and thus the best painting. It goes past the rule of thirds or golden ratio, its everything.
Try to see awesome shapes and setups of composition in real life and in the paintings of masters, it will be very helpful.
Update on the sketch, still got fixes to do. And then the background too-