05-14-2012, 02:57 AM
Hey Jaku, first of all I gotta say I looked at your website and your caricatures are incredible, I love them!
Regarding the Hulk image, I would say I don't think you can claim it as an illustration, It's waaay too similar to the promotional image to be viewed as a separate image, it's basically a study, a good one! but a study none the less.
The batman image is cool, but doesn't seem up to the same standard as most of your other work, almost like it's a sketch as oppose to a finished piece. Biggest problem i see is the rim lights, the dude is pretty much outlined. If you're going for dark and atmospheric it's very much about what you don't see, and what's lost that really emphasise the mood. Tone down all the lights and really think about how much bounce light you're going to get (or not get) in a really dark image, there's going to be a lot of edges you're going to lose. I'd also loose the veins you've added, no way you're going to see them protruding through clothing like that, but that's more of a pet peeve of mine, I'm pretty sure it's not normal in the comic world/style. There's some issues with anatomy, that knee in particular is very weird, using a bit of reference to check your musculature would be beneficial for this piece I think.
Lastly I'd rethink his batarang thing. It looks more like a tiara atm, and it's handing in such a way that it has no weight to it. I'd also question why Batman is just holding it with a dangling bit if string, isn't it normally attached to something? If you do want to keep it that way then you're also missing a trick not having it blow in the wind.
Hope that helps,
peace!
Regarding the Hulk image, I would say I don't think you can claim it as an illustration, It's waaay too similar to the promotional image to be viewed as a separate image, it's basically a study, a good one! but a study none the less.
The batman image is cool, but doesn't seem up to the same standard as most of your other work, almost like it's a sketch as oppose to a finished piece. Biggest problem i see is the rim lights, the dude is pretty much outlined. If you're going for dark and atmospheric it's very much about what you don't see, and what's lost that really emphasise the mood. Tone down all the lights and really think about how much bounce light you're going to get (or not get) in a really dark image, there's going to be a lot of edges you're going to lose. I'd also loose the veins you've added, no way you're going to see them protruding through clothing like that, but that's more of a pet peeve of mine, I'm pretty sure it's not normal in the comic world/style. There's some issues with anatomy, that knee in particular is very weird, using a bit of reference to check your musculature would be beneficial for this piece I think.
Lastly I'd rethink his batarang thing. It looks more like a tiara atm, and it's handing in such a way that it has no weight to it. I'd also question why Batman is just holding it with a dangling bit if string, isn't it normally attached to something? If you do want to keep it that way then you're also missing a trick not having it blow in the wind.
Hope that helps,
peace!