04-11-2019, 11:36 PM
The face is really well painted and I think you should just focus on that part of the painting, the legs feel a little tacked on and don't really add anything in my opinion. I say crop the shit out of that image and make it all about the face, then the cool glasses will be easier to notice and the pen in mouth will be easier to read.
Problem is that cropping is kind of awkward right now because of all the edges being made at the bottom of the image
its hard not to make a tangent the way it is now. One solution would be moving the left hand higher but I'm not sure how easy that would be to paint. And lastly I think this image would benefit from a more square crop instead of the normal vertical or horizontal compositions, I think a square helps bring the focus to the face even more and gives the image a more "personal" feel.
Anyway all the things I talked about are just personal taste and not really solid advice. Rendering is really good, maybe some hints of some sort of a background would go a long way.
here's a quick hackjob to demonstrate what I mean
Problem is that cropping is kind of awkward right now because of all the edges being made at the bottom of the image
its hard not to make a tangent the way it is now. One solution would be moving the left hand higher but I'm not sure how easy that would be to paint. And lastly I think this image would benefit from a more square crop instead of the normal vertical or horizontal compositions, I think a square helps bring the focus to the face even more and gives the image a more "personal" feel.
Anyway all the things I talked about are just personal taste and not really solid advice. Rendering is really good, maybe some hints of some sort of a background would go a long way.
here's a quick hackjob to demonstrate what I mean