11-29-2012, 01:36 PM
pixeltuner- for the purpose of teaching (this is a mentorship) I have to essentially smack your hand after you started reaching for the cookie too soon. the body is skewing on a tilt to the left, the head is too big, and the limbs too thin. those are the size of ankles with no clothes on them, let alone layers and boots. look at where the shoulders are in comparison to where the chin of the face is- what kind of neck is that? also the arm on the right looks like its folding over the body to the left while somehow reaching out to the right.
with that being said, you have some interesting design ideas at play in here- but as i said on the last stream and as im going to hammer home for everyone- A design is only as good as the frame you put it on. fix the drawing first, and it saves the painting later. making those aforementioned changes now will take much much longer than if they had been adressed beforehand.
slow and steady, with an emphasis on a quality result- not the quickest to the finish for finished's sake.
This is outta love- just tryin to help. Trust me, more focus on the fundamental early on will only strengthen the design later.
@Malan- cool thumbs, interesting stuff. One thing to avoid- even if you see it in the culture- stark horizontal stripes are something to avoid on a female design. they stretch the eye to the left and right and their regularity interrupts the design (like a cough during a good movie). try diagonal stripes, or some swooping with the body movement in order to break up the monotony.
with that being said, you have some interesting design ideas at play in here- but as i said on the last stream and as im going to hammer home for everyone- A design is only as good as the frame you put it on. fix the drawing first, and it saves the painting later. making those aforementioned changes now will take much much longer than if they had been adressed beforehand.
slow and steady, with an emphasis on a quality result- not the quickest to the finish for finished's sake.
This is outta love- just tryin to help. Trust me, more focus on the fundamental early on will only strengthen the design later.
@Malan- cool thumbs, interesting stuff. One thing to avoid- even if you see it in the culture- stark horizontal stripes are something to avoid on a female design. they stretch the eye to the left and right and their regularity interrupts the design (like a cough during a good movie). try diagonal stripes, or some swooping with the body movement in order to break up the monotony.