Fedodika the Koala

[Fedodika]

Eristhe: Hey thanks so much for the in depth critique! I think my main issue is I do these studies and i just neglect edges. I tried to do a study of Joseph Todorovitch today of a painting i really liked with some nice edges. Spent about 4 hrs on it trying to make the edges close to the original. I get it, like firm edges, soft ones, stuff like that, sometimes i go into render mode and settle into stuff I can do on autopilot, but really i should plan things out better.

I like the idea of planning the hard darks and lights for a comp and i'd heard this concept before, and i tried to do it on the sophitia one but I ended up again just adding tons of midtones too early which makes it unclear about the value heirarchy. I'm gonna do some more studies soon of bouguereau and people whos edges and rendering i love, so i can re familiarize myself with the subtleties of it, so i really appreciate your feedback :)

Had a rough day yesterday, spent about 9 hrs at the hospital. Rather not get too into the details, but i am back and ready to work again, maybe not as hard, but I just love working so I'll be back in shape soon!