06-18-2013, 10:15 PM
So yeah you never really answered my question...is this an illustration or an environment piece? I'm going to guess environment because that's the focus for the most part even though you have such a large figure in there.
By adding that bridge at the top you made everything above it redundant, because the eye just moves around the circular comp in the middle third of the image. Think about placing at thirds your focal points, as well as focusing on values and composition. Elmst was correct...do lots of thumbnails and nail your values and composition first and pick the best one once all these issues are sorted out, or what happens is you get stuck with an image that you just keep tweaking and tweaking with a level of detail you don't really want to do large changes with. It will save you a lot of time.
I did a repainting using the same format. Basically made sure the focal points were clear and had the most contrast and the most smaller shapes and detail. (though not much detail in the painting overall because you don't need it at this stage) . Separated values and made sure the compositional elements (bridges, bones) enhanced the composition rather than detracted from it.. I'd also say you need to make your character much less stiff.
By adding that bridge at the top you made everything above it redundant, because the eye just moves around the circular comp in the middle third of the image. Think about placing at thirds your focal points, as well as focusing on values and composition. Elmst was correct...do lots of thumbnails and nail your values and composition first and pick the best one once all these issues are sorted out, or what happens is you get stuck with an image that you just keep tweaking and tweaking with a level of detail you don't really want to do large changes with. It will save you a lot of time.
I did a repainting using the same format. Basically made sure the focal points were clear and had the most contrast and the most smaller shapes and detail. (though not much detail in the painting overall because you don't need it at this stage) . Separated values and made sure the compositional elements (bridges, bones) enhanced the composition rather than detracted from it.. I'd also say you need to make your character much less stiff.