06-18-2013, 05:05 PM
Every time you post, I think "damn, need to to more gestures/figures" :P It's good you keep doing those on a regular basis. If you didn't see yet, Proko posted a nice video on gestures, nothing really new, but it did have some good reminders and interesting bits and pieces for me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HR59yFZ7Y
The illustration is looking really cool so far! I strongly prefer those which have a cooler second light source, and a saturated firelight, like E/F. It does look like he is lit by moon- or artificial light though, not like fire/another toch in a dungeo anymore, so keep that in mind! Looking forward to more updates on this piece :) Just be careful not to create tangents when continuing to work on it (his head and the shadowline behind, and the way you cut the foot on the bottom of the picture - at the moment it's fine)
Love the composition practice with simple forms (on my to do list as well^^), my only problem with this approach is: How would one flesh out an illustration like that to a full painting, without making it look very flat? Or is this not really the goal, but just practice to get a feeling for composition?
Also, didn't comment on your post from last week: Those 3 value environments are really, really cool! Lovely compositions, and they really tell a story. Respect for doing all those emotion faces, that really is a tough topic to paint.
You're doing great Jaik, you very well deserve some time off now and then :) Enjoy it!
The illustration is looking really cool so far! I strongly prefer those which have a cooler second light source, and a saturated firelight, like E/F. It does look like he is lit by moon- or artificial light though, not like fire/another toch in a dungeo anymore, so keep that in mind! Looking forward to more updates on this piece :) Just be careful not to create tangents when continuing to work on it (his head and the shadowline behind, and the way you cut the foot on the bottom of the picture - at the moment it's fine)
Love the composition practice with simple forms (on my to do list as well^^), my only problem with this approach is: How would one flesh out an illustration like that to a full painting, without making it look very flat? Or is this not really the goal, but just practice to get a feeling for composition?
Also, didn't comment on your post from last week: Those 3 value environments are really, really cool! Lovely compositions, and they really tell a story. Respect for doing all those emotion faces, that really is a tough topic to paint.
You're doing great Jaik, you very well deserve some time off now and then :) Enjoy it!