06-03-2013, 09:57 AM
Here's where it's at now. I totally agree about the lamp bottom, so I tried to fix that, and I also blurred the lamp and hand. I didn't want to go to all the trouble of turning his head, so I tried to really push the values in his face to make it pop out a little more, and I'll remember to do it the next time I paint a snout.
monkeybread, I like the pose you made in your paintover, I just didn't feel like it evoked the kind of tension I'm trying to get. He looks more menacing, like he's whirling on an enemy instead of peering into the darkness to assess a potential threat. I don't know that the face being in the middle bothers me. Someone else said the same thing, but I don't know why it's a bad thing. Just boring I guess?
I also ditched the idea of someone sneaking up behind him in favor of some birds to help bring the attention back to the main character.
I'm pretty happy with it at this point. What do you guys think?